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Polymers, Volume 14, Issue 10

May-2 2022 - 200 articles

Cover Story: Microplastic contamination in the marine environment has become one of the biggest environmental problems that humans have to face. Their persistence in this ecosystem and their small size has increased the interest in the study of their possible health effects in living organisms and also in humans. In this study, the content of microplastics in the gastrointestinal tracts of European sea bass and gilt-head sea bream farmed in the Canary Islands has been evaluated to provide new information about the presence of microplastics in cultivated fish. View this paper
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Articles (200)

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,536 Views
24 Pages

Spontaneous DNA Synapsis by Forming Noncanonical Intermolecular Structures

  • Viacheslav Severov,
  • Vladimir Tsvetkov,
  • Nikolay Barinov,
  • Vladislav Babenko,
  • Dmitry Klinov and
  • Galina Pozmogova

23 May 2022

We report the spontaneous formation of DNA-DNA junctions in solution in the absence of proteins visualised using atomic force microscopy. The synapsis position fits with potential G-quadruplex (G4) sites. In contrast to the Holliday structure, these...

  • Review
  • Open Access
42 Citations
5,100 Views
22 Pages

A Comprehensive Review of Biopolymer Fabrication in Additive Manufacturing Processing for 3D-Tissue-Engineering Scaffolds

  • Nurulhuda Arifin,
  • Izman Sudin,
  • Nor Hasrul Akhmal Ngadiman and
  • Mohamad Shaiful Ashrul Ishak

23 May 2022

The selection of a scaffold-fabrication method becomes challenging due to the variety in manufacturing methods, biomaterials and technical requirements. The design and development of tissue engineering scaffolds depend upon the porosity, which provid...

  • Review
  • Open Access
52 Citations
7,341 Views
24 Pages

23 May 2022

With the ability to fabricate complex structures while meeting individual needs, additive manufacturing (AM) offers unprecedented opportunities for bone tissue engineering in the biomedical field. However, traditional metal implants have many adverse...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,691 Views
13 Pages

23 May 2022

The protection of persimmon fruits (Diospyros kaki L.) from postharvest fungal infestation with Alternaria alternata (A. alternate; black rot) is a major agricultural and economic demand worldwide. Edible coatings (ECs) based on biopolymers and phyto...

  • Review
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,540 Views
13 Pages

Thermocatalytic Conversion of Plastics into Liquid Fuels over Clays

  • Evgeniy S. Seliverstov,
  • Lyubov V. Furda and
  • Olga E. Lebedeva

23 May 2022

Recycling polymer waste is a great challenge in the context of the growing use of plastics. Given the non-renewability of fossil fuels, the task of processing plastic waste into liquid fuels seems to be a promising one. Thermocatalytic conversion is...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,126 Views
16 Pages

23 May 2022

In this study, the enhanced solubilization performance of a poorly soluble drug, beclomethasone dipropionate (BDP), was investigated using hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin (HP-β-CD) and ethanol. The enhanced solubility of the drug was determine...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
2,267 Views
12 Pages

Analysis of Thermoelastic Interaction in a Polymeric Orthotropic Medium Using the Finite Element Method

  • Ibrahim Abbas,
  • Aatef Hobiny,
  • Hashim Alshehri,
  • Sorin Vlase and
  • Marin Marin

22 May 2022

In this work, the finite element technique is employed to evaluate the effects of thermal relaxation durations on temperature, displacements, and stresses in a two-dimensional, polymeric, orthotropic, elastic medium. The problem is considered in a ho...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,156 Views
15 Pages

3D Printing Manufacturing of Polydimethyl-Siloxane/Zinc Oxide Micro-Optofluidic Device for Two-Phase Flows Control

  • Giovanna Stella,
  • Matteo Barcellona,
  • Lorena Saitta,
  • Claudio Tosto,
  • Gianluca Cicala,
  • Antonino Gulino,
  • Maide Bucolo and
  • Maria Elena Fragalà

22 May 2022

Tailored ZnO surface functionalization was performed inside a polydimethyl-siloxane (PDMS) microchannel of a micro-optofluidic device (mofd) to modulate its surface hydrophobicity to develop a method for fine tuning the fluid dynamics inside a microc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
44 Citations
5,312 Views
19 Pages

Influence of Lignin Content and Pressing Time on Plywood Properties Bonded with Cold-Setting Adhesive Based on Poly (Vinyl Alcohol), Lignin, and Hexamine

  • Muhammad Adly Rahandi Lubis,
  • Ahmad Labib,
  • Sudarmanto,
  • Fazhar Akbar,
  • Arif Nuryawan,
  • Petar Antov,
  • Lubos Kristak,
  • Antonios Nikolaos Papadopoulos and
  • Antonio Pizzi

22 May 2022

The sustainability, performance, and cost of production in the plywood industry depend on wood adhesives and the hot-pressing process. In this study, a cold-setting plywood adhesive was developed based on polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH), high-purity lignin,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
3,889 Views
12 Pages

A U-Shaped Optical Fiber Temperature Sensor Coated with Electrospinning Polyvinyl Alcohol Nanofibers: Simulation and Experiment

  • Yen-Lung Chou,
  • Hsin-Yi Wen,
  • Yu-Qiao Weng,
  • Yi-Ching Liu,
  • Chao-Wei Wu,
  • Hsiang-Cheng Hsu and
  • Chia-Chin Chiang

22 May 2022

This study describes the fabrication of an electrospun, U-shaped optical fiber sensor for temperature measurements. The sensor is based on single mode fibers and was fabricated into a U-shaped optical fiber sensor through flame heating. This study ap...

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