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  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,501 Views
12 Pages

Hard Carbons Derived from Phenyl Hyper-Crosslinked Polymers for Lithium-Ion Batteries

  • Ziyang Guo,
  • Xiaodong Tian,
  • Yan Song,
  • Tao Yang and ,
  • Zihui Ma,
  • Xiangjie Gong and
  • Chao Wang
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

13 February 2023

Hyper-crosslinked polymers are attracting extensive attention owing to their ease of design and synthesis. Based on the flexibility of its molecular design, a hyper-crosslinked polymer with a π-conjugated structure and its derived carbon were synt...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,466 Views
13 Pages

Preparation of Chloromethylated Pitch–Based Hyper–Crosslinked Polymers and An Immobilized Acidic Ionic Liquid as A Catalyst for the Synthesis of Biodiesel

  • Baoyou Pei,
  • Xiaoyan Xiang,
  • Ting Liu,
  • Dongliang Li and ,
  • Chaoyang Zhao,
  • Rongxing Qiu,
  • Xiaoyan Chen,
  • Jinqing Lin and
  • Xiaoyan Luo
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

15 November 2019

Hyper-crosslinking polymers and its immobilized acid ionic liquid catalyst were prepared using cheap pitch, as a monomer, through hyper-crosslinking reactions and allyl chloride, as a chlorine source, for chloromethylation and further grafting with i...

(This article belongs to the Section Catalytic Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,640 Views
12 Pages

Tailoring Mesoporosity of Multi-Hydroxyls Hyper-Crosslinked Organic Polymers for Reinforced Ambient Chemical Fixation of CO2

  • Zengjing Guo,
  • Shuguang Ning,
  • Shicheng Xu,
  • Yongying Zhang and ,
  • Yifan Dong and
  • Hongjing Han
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

10 October 2024

Ambient condition-determined chemical CO2 fixation affords great promise for remitting the pressure of CO2 release. The construction of a microporous environment easily captures CO2 molecules around the reactive sites of the catalyst to reinforce the...

(This article belongs to the Section Catalytic Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
4,601 Views
18 Pages

On the Gas Storage Properties of 3D Porous Carbons Derived from Hyper-Crosslinked Polymers

  • Giorgio Gatti,
  • Mina Errahali,
  • Lorenzo Tei,
  • Maurizio Cossi and
  • Leonardo Marchese

1 April 2019

The preparation of porous carbons by post-synthesis treatment of hypercrosslinked polymers is described, with a careful physico-chemical characterization, to obtain new materials for gas storage and separation. Different procedures, based on chemical...

(This article belongs to the Section Polymer Chemistry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,324 Views
16 Pages

Immobilization of β-CD on a Hyper-Crosslinked Polymer for the Enhanced Removal of Amines from Aqueous Solutions

  • Zujin Yang,
  • Guifang Wu,
  • Qiuru Li,
  • Hongxia Ai and ,
  • Xingdong Yao and
  • Hongbing Ji
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

21 July 2020

In this paper, we adopted a simple and efficient strategy to prepare a β-cyclodextrin (β-CD)-modified hyper-crosslinked polymer (CDM-HCP). The structures and physicochemical properties of the as-synthesized polymer were also evaluated. It w...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Polymer Recycling: Degradation, Processing, Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,076 Views
11 Pages

Facile Synthesis Hyper-Crosslinked PdFe Bimetallic Polymer as Highly Active Catalyst for Ullmann Coupling Reaction of Chlorobenzene

  • Cheng Tang,
  • Wenwen Yang,
  • Zhijuan Zou,
  • Fang Liao and ,
  • Chunmei Zeng and
  • Kunpeng Song
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

20 June 2023

The synthesis of efficient and sustainable heterogeneous Pd-based catalysts has been an active field of research due to their crucial role in carbon–carbon coupling reactions. In this study, we developed a facile and eco-friendly in situ assembly tec...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,251 Views
14 Pages

9 January 2026

Vascularization is one of the key components of tissue engineering and must accompany the ingrowth of new tissues to establish an environment conducive to repair and regeneration of damaged tissue. The overarching objective of this study was to inves...

