POLYMERS Vol.68 No.9
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COVER STORY
Soft Nano/Microspheres
Hydrogel nano/microspheres (nanogels/microgels) are soft and deformable comprising of mostly solvent. The softness and physico-chemical properties of nanogels/microgels can be tuned by applying external stimuli such as heat and light. In this special issue, recent progress on synthesis, characterization and application of nanogels/microgels will be summarized.
Editors: D. SUZUKI, OUCHI, E. SATO, and HOSHINO

Digest for English Readers
478

Hot Topics in Polymer Science in SPSJ
481

Commentary
The World is Full of Particles Kazunari AKIYOSHI
482

COVER STORY: Highlight Reviews
Preparation of Gel-Particles Based on Association of Polymer Chains Shin-ichi YUSA
483
Rheology of Microgel Pastes Kenji URAYAMA, Saori MINAMI
486
Theory of Electrokinetic Phenomena of Soft Particles Hiroyuki OHSHIMA
489

PolyMANGA
492

COVER STORY: Topics and Products
Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Random Copolymers Takaya TERASHIMA
493
Molecularly Imprinted Nanogels Functionalized by Interacting with Endogeneous Biomacromolecules In Situ Yukiya KITAYAMA, Toshifumi TAKEUCHI
495
Gel Particles Seen by Light Takuma KUREHA, Mitsuhiro SHIBAYAMA
497

Polymer Science and I: A Personal Account
Be Ambidextrous Shunsuke YAMAMOTO
499

Messages: “Work and Life”
Flexible According to the Situation Yuko TAKEOKA
500

Front-Line Polymer Science
Mechanochromic Polymers Yoshimitsu SAGARA
501

Messages from SPSJ
506
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