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Polymers, Volume 12, Issue 3

March 2020 - 229 articles

Cover Story: The efficient regeneration of a fully functional tissue assisted by the presence of a polymeric scaffold depends on its design and the manufacturing method used. The incorporation of bioactive compounds during scaffold processing is of particular interest to improve environment–scaffold interactions. Namely, solvent-free manufacturing techniques offer remarkable advantages in terms of incorporation yield and retained activity of the loaded bioactive agents. In this work, solvent-free technologies for the processing of scaffolds are discussed, highlighting meaningful cases reported in the regenerative medicine field. View this paper.
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Articles (229)

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
4,470 Views
11 Pages

The Piezoresistive Highly Elastic Sensor Based on Carbon Nanotubes for the Detection of Breath

  • Romana Daňová,
  • Robert Olejnik,
  • Petr Slobodian and
  • Jiri Matyas

23 March 2020

Wearable electronic sensor was prepared on a light and flexible substrate. The breathing sensor has a broad assumption and great potential for portable devices in wearable technology. In the present work, the application of a flexible thermoplastic p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,513 Views
24 Pages

23 March 2020

The near infrared (NIR) laser drilling of a carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composite in the continuous wave (CW) mode and the ms pulse mode was investigated by an experiment and a numerical simulation. The relationships between the laser pene...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,539 Views
7 Pages

23 March 2020

A novel and effective strategy was first proposed for the codeposition of a mussel-inspired nanohybrid coating with excellent wettability onto the surface of carbon fibers (CFs) by simultaneous polymerization of bioinspired dopamine (DA) and hydrolys...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,129 Views
14 Pages

Macroscopic Poly Schiff Base-Coated Bacteria Cellulose with High Adsorption Performance

  • Lili Ren,
  • Zhihui Yang,
  • Lei Huang,
  • Yingjie He,
  • Haiying Wang and
  • Liyuan Zhang

23 March 2020

Here, a nanofiber-exfoliated bacteria cellulose aerogel with improved water affinity and high mass transfer was synthesized. Consequently, poly Schiff base can be uniformly coated within the body of bacteria cellulose aerogel without the traditional...

  • Article
  • Open Access
86 Citations
6,360 Views
13 Pages

23 March 2020

In this work, a novel low molecular weight zwitterionic copolymer for improving wellbore stability, which is expected to be an alternative to the current shale inhibitors, was obtained by copolymerization of tris hydroxyethyl allyl ammonium bromide (...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,718 Views
12 Pages

Robust Polymer Planar Bragg Grating Sensors Embedded in Commercial-Grade Composites

  • Stefan Kefer,
  • Theresia Sauer,
  • Steffen Hessler,
  • Michael Kaloudis,
  • Bernhard Schmauss and
  • Ralf Hellmann

23 March 2020

This contribution demonstrates the functionality of polymer planar Bragg grating (PPBG) sensors integrated into commercial-grade carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) components. Multiple CFRP specimens are generated by curing a stack of pre-impregn...

  • Article
  • Open Access
51 Citations
7,028 Views
16 Pages

Bio-Nanocomposite Hydrogel Based on Zinc Alginate/Graphene Oxide: Morphology, Structural Conformation, Thermal Behavior/Degradation, and Dielectric Properties

  • Roser Sabater i Serra,
  • José Molina-Mateo,
  • Constantino Torregrosa-Cabanilles,
  • Andreu Andrio-Balado,
  • José María Meseguer Dueñas and
  • Ángel Serrano-Aroca

22 March 2020

Bio-nanocomposite hydrogels based on sodium alginate (SA) as polymer matrix and graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets with zinc as crosslinking agent were synthesized with the aim of incorporating the intrinsic properties of their constituents (bioactivity...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,211 Views
16 Pages

22 March 2020

By using different conductivity of polyaniline as filler, a kind of poly(ionic liquid)/polyaniline composite particles was synthesized to investigate the influence of dielectric polarization rate difference between filler and matrix on the electrorhe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,885 Views
13 Pages

Biodegradation Pattern of Glycopolymer Based on D-Mannose Oligomer and Hydroxypropyl Acrylate

  • Ana-Maria Pană,
  • Valentin Ordodi,
  • Gerlinde Rusu,
  • Vasile Gherman,
  • Geza Bandur,
  • Lucian-Mircea Rusnac and
  • Gabriela-Alina Dumitrel

22 March 2020

Glycopolymers are polymers with sugar moieties which display biodegradable and/or biocompatible character. They have emerged as an environmentally-friendly solution to classical synthetic polymers and have attracted significant research interest in t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
4,087 Views
12 Pages

The Influence of Processing and Particle Size on Binderless Particleboards Made from Arundo donax L. Rhizome

  • Manuel Ferrandez-Villena,
  • Clara Eugenia Ferrandez-Garcia,
  • Teresa Garcia-Ortuño,
  • Antonio Ferrandez-Garcia and
  • Maria Teresa Ferrandez-Garcia

21 March 2020

The giant reed (Arundo donax L.) is considered one of the world’s 100 worst invasive species. The main method by which this species propagates is by growth of scattered fragments of rhizome, spreading without control with very strong, deep root...

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Polymers - ISSN 2073-4360