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Polymers, Volume 13, Issue 21

November-1 2021 - 251 articles

Cover Story: An important challenge in many mature reservoirs is controlling preferential fluid flows. We proposed the concept of adding both reinforcable and self-healable properties to swellable materials and systematically investigated a novel poly(acrylamide-co-vinyl acetate)/alginate-based interpenetrated gel system (Alg-IPNG). The alginate polymer can take advantage of environmental Ca(Ⅱ) ions in the formation water to reinforce its strength by forming Ca–alginate bonds. Chromium acetate was pre-incorporated into the gel system to provide the delayed crosslinking feature of the swelled gels. View this paper
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Articles (251)

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
3,181 Views
18 Pages

7 November 2021

The glass fiber reacts with the hydroxyl owing to the concrete pore solution. A thin coat of carbon fiber wraps around the internal GFRP bars to improve the durability of internal GFRP bars in harsh environments. This paper investigates the effect of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
6,281 Views
18 Pages

Recycling of Plastics from Cable Waste from Automotive Industry in Poland as an Approach to the Circular Economy

  • Dorota Czarnecka-Komorowska,
  • Wiktoria Kanciak,
  • Mateusz Barczewski,
  • Roman Barczewski,
  • Roman Regulski,
  • Dariusz Sędziak and
  • Cezary Jędryczka

7 November 2021

This paper presents the contemporary problems of polymer waste recycling, mainly recycling cables from end-of-life vehicles. The authors developed a new material based on mixed polymer waste (ASR) modified with a ductile polymer, mainly recycled low-...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
5,372 Views
18 Pages

Numerical Simulation and Experimental Validation of Hybrid Injection Molded Short and Continuous Fiber-Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites

  • Patrick Hirsch,
  • Marianne John,
  • Daniel Leipold,
  • André Henkel,
  • Sylvia Gipser,
  • Ralf Schlimper and
  • Matthias Zscheyge

7 November 2021

In-situ thermoforming and overmolding of continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites by hybrid injection molding enables the mass production of thermoplastic lightweight structures with a complex geometry. In this study, the anisotropic mech...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,969 Views
15 Pages

Interfacial Behavior of Solid- and Liquid-like Polyelectrolyte Complexes as a Function of Charge Stoichiometry

  • Hongwei Li,
  • Martin Fauquignon,
  • Marie Haddou,
  • Christophe Schatz and
  • Jean-Paul Chapel

7 November 2021

We systematically investigate in this work the surface activity of polyelectrolyte complex (PECs) suspensions as a function of the molar charge ratio Z (= [-]/[+]) from two model systems: the weakly and strongly interacting poly (diallyldimethylammon...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,905 Views
13 Pages

7 November 2021

In the current study, lignin, an abundant natural polymer, was dissolved in ethylene glycol and acidic H2O to form nanoscale lignin. Then, zero-valent iron (ZVI) nanoparticles were synthesized in nanoscale lignin, producing a nZVI/n-lignin composite,...

  • Review
  • Open Access
135 Citations
37,319 Views
31 Pages

Possibility Routes for Textile Recycling Technology

  • Damayanti Damayanti,
  • Latasya Adelia Wulandari,
  • Adhanto Bagaskoro,
  • Aditya Rianjanu and
  • Ho-Shing Wu

6 November 2021

The fashion industry contributes to a significant environmental issue due to the increasing production and needs of the industry. The proactive efforts toward developing a more sustainable process via textile recycling has become the preferable solut...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,153 Views
15 Pages

6 November 2021

Uranium (U(VI)) and thorium (Th(IV)) ions produced by the nuclear and mining industries cause water pollution, thereby harming the environment and human health. In this study, gadolinium oxide-decorated polyvinyl alcohol-graphene oxide composite (PGO...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,444 Views
20 Pages

Preclinical Evaluation of Polymeric Nanocomposite Containing Pregabalin for Sustained Release as Potential Therapy for Neuropathic Pain

  • Rafaela Figueiredo Rodrigues,
  • Juliana Barbosa Nunes,
  • Sandra Barbosa Neder Agostini,
  • Paloma Freitas dos Santos,
  • Juliana Cancino-Bernardi,
  • Rodrigo Vicentino Placido,
  • Thamyris Reis Moraes,
  • Jennifer Tavares Jacon Freitas,
  • Gislaine Ribeiro Pereira and
  • Flávia Chiva Carvalho
  • + 2 authors

6 November 2021

This study offers a novel oral pregabalin (PG)-loaded drug delivery system based on chitosan and hypromellose phthalate-based polymeric nanocomposite in order to treat neuropathic pain (PG-PN). PG-PN has a particle size of 432 ± 20 nm, a polydispersi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,498 Views
11 Pages

Printable Resin Modified by Grafted Silver Nanoparticles for Preparation of Antifouling Microstructures with Antibacterial Effect

  • Hazem Idriss,
  • Roman Elashnikov,
  • Silvie Rimpelová,
  • Barbora Vokatá,
  • Petr Haušild,
  • Zdeňka Kolská,
  • Oleksiy Lyukatov and
  • Václav Švorčík

6 November 2021

The usage of three-dimensional (3D) printed materials in many bioapplications has been one of the fastest-growing sectors in the nanobiomaterial industry in the last couple of years. In this work, we present a chemical approach for grafting silver na...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,475 Views
18 Pages

Assessment of the Antigenotoxic Effects of Alginate and ZnO/Alginate–Nanocomposites Extracted from Brown Alga Fucus vesiculosus in Mice

  • Ragaa A. Hamouda,
  • Asmaa S. Salman,
  • Asrar A. Alharbi,
  • Reem Hasaballah Alhasani and
  • Maha M. Elshamy

6 November 2021

Mitomycin C (MMC) is an alkylating chemotherapy drug that could induce DNA damage and genetic alteration. It has been used as a model mutagen for in vivo and in vitro studies. The current study aimed to evaluate the protective role of Zinc oxide algi...

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