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Polymers, Volume 14, Issue 18

September-2 2022 - 222 articles

Cover Story: Natural biopolymers such as chitosan and gelatin, which are biodegradable and inherently functional, have significant potential for biomedical and other specialized applications. Given this, determining how to create composite materials with the desired molecular interactions and tailored properties has attracted intense research interest. Herein, thermomechanically processed chitosan–gelatin biopolymer nanocomposite materials plasticised by glycerol or isosorbide and filled with nanoclay (MMT) or graphene oxide (GO) were studied. This work highlights different mechanisms that control the different properties of dual-biopolymer systems and provides an updated definition of biopolymer plasticization and insights into the design of polymeric materials involving multiple ways of chain interaction. View this paper
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Articles (222)

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,925 Views
14 Pages

19 September 2022

The incorporation of plastic aggregates as a partial replacement of natural aggregates in cementitious materials is interesting in several ways. From a mechanical point of view, the partial substitution of sand with plastic aggregates could improve s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,276 Views
17 Pages

Composite Coatings of Chitosan and Silver Nanoparticles Obtained by Galvanic Deposition for Orthopedic Implants

  • C. Zanca,
  • S. Carbone,
  • B. Patella,
  • F. Lopresti,
  • G. Aiello,
  • V. Brucato,
  • F. Carfì Pavia,
  • V. La Carrubba and
  • R. Inguanta

19 September 2022

In this work, composite coatings of chitosan and silver nanoparticles were presented as an antibacterial coating for orthopedic implants. Coatings were deposited on AISI 304L using the galvanic deposition method. In galvanic deposition, the differenc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,267 Views
20 Pages

Biomimetic Synthesis of PANI/Graphitic Oxidized Carbon Nitride for Supercapacitor Applications

  • Manuel Eduardo Martínez-Cartagena,
  • Juan Bernal-Martínez,
  • Arnulfo Banda-Villanueva,
  • Javier Enríquez-Medrano,
  • Víctor D. Lechuga-Islas,
  • Ilse Magaña,
  • Teresa Córdova,
  • Diana Morales-Acosta,
  • José Luis Olivares-Romero and
  • Ramón Díaz-de-León

19 September 2022

Polyaniline (PANI) composites have gained momentum as supercapacitive materials due to their high energy density and power density. However, some drawbacks in their performance remain, such as the low stability after hundreds of charge-discharge cycl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,110 Views
11 Pages

Kinetics of Pectin Biopolymer Facial Erosion Characterized by Fluorescent Tracer Microfluidics

  • Matthew W. Liao,
  • Betty S. Liu,
  • Joseph Sutlive,
  • Willi L. Wagner,
  • Hassan A. Khalil,
  • Zi Chen,
  • Maximilian Ackermann and
  • Steven J. Mentzer

19 September 2022

Pectin is a plant-derived heteropolysaccharide that has been implicated in drug development, tissue engineering, and visceral organ repair. Pectin demonstrates remarkable biostability in a variety of physiologic environments but is biodegradable in w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
43 Citations
5,763 Views
10 Pages

Electroactive Oxidized Alginate/Gelatin/MXene (Ti3C2Tx) Composite Hydrogel with Improved Biocompatibility and Self-Healing Property

  • Hui Zhu,
  • Weitao Dai,
  • Liming Wang,
  • Cong Yao,
  • Chenxi Wang,
  • Bingsong Gu,
  • Dichen Li and
  • Jiankang He

19 September 2022

Conductive hydrogels (CHs) have shown promising potential applied as wearable or epidermal sensors owing to their mechanical adaptability and similarity to natural tissues. However, it remains a great challenge to develop an integrated hydrogel combi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,396 Views
13 Pages

Bioabsorbable Carboxymethyl Starch–Calcium Ionic Assembly Powder as a Hemostatic Agent

  • Young-Gwang Ko,
  • Byeong Nam Kim,
  • Eun Jin Kim,
  • Ho Yun Chung,
  • Seong Yong Park,
  • Young-Jin Kim and
  • Oh Hyeong Kwon

19 September 2022

In contrast to hemostatic fabrics, foams, and gels, hemostatic spray powders may be conveniently applied on narrow and complex bleeding sites. However, powdered hemostatic agents are easily desorbed from the bleeding surface because of blood flow, wh...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,515 Views
15 Pages

Effect of Bacterial Cellulose Plasma Treatment on the Biological Activity of Ag Nanoparticles Deposited Using Magnetron Deposition

  • Alexander Vasil’kov,
  • Alexander Budnikov,
  • Tatiana Gromovykh,
  • Marina Pigaleva,
  • Vera Sadykova,
  • Natalia Arkharova and
  • Alexander Naumkin

19 September 2022

New functional medical materials with antibacterial activity based on biocompatible bacterial cellulose (BC) and Ag nanoparticles (Ag NPs) were obtained. Bacterial cellulose films were prepared by stationary liquid-phase cultivation of the Gluconacet...

  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
3,233 Views
23 Pages

Application of Ensemble Machine Learning Methods to Estimate the Compressive Strength of Fiber-Reinforced Nano-Silica Modified Concrete

  • Madiha Anjum,
  • Kaffayatullah Khan,
  • Waqas Ahmad,
  • Ayaz Ahmad,
  • Muhammad Nasir Amin and
  • Afnan Nafees

19 September 2022

In this study, compressive strength (CS) of fiber-reinforced nano-silica concrete (FRNSC) was anticipated using ensemble machine learning (ML) approaches. Four types of ensemble ML methods were employed, including gradient boosting, random forest, ba...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,274 Views
11 Pages

Effect of Polycarboxylic Grinding Aid on Cement Chemistry and Properties

  • Jianyu Yang,
  • Guanglin Li,
  • Weijun Yang and
  • Junfeng Guan

19 September 2022

In view of the disadvantages of polycarboxylic acid grinding aids, such as poor reinforcement effect and cumbersome synthesis process, a new type of polycarboxylic acid grinding aid was prepared to meet the requirements of multifunctional admixture f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,083 Views
14 Pages

19 September 2022

Polyether ketone (PEK) plastics are linear thermoplastic polymers connected by at least one ether bond and at least one ketone bond on the aryl group. The reason for their excellent heat resistance, rigidity, and mechanical strength is that their mai...

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