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Still in control

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The development of synthetic strategies enabling the fabrication of well-defined polymer–biomolecule conjugates, together with advances in top-down nanofabrication, are two highlights from a recent meeting of polymer scientists.

The design of polymeric materials with useful and tunable properties continues to be critical in existing and emerging technologies. Advances in polymer chemistry spanning new polymerization and functionalization methods have enabled the preparation of complex, multifunctional materials. As a result, polymer science has impacted numerous areas such as supramolecular chemistry, nanotechnology, biomaterials, energy and sustainable materials. This influence was evident in the diverse range of topics, from fundamental to applied technological problems, discussed at the Warwick 2012 Polymers conference in July.

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Figure 1: Multiphase rod-like particles fabricated using the PRINT processing method.
Figure 2: Glucose-functionalized diblock terpolymers.

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  1. Jeffrey Pyun is in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA, and in the School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, World Class University Program, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-744, Korea,

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