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Self-assembly of rod–coil–rod block copolymers in a coil-selective solvent: coarse-grained simulation results

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3131-3142
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00251B, Paper
Chiraz Toujani, Luis A. Padilla, Nour Alhraki, Su-Mi Hur, Abelardo Ramírez-Hernández
Parameters that govern the self assembly of a symmetric triblock copolymer.
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Temperature dependence of micelle shape transitions in copolymer solutions: the role of inter-block incompatibility

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00331D, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
M. J. Greenall, M. J. Derry
The incompatibility of the blocks in a copolymer strongly affects the temperature dependence of the micelle shape transitions in solution.
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Two-state nanocomposite based on symmetric diblock copolymer and planar nanoparticles: mesoscopic simulation

Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2024, 9,409-422
DOI: 10.1039/D3ME00176H, Paper
Maxim Malyshev, Daria Guseva, Pavel Komarov
A method for controlling the distribution and orientation of 2D fillers in the copolymer matrix is presented.
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Expanding the poly(2-oxazoline) block copolymer possibilities through nitroxide mediated polymerisation

Polym. Chem., 2024, 15,4416-4424
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY00887A, Paper
Open Access
James Lefley, C. Remzi Becer
In recent years, poly(2-oxazoline)s (POx) have become a sought-after biomaterial to replace PEG. Endcapping POx with BlocBuilder MA enables copolymerization with a variety of vinylic monomers, producing unique POx-vinyl block copolymer combinations.
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Polyols from cashew nut shell liquid (CNSL): corner-stone building blocks for cutting-edge bio-based additives and polymers

Polym. Chem., 2024, 15,4375-4415
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY00851K, Review Article
Open Access
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Emilie Rojtman, Maxinne Denis, Camille Sirvent, Vincent Lapinte, Sylvain Caillol, Benoit Briou
From CNSL to polyols.
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Solvent quality shape control in continuous flow block copolymer self-assembly

Polym. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY01174K, Communication
Axel-Laurenz Buckinx, Lakshani J. Weerarathna, Anna Sokolova, Tanja Junkers
The influence of solvent quality on block copolymer self assembly is studied in detail using SANS online monitoring.
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Structure, humidity adaptivity, and elasticity of hydrogen-bonded complexes formed by self-assembly of a triblock copolymer and a homopolymer

Polym. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY00959B, Paper
Weijie Wang, Hanxin Jian, Hao Huang, Fengfeng Feng, Qingye Meng, Yuli Li, Gang Chen, Shuguang Yang
The tri-block copolymer polystyrene-b-poly(ethylene oxide)-b-polystyrene (SES) and the homopolymer poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) were applied to fabricate elastomers with multi-hierarchical architectures.
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Rajinikanth: Behind a blockbuster life

Vaasanthi’s latest biography pieces together Rajinikanth’s personal and political journey: From his beedi flipping stunts as a bus conductor to his fall from grace as a politician




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Why the 2024 F1 season has the makings of a blockbuster

The sport’s fans have longed for a situation in which multiple constructors are in contention for victories, and out of nowhere in 2024, this compelling scenario has manifested. Moreover, the four teams that have tasted victory this year have top driver lineups, which allows for great racing




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Students block road, demand classrooms in Dharmapuri




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Lipidic biomass as a renewable chemical building block for polymeric materials

Chem. Commun., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04993D, Feature Article
Rafael Turra Alarcon, Gabriel Iago Iago, Caroline Gaglieri, Aniele De Moura, Éder Tadeu Gomes Cavalheiro, Gilbert Bannach
Polymers are intrinsically connected to our modern society and are found and used in different technologies. Although polymers are worthwhile, concerns about synthetic polymers from non-renewable sources have arisen. Therefore,...
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Elon Musk to remove block feature from X

Elon Musk confirmed that the feature would be available on DMs.




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TikTok, ByteDance sue to block US law seeking sale or ban of app

A law, signed by Joe Biden on April 24, gives ByteDance until January 19 to sell TikTok or face a ban




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I&B Ministry orders blocking of Pakistan-based OTT app Vidly TV

issued orders for blocking of website , apps and social media accounts of the platform




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Why Vettaiyan May Become A Blockbuster

'The combination of star power, compelling storytelling, and action-packed drama promises to set the box office ablaze and kickstart the new quarter on a spectacular high note.'




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Blockchain: Piloting the future of aviation

Enables effective solutions that positively impact industry players and end consumers




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Indonesia bans sales of Google phones days after blocking Apple's iPhone 16

Indonesia said it has banned sales of smartphones made by Alphabet's Google due to rules requiring the use of locally manufactured components




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The Man Behind Bollywood's Blockbuster Horror Films

'People worship Krishna. People don't worship Ved Vyas, who wrote the Mahabharata.''It's a cultural thing because we don't see the heroes behind the screen, we see the heroes who are in front of the screen.'




