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Polymers, Volume 13, Issue 2

January-2 2021 - 144 articles

Cover Story: Sustainable biocomposites were produced combining a wood-based epoxy monomer, the resorcinol diglycidyl ether, with hydrothermal carbon prepared in mild conditions from forestry waste, the spruce bark powder. Interestingly, the DSC and in situ FT-IR investigations revealed that HTC acts as a coreactive in epoxy polymerization, catalyzing the process. The compatibility of the two components is excellent, the SEM analyses showing a good penetration of the monomer inside the HTC cells, and excellent interfacial adhesion between matrix and filler. The overall performances of these new biocomposites are excellent, with high glass transitions, hardness, and thermal stability. View this paper.
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Articles (144)

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,837 Views
19 Pages

19 January 2021

The ultrasonic welding of polymeric materials is one of the methods often used in practice. However, each couple of material subjected to ultrasonic welding is characterized by different values of technological parameters. Therefore, the main objecti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,419 Views
15 Pages

Thermomechanical Analysis of Isora Nanofibril Incorporated Polyethylene Nanocomposites

  • Cintil Jose,
  • Chin Han Chan,
  • Tan Winie,
  • Blessy Joseph,
  • Abhimanyu Tharayil,
  • Hanna J Maria,
  • Tatiana Volova,
  • Francesco Paolo La Mantia,
  • Didier Rouxel and
  • Marco Morreale
  • + 3 authors

19 January 2021

The research on cellulose fiber-reinforced nanocomposites has increased by an unprecedented magnitude over the past few years due to its wide application range and low production cost. However, the incompatibility between cellulose and most thermopla...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,210 Views
10 Pages

19 January 2021

Redox initiating systems (RISs) are highly worthwhile for polymerization in mild conditions (at room temperature—RT) without external thermal or light activation. With high performance redox initiating systems RIS, the free radical polymerizati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,667 Views
13 Pages

19 January 2021

In this report, layer by layer (LBL) fire retardant coatings were produced on wood ply and Polypropylene Homopolymer/Flax fiber composites. FE-SEM and EDAX analysis was carried out to analyze the surface morphology, thickness, growth rate and element...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,722 Views
15 Pages

19 January 2021

This work is made to ascertain the effects of mineral fillers, namely calcium carbonate and talc, on the morphology and properties of multilayer polypropylene (PP)/high-density polyethylene (HDPE) porous membranes. Multilayer membranes were prepared...

  • Article
  • Open Access
40 Citations
4,806 Views
15 Pages

Electrospun Scaffolds in Periodontal Wound Healing

  • Mária Budai-Szűcs,
  • Marco Ruggeri,
  • Angela Faccendini,
  • Attila Léber,
  • Silvia Rossi,
  • Gábor Varga,
  • Maria Cristina Bonferoni,
  • Péter Vályi,
  • Katalin Burián and
  • Erzsébet Csányi
  • + 2 authors

19 January 2021

Periodontitis is a set of inflammatory conditions affecting the tissues surrounding the teeth predominantly sustained by bacterial infections. The aim of the work was the design and the development of scaffolds based on biopolymers to be inserted in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
35 Citations
7,767 Views
18 Pages

19 January 2021

The use of self-healing (SH) polymers to make 3D-printed polymeric parts offers the potential to increase the quality of 3D-printed parts and to increase their durability and damage tolerance due to their (on-demand) dynamic nature. Nevertheless, 3D-...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
22 Citations
3,194 Views
6 Pages

Facile Synthesis of Sprayed CNTs Layer-Embedded Stretchable Sensors with Controllable Sensitivity

  • Hammad R. Khalid,
  • Iqra Choudhry,
  • Daeik Jang,
  • Nadir Abbas,
  • M. Salman Haider and
  • H. K. Lee

19 January 2021

Flexible electronic devices have gained significant interest due to their different potential applications. Herein, we report highly flexible, stretchable, and sensitive sensors made of sprayed CNT layer, sandwiched between two polymer layers. A faci...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,178 Views
10 Pages

Long- and Short-Term Conductance Control of Artificial Polymer Wire Synapses

  • Naruki Hagiwara,
  • Shoma Sekizaki,
  • Yuji Kuwahara,
  • Tetsuya Asai and
  • Megumi Akai-Kasaya

19 January 2021

Networks in the human brain are extremely complex and sophisticated. The abstract model of the human brain has been used in software development, specifically in artificial intelligence. Despite the remarkable outcomes achieved using artificial intel...

  • Review
  • Open Access
72 Citations
8,709 Views
13 Pages

Recycling of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Composite Polymers—Review—Part 1: Volume of Production, Recycling Technologies, Legislative Aspects

  • Andrzej K. Bledzki,
  • Holger Seidlitz,
  • Krzysztof Goracy,
  • Magdalena Urbaniak and
  • Janina J. Rösch

19 January 2021

The paper presents the current volume of international production and global markets of carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites, also regarding the potential development trends. Examples were provided on how to effectively recycle carbon fiber rei...

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Polymers - ISSN 2073-4360