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Polymers, Volume 16, Issue 1

January-1 2024 - 165 articles

Cover Story: Replacing petroleum-based polymers with biopolymers such as polysaccharides is essential for protecting our environment by saving fossil resources. A research field that can benefit from the application of more environmentally friendly and renewable materials is photochemistry. Therefore, cellulose-based photoresists that could be photocrosslinked via UV irradiation were developed. The olefinic cellulose derivatives are based on cellulose diacetate and tosyl cellulose. These biogenic polymers enable the manufacturing of sustainable coatings, even with imprinted microstructures, and cellulose-based bulk materials. Further, the manufactured cellulose-based architectures, even the bulk structures, could be entirely regenerated into pure cellulose devices via a sodium methoxide treatment. View this paper
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Articles (165)

  • Review
  • Open Access
25 Citations
7,364 Views
27 Pages

Surface Modification Progress for PLGA-Based Cell Scaffolds

  • Bohua Yan,
  • Yabing Hua,
  • Jinyue Wang,
  • Tianjiao Shao,
  • Shan Wang,
  • Xiang Gao and
  • Jing Gao

4 January 2024

Poly(lactic-glycolic acid) (PLGA) is a biocompatible bio-scaffold material, but its own hydrophobic and electrically neutral surface limits its application as a cell scaffold. Polymer materials, mimics ECM materials, and organic material have often b...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,675 Views
16 Pages

Integral Valorization of Posidonia oceanica Balls: An Abundant and Potential Biomass

  • Rim Mnafki,
  • Amaia Morales,
  • Leyre Sillero,
  • Ramzi Khiari,
  • Younes Moussaoui and
  • Jalel Labidi

4 January 2024

Posidonia oceanica balls (POB), a kind of seagrass, are a significant environmental issue since they are annually discharged onto beaches. Their current usefulness limits interest in their management and enhances the environmental problem. Therefore,...

  • Review
  • Open Access
24 Citations
8,295 Views
31 Pages

Anthocyanin-Loaded Polymers as Promising Nature-Based, Responsive, and Bioactive Materials

  • S.S. Rosales-Murillo,
  • Julia Sánchez-Bodón,
  • S.L. Hernández Olmos,
  • M.F. Ibarra-Vázquez,
  • L.G. Guerrero-Ramírez,
  • L. Pérez-Álvarez and
  • J.L. Vilas-Vilela

4 January 2024

Anthocyanins are a specific group of molecules found in nature that have recently received increasing attention due to their interesting biological and colorimetric properties that have been successfully applied in several fields such as food preserv...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,495 Views
18 Pages

4 January 2024

Dimetridazole (DMZ) is a derivative of nitroimidazole and is a veterinary drug used as an antibiotic to treat bacterial or protozoal infections in poultry. The residues of DMZ cause harmful side effects in human beings. Thus, we have constructed a su...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
2,876 Views
17 Pages

4 January 2024

In order to achieve the high-value utilization of heavy tar for the production of enhanced-performance graphite foam carbon, the carbon mesophase was ready from the heavy component of low-temperature coal tar, and the coal tar was modified by styrene...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,431 Views
14 Pages

4 January 2024

The tensile strength and modulus of elasticity of a jute/polylactic acid (PLA) composite were found to vary nonlinearly with the loading angle of the specimen through the tensile test. The variation in these properties was related to the fiber orient...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,783 Views
15 Pages

Synthesis of High-Value Bio-Based Polyamide 12,36 Microcellular Foams with Excellent Dimensional Stability and Shape Recovery Properties

  • Chin-Wen Chen,
  • Palraj Ranganathan,
  • Bhuvanenthiran Mutharani,
  • Jia-Wei Shiu,
  • Syang-Peng Rwei,
  • Yen-Hsiang Chang and
  • Fang-Chyou Chiu

4 January 2024

The search for alternatives to petroleum-based thermoplastic polyamide elastomers (TPAEs) has recently drawn great interest. In this study, a bio-massed TPAE, PA12,36, was synthesized using 1,12-dodecanediamine (DDA) and fatty dimer acid (FDA, Pripol...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,780 Views
13 Pages

4 January 2024

Optimizing the energy efficiency of hydraulic cylinder modern sealing systems requires, among other things, minimizing the developed friction forces. This can be achieved by manufacturing seals from polymer-based polytetrafluoroethylene-type material...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,561 Views
13 Pages

In Situ Polymerization of Antibacterial Modification Polyamide 66 with Au@Cu2O-ZnO Ternary Heterojunction

  • Xiang Li,
  • Mi Zheng,
  • Shikun Zhao,
  • Zhiwen Cao,
  • Kai Pan,
  • Xinxing Feng,
  • Hua Zhang,
  • Min Zheng and
  • Cheng Wang

4 January 2024

In situ polymerization has proven to be an effective route through which to introduce function materials into polyamide materials. In this work, a nano-heterojunction material was evenly dispersed in PA66 via in situ polymerization methods to yield t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,153 Views
11 Pages

Rigidity with Flexibility: Porous Triptycene Networks for Enhancing Methane Storage

  • Fei Guo,
  • Hui Ma,
  • Bin-Bin Yang,
  • Zhen Wang,
  • Xiang-Gao Meng,
  • Jian-Hua Bu and
  • Chun Zhang

4 January 2024

In the pursuit of advancing materials for methane storage, a critical consideration arises given the prominence of natural gas (NG) as a clean transportation fuel, which holds substantial potential for alleviating the strain on both energy resources...

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