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Kantara on Prime: Rishab Shetty’s blockbuster gets digital premiere with new version of ‘Varaha Roopam’ song

Kantara’s OTT release on Amazon Prime Video leaves viewers disappointed after makers replace ‘Varaha Roopam’ song following court order in case filed by Kerala band Thaikkudam Bridge




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Why the UK's porn block is one of the worst ideas ever | WIRED Explains

Since 2015 the UK government has been trying to impose restrictions on access to porn. All of the legal measures needed to do so have passed and now it is only a matter of time until changes start to happen across the web. But the idea (and the execution) is fundamentally flawed. The UK's film certification board, an organisation with a limited digital background, has been put in charge of implementing the policy and one of the main age verification systems is owned by the world's largest porn company. The result? Potentially profound and damaging implications for privacy and a deluge of data on the private habits of millions of people just waiting to be hacked. Read more about the UK porn block: https://www.wired.co.uk/article/porn-block-ban-in-the-uk-age-verifcation-law #Privacy #Censorship #UK CONNECT WITH WIRED UK Web: http://po.st/WiredVideo Twitter: http://po.st/TwitterWired Facebook: http://po.st/FacebookWired Google+: http://po.st/GoogleWired Instagram: http://po.st/InstagramWired Magazine: http://po.st/MagazineWired Newsletter: http://po.st/NewslettersWired ABOUT WIRED UK WIRED brings you the future as it happens - the people, the trends, the big ideas that will change our lives. An award-winning printed monthly and online publication. WIRED is an agenda-setting magazine offering brain food on a wide range of topics, from science, technology and business to pop-culture and politics.




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Cathy Mulligan: Mythbusting The Hype Around Cryptocurrency and Blockchain

Most transactions in the financial system take place behind closed doors. Not so the bitcoin network, which runs on blockchain technology – on which transactions can actually be visualised. But what's the real deal when it comes to crypto? Is its vision of decentralisation and data integrity all its cracked up to be? Cathy Mulligan is a visiting researcher at Imperial College's Centre for Cryptocurrency Research and Engineering, and she's breaking down the blockchain hype and leading the dialogue on how businesses should use this technology. ABOUT WIRED SMARTER Experts and business leaders from the worlds of Energy, Money and Retail gathered at Kings Place, London, for WIRED Smarter on October 9, 2018. Discover some of the fascinating insights from speakers here: http://wired.uk/V29vMg ABOUT WIRED EVENTS WIRED events shine a spotlight on the innovators, inventors and entrepreneurs who are changing our world for the better. Explore this channel for videos showing on-stage talks, behind-the-scenes action, exclusive interviews and performances from our roster of events. Join us as we uncover the most relevant, up-and-coming trends and meet the people building the future. ABOUT WIRED WIRED brings you the future as it happens - the people, the trends, the big ideas that will change our lives. An award-winning printed monthly and online publication. WIRED is an agenda-setting magazine offering brain food on a wide range of topics, from science, technology and business to pop-culture and politics. CONNECT WITH WIRED Web: http://po.st/WiredVideo Twitter: http://po.st/TwitterWired Facebook: http://po.st/FacebookWired Google+: http://po.st/GoogleWired Instagram: http://po.st/InstagramWired Magazine: http://po.st/MagazineWired Newsletter: http://po.st/NewslettersWired




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Autocomplete Interview - On My Block Cast Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions

Diego Tinoco, Jessica Marie Garcia, Brett Gray, Sierra Capri, Jason Genao, and Julio Macias answer the web's most searched questions about themselves and 'On My Block.' Does Diego have tattoos? Was Sierra in 'Hidden Figures'? What's Jessica's favorite color? Who is Jason's celebrity crush? What school did Brett go to? Is Julio single?? The 'On My Block' cast answers all these questions and much, much more! On My Block Season 4 releases October 4 on Netflix




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Government proposal to provide affordable medicines faces roadblocks

The system should ensure medicines reach both the middle class and the poor who depend on the government healthcare sector.




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Blockchain to Play Crucial Role in VR-Powered Social Media

Virtual reality media platform, Sensorium, has announced its membership in the Global Blockchain Business Council, or GBBC — a Swiss-based non-profit industry association for blockchain.

Sensorium will participate in GBBCs upcoming virtual forum on May 28, which will see the firms director of technology Alex Blagirev discuss his predictions for how virtual social media will change the way that people interact online.

Identity theft, fake accounts, etc. all will be to a large extent eliminated as human participants in the socially-virtual world will be required to verify their identity via the blockchain.




