IOCPS 2021 - 22 articles
Online | 1–15 November 2021
Volume Editors:
Gianluca Cicala, University of Catania, Catania, Italy; UdR-Catania Consorzio INSTM, Catania, Italy
Ana María Díez-Pascual, Alcala University, Spain
Shin-ichi Yusa, University of Hyogo, Japan
Poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) is a p-type organic semiconductor and is intrinsically a donor material. It is one of the most attractive polymers because of its high electrical conductivity and solubility in various solvents. However, its carrier mobi...
Active-compound encapsulation in polymeric carriers is a widely used technology as it protects and improves the physical characteristics of the active compound and controls its delivery. The effectiveness of polymeric microcapsules (MCs) depends on t...
In this work, new biodegradable composite materials based on poly (butylene adipate terephthalate) (PBAT) reinforced with zein–TiO2 complex microparticles were prepared and characterised by electron microscopy and tensile and dynamic-mechanical...
Three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting is an emerging technology that could be used in the generation of 3D cellular structures for tissue engineering applications. The interest in this technology is due to its capacity to enable the fabrication of preci...
With the transition towards more sustainable paint formulations that are waterborne, the susceptibility to microbial contamination has to be better controlled to increase shelf life and functional lifetime. However, recent restrictions in European re...
Beeswax is a bioderived phase change material (PCM), with a phase change temperature of around 60 °C, which is suitable for thermoregulating hot served food packages. Beeswax should be shape stabilized for thermoregulation purposes. This paper ha...
This study investigated the possibility of replacing virgin matrices with recycled polymers in additive manufacturing (AM). In this regard, two commercial filaments, made from polylactide acid (PLA)—the second (here referred to as recycled) obt...
Hydrogels have recently been increasingly studied due to their similarity to natural soft tissues. However, the stable mechanical properties and elasticity required for hydrogels used in sensing and wearable devices remain challenging. Herein, a nove...
Thermally sensitive food and pharma packages are maintained at desired temperatures using refrigeration systems. These systems are powered by non-conventional energy resources. They provide uneven cooling in large containers. Interruption in their fu...
Semi-synthetic hydrogels made of carboxymethyl hyaluronic acid (CMHA) and polyacrylic acid (PAA) were synthesized using electron beam irradiation. CMHA, with a degree of substitution of 0.87 and a molecular weight of 149 kDa, was mixed with linear PA...
The development of the automotive sector and the increasing number of vehicles all over the world poses multiple threats to the environment. One of them, probably not so emphasized as others, is the enormous amount of post-consumer car tires. Due to...
As a metal-free polymeric semiconductor with an absorption in the visible range, carbon nitride has numerous advantages for photo-based applications spanning hydrogen evolution, CO2 reduction, ion transport, organic synthesis and organic dye degradat...
Poly(butylene succinate) (PBS) is a bio-based and biodegradable polyester that can be used in numerous applications, ranging from clothing to food packaging and from the car industry to the biomedical sector (e.g., drug release systems). The conventi...
Vitrimers constitute a new class of covalent adaptable networks (CANs), in which thermally stimulated associative exchange reactions allow the topological rearrangement of the dynamic network while keeping the number of bonds and the crosslink densit...
Self-assembled nanoparticles based on amphiphilic poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone) (Amph-PVP) were proposed earlier as a new drug delivery system. In the current work, we study the antitumor activity of Amph-PVP-based self-assembled polymeric micelles covale...
Silica-based coatings prepared using sol-gel polymerizing technology have been shown to exhibit excellent chemical stability combined with reducing the corrosion of metal substrates, showing promising use in aerospace and marine applications to prote...
Optical sensors based on surface plasmon resonance (SPR) have made great strides in the detection of various chemical and biological analytes. A surface plasmon is a bound, non-radiative evanescent wave generated as resonant electrons on a metal&ndas...
Hydrogels (HG) are 3D networks of hydrophilic macromolecules linked by different “cross-linking points”, which have as a main advantage their capacity for the adsorption of large amounts of water without any apparent dissolution. This all...
Using aqueous emulsion as the medium in radiation-induced graft polymerization (RIGP) offers an environment-friendly shift from organic solvents while increasing polymerization efficiency through known water radiolysis-based graft initiation. In the...
There are a variety of hydrogel-based bioinks commonly used in three-dimensional bioprinting. In this study, in the form of patent analysis, the state of the art has been reviewed by introducing what has been patented in relation to hydrogel-based bi...
Phenol-formaldehyde shelled phase change material microcapsules (MPCMs) were fabricated and their processing parameters were analyzed with the Taguchi method. Core to shell ratio, surfactant concentration and speed of mixing are the parameters that w...
Natural polymers play a vital part in the formulation of pharmaceutical dosage forms due to their use as excipients. Synthetic polymers have been introduced into drug delivery recently; the usage of natural polymers in drug delivery research continue...
