Polymeric nano andmicroparticles are finding widespread applications in materials and biological science. In all preparation methods pursued to date, the chemical stability of the particles is determined by the polymer system chosen. Usually, after particle synthesis, postprocessing with the aim of changing their stability is not possible. Therefore, one only has two choices: the synthesis of c...

The synthesis of polymer-stabilized nanoparticles (PSNPs) can be successfully carried out using intermatrix synthesis (IMS) technique, which consists in sequential loading of the functional groups of a polymer with the desired metal ions followed by nanoparticles (NPs) formation stage. After each metal-loading-NPs-formation cycle, the functional groups of the polymer appear to be regenerated. T...

Electroluminescent polymers are reviewed in terms of synthesis and relationships between structure and light emission properties. The main concepts, problems and ideas related to the subject as a whole and to each class of electroluminescence (EL) polymer, have been systematically addressed. The elements of device architecture were considered, such as electrode characteristics and transport lay...

Supercritical fluids (SCFs) offer a number of advantages for the synthesis and processing of polymeric materials. Early work in the field focused on the high-pressure polymerization of ethylene or exploited the adjustable physicochemical properties of SCFs, including density and dielectric constant, for the fractionation, extraction and impregnation of polymers.' Recently, the field has expande...