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RIL to give up 4,266 sq. km of KG-D6 block




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Scientists uncover Milky Way’s ancient building blocks, Shakti and Shiva

Shakti and Shiva are comprised of stars with similar chemical compositions, formed 12-13 billion years ago, and each structure has a mass about 10 million times greater than our sun




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Bandu’s Blockbusters for Nov 3, 2024

Guess the stock that will give the best return by next Friday




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Bandu’s Blockbusters for Nov 10, 2024

Guess the stock that will give the best return by next Friday




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IISc study reveals that picolinic acid can block viruses causing SARS-CoV-2 and influenza A

The study describes the compound’s remarkable ability to disrupt the entry of enveloped viruses into the host’s cell and prevent infection




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A metal–organic framework enhanced single network organohydrogel with superior low-temperature adaptability and UV-blocking capability towards human-motion sensing

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03148B, Paper
Ying Li, Zhongquan Yu, Jialuo Zhang, Enke Feng, Xiaoqin Li, Linan Cao, Zhiming Yang, Zhiqiang Wu
A UiO-66-NH2 nanoparticle reinforced organohydrogel with anti-freezing and UV-blocking properties was synthesized for sensing complex human movements and transmitting different messages even at subzero temperature.
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Blocked stormwater drains continue to cause health and safety concerns in Coimbatore




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A reflection on ‘A shape-memory scaffold for macroscale assembly of functional nanoscale building blocks’

Mater. Horiz., 2024, 11,1608-1610
DOI: 10.1039/D4MH90010C, Commentary
Xiang-Sen Meng, Li-Bo Mao, Shu-Hong Yu
Yu et al. reflect on their first Materials Horizons paper (Mater. Horiz., 2014, https://doi.org/10.1039/c3mh00040k) published in the inaugural issue of the journal, and discuss how their work may have influenced the research field over the past decade.
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The problem with India’s blocking of the Chinese

India’s economic growth increasingly depends on foreign expertise, particularly from China




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Pakistan’s top court blocks execution of mentally-ill murder convict

Final call after review of the ruling that schizophrenia is not a permanent mental disorder: lawyers




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The Wall Street Stampede: Exit as Governance with Interacting Blockholders [electronic journal].




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More (or Less) Economic Limits of the Blockchain [electronic journal].

National Bureau of Economic Research




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Embedded supervision: how to build regulation into blockchain finance [electronic journal].




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Corporate Capture of Blockchain Governance [electronic journal].




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Blockchain Economics [electronic journal].

National Bureau of Economic Research




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2020 IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC) [electronic journal].

IEEE / Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Incorporated




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2020 Crypto Valley Conference on Blockchain Technology (CVCBT) [electronic journal].

IEEE / Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Incorporated




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Sowing seeds of trust: How blockchain is cultivating a new era of digital farming

Realising its full potential in digital farming requires addressing certain critical challenges




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HC flays police inaction in clearing blockade to Thiruvananthapuram Corporation office




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Canadian Foreign Ministry denies blocking Indian-diaspora media outlet Australia Today

The news site and video of media comments by both India’s Foreign Minister Jaishankar and Australia’s Foreign Minister Wong can be easily and freely viewed in Canada, the Ministry said




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​Building blocks: On the 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan  

The BRICS Summit showed that Russia was not without friends




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Rational design and in vitro testing of new urease inhibitors to prevent urinary catheter blockage

RSC Med. Chem., 2024, 15,3597-3608
DOI: 10.1039/D4MD00378K, Research Article
Open Access
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Rachel A. Heylen, Nicola Cusick, Tom White, Emily J. Owen, Bethany L. Patenall, Martin Alm, Peter Thomsen, Maisem Laabei, A. Toby A. Jenkins
In silico identification of urease inhibitors based on thiourea, tested to determine IC50 and tested on a catheterised in vitro bladder model, showing efficacy in reducing catheter blockage.
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Property owners block the entrance to Balasubramanya temple in Karur




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560: Oh Biscuits! Cascade Layers, Block Links, Emoji Lists, and more CSS!

After a brief visit from Hip Hop Dad Dave, we're talking cascade layers updates, block link practices, search element getting dropped, how to use cite, emoji list accessibility, scrollbar state, and trigonometric functions in CSS.




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565: The Hurdy-Gurdy, OKLCH, Edge Dev Tools, and Ad Blocking

Dave doesn't hate the hurdy-gurdy, but it's creation is an interesting parallel to software development. OKLCH follow up, @media, Edge drops new dev tools, CSS and Astro theming, JavaScript devs discover PHP, how many people block ads, and accessibility and grids.




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576: Blocks, Components, Linting Images, Engines, and “Web Integrity”

We're talking how we stay online - or not - on vacation, is create-guten-block the future for us WP developers? Can we get a state of the web component address from the President of web components? Have we seen the last new browser engine? And deciding whether to add features or remove them from your app.