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Polymers, Volume 11, Issue 8

August 2019 - 144 articles

Cover Story: Hydrogen bonding-generating events, including host–guest interactions at material surfaces, should open the door to the next generation of functional materials due to the promise of selective molecular recognition. In this context, we present the novel crown ether installation protocol which realized the attachment of crown ethers onto fluoropolymer surfaces based on the combination of radiation-induced graft polymerization and a subsequent surface Kabachnik–Fields three-component reaction. The obtained crown ether-tethered fluoropolymer films exhibited an ammonium cation-capturing ability, owing to the host–guest interactions (i.e., hydrogen bonding) between the surface-anchored crown ether molecules and the guest ammonium cations. View this paper.
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Articles (144)

  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
4,606 Views
12 Pages

Impact of CO2 on Pyrolysis Products of Bituminous Coal and Platanus Sawdust

  • Ying Luo,
  • Haoxi Ben,
  • Zhihong Wu,
  • Kai Nie,
  • Guangting Han and
  • Wei Jiang

20 August 2019

Abundant studies have been completed about factors on the pyrolysis of coal and biomass. However, few articles laid emphasis on using CO2 as a carrier gas to explore the compositional changes of pyrolysis products in coal and biomass pyrolysis for in...

  • Review
  • Open Access
85 Citations
11,288 Views
24 Pages

Advances in Biodegradable Nano-Sized Polymer-Based Ocular Drug Delivery

  • Courtney Lynch,
  • Pierre P. D. Kondiah,
  • Yahya E. Choonara,
  • Lisa C. du Toit,
  • Naseer Ally and
  • Viness Pillay

20 August 2019

The effective delivery of drugs to the eye remains a challenge. The eye has a myriad of defense systems and physiological barriers that leaves ocular drug delivery systems with low bioavailability profiles. This is mainly due to poor permeability thr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,988 Views
12 Pages

Enhanced l-Lysine into 1,5-Diaminopentane Conversion via Statistical Optimization of Whole-Cell Decarboxylation System

  • Hanyong Kim,
  • Hah Young Yoo,
  • Nohseong Park,
  • Haeun Kim,
  • Jonghwa Lee,
  • Yesol Baek,
  • Taek Lee,
  • Jong-Min Oh,
  • Jaehoon Cho and
  • Chulhwan Park

20 August 2019

The global lysine companies in the feed industry have steadily built their production facilities due to the high demand for l-lysine in animal farms, and in recent years there have been excessive supply problems and the world market price of l-lysine...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
6,931 Views
11 Pages

20 August 2019

A simplified radiation-induced emulsion graft polymerization (SREG) method is proposed. This method involves a convenient and easy degassing process of a monomer solution using a commercially available sealed glass jar. A loaded weight on the lid of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
10,010 Views
18 Pages

Preparation and Properties of Rubber Blends for High-Damping-Isolation Bearings

  • Tuo Lei,
  • Yong-Wang Zhang,
  • Dong-Liang Kuang and
  • Yong-Rui Yang

20 August 2019

To improve the energy dissipation capacity of rubber isolation bearings, it is important to find a new rubber material with good applicability and high damping properties. Two types of blends were prepared using nitrile rubber (NBR), brominated butyl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
54 Citations
5,863 Views
11 Pages

19 August 2019

Interfacial interaction is one of the most important factors that affect the mechanical properties of the fiber reinforced composites. The effect of fabrics′ sizing removal from glass fibers’ surface by thermal treatment on the mechanical...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
4,324 Views
10 Pages

19 August 2019

Wood plastic composites (WPCs) incorporating graphene nano-platelets (GNPs) were fabricated using hot-pressed technology to enhance thermal and mechanical behavior. The influences of thermal filler content and temperature on the thermal performance o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,969 Views
12 Pages

Pyrene-Functionalized Polyacetylenes: Synthesis and Photoluminescence Property

  • Tanxiao Shen,
  • Nan Jiang,
  • Xiao’a Zhang,
  • Lirong He,
  • Xian Hua Lang,
  • Jing Zhi Sun and
  • Hui Zhao

19 August 2019

Four pyrene-functionalized polyacetylenes were designed and prepared through a typical post-polymerization modification route, which is the highly efficient reaction between activated ester and primary anime groups. The chemical structures of the res...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,990 Views
16 Pages

19 August 2019

After a century of practice, cellulose insulating polymer (insulating paper/pressboard) has been shown to be one of the best and most widely used insulating materials in power transformers. However, with the increased voltage level of the transformer...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,035 Views
20 Pages

FeNxC Based Catalysts Prepared by the Calcination of Iron-Ethylenediamine@Polyaniline as the Cathode-Catalyst of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell

  • Yen-Zen Wang,
  • Wen-Yao Huang,
  • Tar-Hwa Hsieh,
  • Li-Cheng Jheng,
  • Ko-Shan Ho,
  • Sin-Wei Huang and
  • Liang Chao

19 August 2019

Calcinated tris(ethylenediamine)iron(III) chloride was used as a non-precious metal catalyst (NPMCs) for a proton exchanged membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) under the protection of polyaniline (PANI), which behaves as both nitrogen source and carbon suppor...

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Polymers - ISSN 2073-4360