(This article belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)
  • Review
  • Open Access
27 Citations
4,754 Views
21 Pages

8 September 2023

Hyper-crosslinked porous organic nanomaterials, especially the hyper-crosslinked polymers (HCPs), are a unique class of materials that combine the benefits of high surface area, porous structure, and good chemical and thermal stability all rolled int...

(This article belongs to the Section Synthesis, Interfaces and Nanostructures)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,512 Views
13 Pages

Synthesis, Characterization, and Gas Adsorption Performance of Amine-Functionalized Styrene-Based Porous Polymers

  • Katerina Setnickova,
  • Karel Jerabek,
  • Tomas Strasak,
  • Monika Mullerova and ,
  • Vera Jandova,
  • Karel Soukup,
  • Roman Petrickovic,
  • Hui-Hsin Tseng and
  • Petr Uchytil
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

20 December 2022

In recent years, porous materials have been extensively studied by the scientific community owing to their excellent properties and potential use in many different areas, such as gas separation and adsorption. Hyper-crosslinked porous polymers (HCLPs...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Development of Sustainable Polymer Materials from Renewable and Waste Resources)
  • Article
  • Open Access
111 Citations
6,919 Views
16 Pages

31 January 2021

In this study, we successfully synthesized two types of meso/microporous carbon materials through the carbonization and potassium hydroxide (KOH) activation for two different kinds of hyper-crosslinked polymers of TPE-CPOP1 and TPE-CPOP2, which were...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Chemistry of Sustainable Energy Conversion and Storage)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,463 Views
17 Pages

Constructing a Broad-Pore-Domain Structure of Adsorbents for Acteoside Adsorption

  • Weibo Ru,
  • Jiaxing Liu,
  • Feng Xiong,
  • Yu Sun and ,
  • Yong Zhang,
  • Yipei Li,
  • Yin Lv and
  • Xueqin Li
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

31 December 2024

Acteoside (ACT) is an important medicinal component, but its content is scarce. To obtain higher purity of ACT, the adsorption method was used to purify it. In this study, a broad-pore-domain hyper-crosslinked polymer (BHP-Kae) was prepared to adsorb...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Application and Characterization of Polymer Composites)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,347 Views
17 Pages

9 June 2021

The influence of hyper-crosslinked polystyrene (HCPS) MacronetTM MN200 on the gas transport properties and aging of the highly permeable glassy polymer poly(1-trimethylsilyl-1-propyne) (PTMSP) was studied and analyzed in detail. The gas transport cha...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Polymeric Materials for Membrane Technology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
6,608 Views
16 Pages

Hyper Cross-Linked Polymers as Additives for Preventing Aging of PIM-1 Membranes

  • Federico Begni,
  • Elsa Lasseuguette,
  • Geo Paul,
  • Chiara Bisio and ,
  • Leonardo Marchese,
  • Giorgio Gatti and
  • Maria-Chiara Ferrari
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

Mixed-matrix membranes (MMMs) are membranes that are composed of polymers embedded with inorganic particles. By combining the polymers with the inorganic fillers, improvements can be made to the permeability compared to the pure polymer membranes due...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Polymer Membranes for Gas Separation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,580 Views
12 Pages

Carbon-based materials with different morphologies have special properties suitable for application in adsorption, catalysis, energy storage, and so on. Carbon spheres and carbon monoliths are also nanostructured materials showing promising results....

