Polymers, Volume 15, Issue 19

Supramolecular responsive microcarriers based on chitosan microspheres were prepared and applied for nonenzymatic cell detachment. Briefly, chitosan microspheres (CSMs) were first prepared by an emulsion crosslinking approach, the surface of which wa...

Ionic crosslinking of bromobutyl rubber (BIIR) composites was prepared using butylimidazole (IM) and ionic liquid (IL), combined with carbon nanotubes (CNT) and conductive carbon black (CCB) to enhance the intrinsic properties and heal ability of the...

Four commercial high-performance aerospace aromatic epoxy matrices, CYCOM®890, CYCOM®977-2, PR520, and PRISM EP2400, were cured to a standardised 2 h, 180 °C cure cycle and evaluated in quasi-static uniaxial compression, as well as by dyn...

With the increasing concern regarding the undesirable environmental and socioeconomic consequences of petrochemicals and limited fossil resources, biomass, bio-based polymers, and other renewable natural resources have increasingly become alternative...

The fabrication of mechanically robust and self-healing polymeric materials remains a formidable challenge. To address the drawbacks, a core strategy is proposed based on the dynamic hard domains formed by hierarchical hydrogen bonds and disulfide bo...

Polyethylene (PE) is widely used as a gas-sealing material in packing films and gas transport pipes. A technique for evaluating the permeability of water-insoluble gases has recently been developed. This technique is a volumetric analysis that is use...

More than five hundred images of individual macromolecules of random styrene-butadiene copolymers and styrene-isoprene block copolymers dissolved in a polystyrene matrix were analyzed. The presence of density fluctuations inside the macromolecular co...

The degradation of polylactide (PLA) films of different structures under conditions of controlled composting has been studied. We have demonstrated that PLA underwent degradation within one month in a substrate that simulated standard industrial comp...

Two classes of thermal protection systems composed of a carbon-fibre-reinforced (CFRP) layer and an ablative material layer joined with a thermo-resistant ceramic adhesive were developed. The two classes differ in the composition of the ablative mate...

Chitosan and its derivatives are widely used in food packaging, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical, textile, paper, agriculture, and environmental industries. However, the flexibility of chitosan films is extremely poor, which limits its relevant...