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Polymers, Volume 15, Issue 7

April-1 2023 - 218 articles

Cover Story: The measure of the refractive index and its chromatic dispersion in dielectric thin films is fundamental for applications ranging from optics to biotechnology and metrology. Reliable and accurate measurements typically require expensive equipment and specialized expertise, relegating the analysis to specialized laboratories. In this study, a new accessible method for the measurement of the refractive index is proposed. The core of our refractometer is the use of a simple theoretical model, based on the scalar theory of light diffraction, to estimate the refractive index of a moldable material, replicating diffraction grating on its surface, from simple optical and topographic measurements. View this paper
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Articles (218)

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,536 Views
16 Pages

6 April 2023

Influenced by water injection, a dominant flow channel is easily formed in the high water cut stage of a conglomerate reservoir, resulting in the inefficient or ineffective circulation of the injected water. With gel flooding as one of the effective...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,732 Views
14 Pages

Ligand Installation to Polymeric Micelles for Pediatric Brain Tumor Targeting

  • Takayoshi Watanabe,
  • Hayato Laurence Mizuno,
  • Jumpei Norimatsu,
  • Takumi Obara,
  • Horacio Cabral,
  • Kouhei Tsumoto,
  • Makoto Nakakido,
  • Daisuke Kawauchi and
  • Yasutaka Anraku

6 April 2023

Medulloblastoma is a life-threatening disease with poor therapeutic outcomes. In chemotherapy, low drug accumulation has been a cause of these outcomes. Such inadequate response to treatments has been associated with low drug accumulation, particular...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,181 Views
10 Pages

Time–Concentration Superposition for Linear Viscoelasticity of Polymer Solutions

  • Can-Qi Li,
  • Horst Henning Winter,
  • Yuan-Qi Fan,
  • Geng-Xin Xu and
  • Xue-Feng Yuan

6 April 2023

The concentration dependence of linear viscoelastic properties of polymer solutions is a well-studied topic in polymer physics. Dynamic scaling theories allow qualitative predictions of polymer solution rheology, but quantitative predictions are stil...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,550 Views
13 Pages

Evolution of the Viscoelastic Properties of Filler Reinforced Rubber under Physical Aging at Room Temperature

  • María Vizcaíno-Vergara,
  • Leif Kari,
  • Lewis B. Tunnicliffe and
  • James J. C. Busfield

6 April 2023

Filler reinforced rubber is widely used for engineering applications; therefore, a sound characterization of the effects of physical aging is crucial for accurately predicting its viscoelastic properties within its operational temperature range. Here...

  • Article
  • Open Access
39 Citations
3,858 Views
19 Pages

Polyaniline-Supported Nickel Oxide Flower for Efficient Nitrite Electrochemical Detection in Water

  • Nada S. Al-Kadhi,
  • Mahmoud A. Hefnawy,
  • Fowzia S. Alamro,
  • Rami Adel Pashameah,
  • Hoda A. Ahmed and
  • Shymaa S. Medany

6 April 2023

A modified electrode with conducting polymer (Polyaniline) and NiO nanoflowers was prepared to detect nitrite ions in drinking water. A simple method was used to prepare the NiO nanoflower (NiOnF). Several techniques characterized the as-prepared NiO...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,378 Views
15 Pages

6 April 2023

In this work, we assessed the CO2 and CH4 sorption and transport in copolymers of 3-hydroxybutyrate and 3-hydroxyvalerate (PHBV), which showed good CO2 capture potential in our previous papers, thanks to their good solubility–selectivity, and a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,199 Views
11 Pages

Cd(II)/Mn(II)/Co(II)/Ni(II)/Zn(II) Coordination Polymers Built from Dicarboxylic Acid/Tetracarboxylic Acid Ligands: Their Structural Diversity and Fluorescence Properties

  • Lu Liu,
  • Jian-Min Li,
  • Meng-Di Zhang,
  • Hui-Jie Wang,
  • Ying Li,
  • Zhen-Bei Zhang,
  • Zi-Fang Zhao,
  • Yu Xi,
  • Yuan-Yuan Huang and
  • Jie Xu
  • + 3 authors

6 April 2023

Six Cd(II)/Mn(II)/Co(II)/Ni(II)/Zn(II) coordination complexes are formulated as [Cd2(X2−)2(μ3-O)2/3]n (1), [Mn2(X2−)2(μ3-O)2/3]n (2), {[Co1.5(Y4−)0.5(4,4′-bpy)1.5(OH−)]·2H2O}n (3), {[Ni(X2−)(4,4′...

  • Article
  • Open Access
49 Citations
3,798 Views
21 Pages

Investigation on Properties of Raw and Alkali Treated Novel Cellulosic Root Fibres of Zea Mays for Polymeric Composites

  • S. Anne Kavitha,
  • R. Krishna Priya,
  • Krishna Prakash Arunachalam,
  • Siva Avudaiappan,
  • Nelson Maureira-Carsalade and
  • Ángel Roco-Videla

6 April 2023

Today, new materials based on natural fibres have been emerging day by day to completely eradicate plastics to favour our environmental nature. In this view, the present work is based on the extraction and characterisation of the novel root fibres of...

  • Review
  • Open Access
36 Citations
9,100 Views
32 Pages

Microbial Exopolysaccharide Composites in Biomedicine and Healthcare: Trends and Advances

  • Vishal Ahuja,
  • Arvind Kumar Bhatt,
  • J. Rajesh Banu,
  • Vinod Kumar,
  • Gopalakrishnan Kumar,
  • Yung-Hun Yang and
  • Shashi Kant Bhatia

6 April 2023

Microbial exopolysaccharides (EPSs), e.g., xanthan, dextran, gellan, curdlan, etc., have significant applications in several industries (pharma, food, textiles, petroleum, etc.) due to their biocompatibility, nontoxicity, and functional characteristi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,340 Views
13 Pages

Modification of Polyamide 66 for a Media-Tight Hybrid Composite with Aluminum

  • Fabian Lins,
  • Christian Kahl,
  • Jan-Christoph Zarges and
  • Hans-Peter Heim

6 April 2023

Metal–plastic composites are becoming increasingly important in lightweight construction. As a combination, e.g., for transmission housings in automobiles, composites made of die-cast aluminum housings and Polyamide 66 are a promising material....

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