(This article belongs to the Collection Porous Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,790 Views
10 Pages

In Situ Synthesis of Hypercrosslinked Polymer as Stationary Phase for Capillary Gas Chromatography

  • Yan Wu,
  • Chaofan Song,
  • Guanwen Huang,
  • Kaicheng Wu and ,
  • Yinghong Zhao,
  • Ailin Ning,
  • Wenlanqi Du and
  • Jia Jia
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

18 November 2024

Hypercrosslinked polymers (HCPs) constructed by the Friedel–Crafts alkylation reaction of aromatic compounds have emerged as a new class of porous materials with unique merit. Herein, a HCP named HCP-TPB was coated onto a capillary column throu...

(This article belongs to the Topic Advances in Separation Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
4,618 Views
13 Pages

Cobalt-Doped Porous Carbon Nanosheets Derived from 2D Hypercrosslinked Polymer with CoN4 for High Performance Electrochemical Capacitors

  • Yuanhai Chen,
  • Fengru Liu,
  • Feng Qiu,
  • Chenbao Lu and ,
  • Jialing Kang,
  • Doudou Zhao,
  • Sheng Han and
  • Xiaodong Zhuang
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

4 December 2018

Cobalt-doped graphene-coupled hypercrosslinked polymers (Co-GHCP) have been successfully prepared on a large scale, using an efficient RAFT (Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain Transfer Polymerization) emulsion polymerization and nucleophilic sub...

(This article belongs to the Section Polymer Chemistry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
4,685 Views
15 Pages

Hypercrosslinked Ionic Polymers with High Ionic Content for Efficient Conversion of Carbon Dioxide into Cyclic Carbonates

  • Xu Liao,
  • Baoyou Pei,
  • Ruixun Ma,
  • Lingzheng Kong and ,
  • Xilin Gao,
  • Jiao He,
  • Xiaoyan Luo and
  • Jinqing Lin
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

6 January 2022

The effective conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2) into cyclic carbonates requires porous materials with high ionic content and large specific surface area. Herein, we developed a new systematic post-synthetic modification strategy for synthesizing imi...

(This article belongs to the Topic Catalysis for Sustainable Chemistry and Energy)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,437 Views
18 Pages

5 July 2022

Clean water is one of the sustainable development goals. Organic dye is one of the water pollutants affecting water quality. Hence, the conversion of dyes to safer species is crucial for water treatment. The Fenton reaction using Fe as a catalyst is...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Novel Wastewater Treatment Applications Using Polymeric Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,753 Views
14 Pages

6 June 2025

Natural gas purification and the mitigation of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from flue gases are critical steps in alleviating the greenhouse effect and significantly mitigate multiple environmental challenges associated with global warming. Hypercr...

(This article belongs to the Section Smart and Functional Polymers)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,151 Views
19 Pages

Synthesis of a Novel Zwitterionic Hypercrosslinked Polymer for Highly Efficient Iodine Capture from Water

  • Jingwen Yu,
  • Luna Song,
  • Bingying Han,
  • Jiangliang Hu and ,
  • Zhong Li and
  • Jie Mi
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

9 October 2024

Cationic porous organic polymers have a unique advantage in removing radioactive iodine from the aqueous phase because iodine molecules exist mainly in the form of iodine-containing anions. However, halogen anions will inevitably be released into wat...

(This article belongs to the Section Smart and Functional Polymers)
  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
4,034 Views
13 Pages

Two Facile Aniline-Based Hypercrosslinked Polymer Adsorbents for Highly Efficient Iodine Capture and Removal

  • Biying Liu,
  • Chaochao Mao,
  • Zian Zhou,
  • Qiannan Wang and ,
  • Xiong Zhou,
  • Zhijie Liao,
  • Ran Deng,
  • Defei Liu,
  • Jingzi Beiyuan and
  • Wenbing Yuan
  • + 9 authors+ 4 authors

26 December 2022

Effective capture and safe disposal of radioactive iodine (129I or 131I) during nuclear power generation processes have always been a worldwide environmental concern. Low-cost and high-efficiency iodine removal materials are urgently needed. In this...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Molecular Research on Chemical, Physical and Optical Properties of Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,248 Views
12 Pages

