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Polymers, Volume 15, Issue 5

March-1 2023 - 267 articles

Cover Story: Nature-inspired actuators are used to carry out effective motions based on the flexibility of natural creatures. This study presents an actuator that can simulate the motion of an elephant's trunk in several degrees of freedom. Actuators made of soft polymers that actively respond to external stimuli were integrated with shape memory alloys (SMAs) to mimic the flexible body and muscles of an elephant's trunk. The intended actuator is a soft gripper that combines a flexible polymer and SMAs to mimic an elephant trunk's flexible and effective gripping action. View this paper
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Articles (267)

  • Review
  • Open Access
28 Citations
10,002 Views
17 Pages

5 March 2023

Plastic pollution endangers all natural ecosystems and living creatures on earth. Excessive reliance on plastic products and excessive production of plastic packaging are extremely dangerous for humans because plastic waste has polluted almost the en...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,181 Views
14 Pages

Facile Synthesis of Light-Switchable Polymers with Diazocine Units in the Main Chain

  • Shuo Li,
  • Katrin Bamberg,
  • Yuzhou Lu,
  • Frank D. Sönnichsen and
  • Anne Staubitz

5 March 2023

Unlike azobenzene, the photoisomerization behavior of its ethylene-bridged derivative, diazocine, has hardly been explored in synthetic polymers. In this communication, linear photoresponsive poly(thioether)s containing diazocine moieties in the poly...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,541 Views
12 Pages

All-Organic PTFE Coated PVDF Composite Film Exhibiting Low Conduction Loss and High Breakdown Strength for Energy Storage Applications

  • Xiang-Shuo Meng,
  • Yujiu Zhou,
  • Jianfeng Li,
  • Hu Ye,
  • Fujia Chen,
  • Yuetao Zhao,
  • Qifeng Pan and
  • Jianhua Xu

5 March 2023

Plastic film capacitors are widely used in pulse and energy storage applications because of their high breakdown strength, high power density, long lifetime, and excellent self-healing properties. Nowadays, the energy storage density of commercial bi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,006 Views
14 Pages

5 March 2023

A unique hybridized intumescent flame retardant named reduced-graphene-oxide-modified ammonium polyphosphate (RGO-APP) was successfully synthesized via the simple hydrothermal method and reduced process. Then, the obtained RGO-APP was applied in epox...

  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
9,887 Views
15 Pages

Investigation of Performance of Anion Exchange Membrane (AEM) Electrolysis with Different Operating Conditions

  • Adam Mohd Izhan Noor Azam,
  • Thuushren Ragunathan,
  • Nurul Noramelya Zulkefli,
  • Mohd Shahbudin Masdar,
  • Edy Herianto Majlan,
  • Rozan Mohamad Yunus,
  • Noor Shahirah Shamsul,
  • Teuku Husaini and
  • Siti Nur Amira Shaffee

4 March 2023

In this work, the performance of anion exchange membrane (AEM) electrolysis is evaluated. A parametric study is conducted, focusing on the effects of various operating parameters on the AEM efficiency. The following parameters—potassium hydroxi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,656 Views
34 Pages

4 March 2023

The automobile industry is focused on eco-friendly vehicles with the goal of carbon neutrality (Netzero), and vehicle weight reduction is essential to achieve high fuel efficiency for driving performance and distance compared to internal combustion e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,043 Views
16 Pages

Improvement of Heat Resistance of Fluorosilicone Rubber Employing Vinyl-Functionalized POSS as a Chemical Crosslinking Agent

  • Jae Il So,
  • Chung Soo Lee,
  • Byeong Seok Kim,
  • Hyeon Woo Jeong,
  • Jin Sung Seo,
  • Sung Hyeon Baeck,
  • Sang Eun Shim and
  • Yingjie Qian

4 March 2023

Fluorosilicone rubber (F-LSR) is a promising material that can be applied in various cutting-edge industries. However, the slightly lower thermal resistance of F-LSR compared with that of conventional PDMS is difficult to overcome by applying nonreac...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
6,402 Views
18 Pages

4 March 2023

The aim of this study was to develop bio-based adhesives that can be used for various packaging papers. In addition to commercial paper samples, papers produced from harmful plant species in Europe, such as Japanese Knotweed and Canadian Goldenrod, w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,738 Views
22 Pages

On the Vibration-Damping Properties of the Prestressed Polyurethane Granular Material

  • Aleš Gosar,
  • Igor Emri,
  • Jernej Klemenc,
  • Marko Nagode and
  • Simon Oman

4 March 2023

Granular materials promise opportunities for the development of high-performance, lightweight vibration-damping elements that provide a high level of safety and comfort. Presented here is an investigation of the vibration-damping properties of prestr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,319 Views
17 Pages

Fabrication of Novel Omeprazole-Based Chitosan Coated Nanoemulgel Formulation for Potential Anti-Microbia; In Vitro and Ex Vivo Characterizations

  • Irshad Ullah,
  • Aiyeshah Alhodaib,
  • Iffat Naz,
  • Waqar Ahmad,
  • Hidayat Ullah,
  • Adnan Amin and
  • Asif Nawaz

4 March 2023

Infectious diseases remain inevitable factors for high mortality and morbidity rate in the modern world to date. Repurposing is a novel approach to drug development has become an intriguing research topic in the literature. Omeprazole is one of the t...

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