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Polymers, Volume 14, Issue 23

2022 December-1 - 280 articles

Cover Story: Lignin is a natural polymer second only to cellulose among natural reserves, which is linked by chemical bonds such as carbon–carbon bonds and ether bonds. Degradation is one of the ways to achieve high value conversion of lignin, of which heating degradation of lignin with deep eutectic solvent (DES) is a good green degradation method. In this study, we used choline chloride as the hydrogen bond acceptor, and urea, ethylene glycol, glycerol, acetic acid, formic acid mixed acid, oxalic acid, and p-toluenesulfonic acid as the hydrogen bond donors to degrade lignin and evaluated the recovery of DES. View this paper
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Articles (280)

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,883 Views
10 Pages

Relation of Chemical Composition and Colour of Spruce Wood

  • Viera Kučerová,
  • Richard Hrčka and
  • Tatiana Hýrošová

6 December 2022

The visual inspection of fresh cut spruce wood (Picea abies, L. Karst.) showed the variability of its colour. Wood visual inspection is a part of wood quality assessment, for example, prior to or after its processing. The detail spruce wood colour an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
17,013 Views
18 Pages

Molecular Dynamics and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Supercritical CO2 Sorption in Poly(Methyl Methacrylate)

  • Valentina V. Sobornova,
  • Konstantin V. Belov,
  • Alexey A. Dyshin,
  • Darya L. Gurina,
  • Ilya A. Khodov and
  • Michael G. Kiselev

6 December 2022

The study of supercritical carbon dioxide sorption processes is an important and urgent task in the field of “green” chemistry and for the selection of conditions for new polymer material formation. However, at the moment, the research of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,649 Views
11 Pages

6 December 2022

In the current work, atom transfer radical polymerization-induced self-assembly (ATRP PISA) phase diagrams were obtained by the means of dissipative particle dynamics simulations. A fast algorithm for determining the equilibrium morphology of block c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,294 Views
10 Pages

Dual Responsive Dependent Background Color Based on Thermochromic 1D Photonic Crystal Multilayer Films

  • Yejin Kim,
  • Seo Hyun Kim,
  • Henok Getachew Girma,
  • Seungju Jeon,
  • Bogyu Lim and
  • Seo-Hyun Jung

6 December 2022

In this paper, we present dual responsive one-dimensional (1D) photonic crystal (PC) multilayer films that utilize a high-humidity environment and temperature. Dual responsive 1D PC multilayer films are fabricated on precoated thermochromic film by s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,223 Views
19 Pages

Characteristics and Properties of Acid- and Pepsin-Solubilized Collagens from the Tail Tendon of Skipjack Tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis)

  • Sagun Chanmangkang,
  • Sutee Wangtueai,
  • Nantipa Pansawat,
  • Pramvadee Tepwong,
  • Atikorn Panya and
  • Jirawan Maneerote

6 December 2022

The tail tendons of skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis), a by-product from the meat-separation process in canned-tuna production, was used as an alternative source of collagen extraction. The acid-solubilized collagens using vinegar (VTC) and acetic-a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,988 Views
23 Pages

New Crosslinked Single-Ion Silica-PEO Hybrid Electrolytes

  • Sébastien Issa,
  • Roselyne Jeanne-Brou,
  • Sumit Mehan,
  • Didier Devaux,
  • Fabrice Cousin,
  • Didier Gigmes,
  • Renaud Bouchet and
  • Trang N. T. Phan

6 December 2022

New single-ion hybrid electrolytes have been synthetized via an original and simple synthetic approach combining Michael addition, epoxidation, and sol–gel polycondensation. We designed an organic PEO network as a matrix for the lithium transpo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,127 Views
15 Pages

Polyacrylonitrile-Polyvinyl Alcohol-Based Composite Gel-Polymer Electrolyte for All-Solid-State Lithium-Ion Batteries

  • Yer-Targyn Tleukenov,
  • Gulnur Kalimuldina,
  • Anar Arinova,
  • Nurbolat Issatayev,
  • Zhumabay Bakenov and
  • Arailym Nurpeissova

6 December 2022

The three-dimensional (3D) structure of batteries nowadays obtains a lot of attention because it provides the electrodes a vast surface area to accommodate and employ more active material, resulting in a notable increase in areal capacity. However, t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,942 Views
16 Pages

Material Extrusion of Helical Shape Memory Polymer Artificial Muscles for Human Space Exploration Apparatus

  • Kellen Mitchell,
  • Lily Raymond,
  • Joshua Wood,
  • Ji Su,
  • Jun Zhang and
  • Yifei Jin

6 December 2022

Astronauts suffer skeletal muscle atrophy in microgravity and/or zero-gravity environments. Artificial muscle-actuated exoskeletons can aid astronauts in physically strenuous situations to mitigate risk during spaceflight missions. Current artificial...

  • Review
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,304 Views
19 Pages

Prospects of Biogenic Xanthan and Gellan in Removal of Heavy Metals from Contaminated Waters

  • Katarína Balíková,
  • Bence Farkas,
  • Peter Matúš and
  • Martin Urík

6 December 2022

Biosorption is considered an effective technique for the treatment of heavy-metal-bearing wastewaters. In recent years, various biogenic products, including native and functionalized biopolymers, have been successfully employed in technologies aiming...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,242 Views
17 Pages

6 December 2022

Flame retardancy properties of neat PLA can be improved with different phosphorus-based flame retardants (FRs), however, developing flame retardant PLA-based engineering composites with maintained mechanical performance is still a challenge. This stu...

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