In Vivo Performance of a Novel Hyper-Crosslinked Carbohydrate Polymer Bone Graft Substitute for Spinal Fusion

  • Kee D. Kim,
  • Cynthia A. Batchelder,
  • Plamena Koleva,
  • Arash Ghaffari-Rafi and ,
  • Tejas Karnati,
  • Dylan Goodrich,
  • Jose Castillo and
  • Charles Lee
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

Bone graft materials are essential for achieving arthrodesis after spine surgery. Safe bone graft products, with osteoinductive, osteoconductive properties and the ability to monitor fusion in real-time, are highly desirable. A novel hyper-crosslinke...

(This article belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering and Biomaterials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,441 Views
16 Pages

Fabrication, Facilitating Gas Permeability, and Molecular Simulations of Porous Hypercrosslinked Polymers Embedding 6FDA-Based Polyimide Mixed-Matrix Membranes

  • Chaohua Song,
  • Longfei Peng,
  • Yinhui Li,
  • Yawei Du and ,
  • Zan Chen,
  • Weixin Li,
  • Cuijia Duan,
  • Biao Yuan,
  • Shuo Yan and
  • Sibudjing Kawi
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

21 February 2023

Novel polymers applied in economic membrane technologies are a perennial hot topic in the fields of natural gas purification and O2 enrichment. Herein, novel hypercrosslinked polymers (HCPs) incorporating 6FDA-based polyimide (PI) MMMs were prepared...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,876 Views
11 Pages

Cationic Cyclopropenium-Based Hyper-Crosslinked Polymer Enhanced Polyethylene Oxide Composite Electrolyte for All-Solid-State Li-S Battery

  • Shuang Lian,
  • Yu Wang,
  • Haifeng Ji,
  • Xiaojie Zhang and ,
  • Jingjing Shi,
  • Yi Feng and
  • Xiongwei Qu
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

29 September 2021

The development of solid-state polymer electrolytes is an effective way to overcome the notorious shuttle effect of polysulfides in traditional liquid lithium sulfur batteries. In this paper, cationic cyclopropenium based cross-linked polymer was fir...

(This article belongs to the Section Energy and Catalysis)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,463 Views
17 Pages

Synthesis of Poly(aniline-co-benzene)-Based Hypercrosslinked Polymer for Hg(II) Ions Removal from Polluted Water: Kinetic and Thermodynamic Studies

  • Mashael T. Aljboar,
  • Abdulaziz Ali Alghamdi,
  • Abdel-Basit Al-Odayni,
  • Maha I. Al-Zaben and ,
  • Abdullah Al-Kahtani and
  • Waseem Sharaf Saeed
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

21 August 2023

The aim of this work was to investigate the adsorption performance of a highly crosslinked poly(aniline-co-benzene) (PAB) copolymeric network. This hypercrosslinked polymer (HCP) was obtained via the Friedel–Craft reaction in the presence of Fe...

(This article belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,964 Views
20 Pages

Combining Polymerization and Templating toward Hyper-Cross-Linked Poly(propargyl aldehyde)s and Poly(propargyl alcohol)s for Reversible H2O and CO2 Capture and Construction of Porous Chiral Networks

  • Lucie Havelková,
  • Bogdana Bashta,
  • Alena Hašková,
  • Alice Vagenknechtová and ,
  • Eliška Vyskočilová,
  • Jiří Brus and
  • Jan Sedláček
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

1 February 2023

Two series of hyper-cross-linked microporous polyacetylene networks containing either -[CH=C(CH=O)]- or -[CH=C(CH2OH)]- monomeric units are reported. Networks are prepared by chain-growth copolymerization of acetal-protected propargyl aldehyde and ac...

(This article belongs to the Section Polymer Chemistry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,501 Views
12 Pages

10 May 2023

The influence of a polymerisation mechanism (reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer; RAFT vs. free radical polymerisation; FRP) on the porous structure of highly porous poly(styrene-co-divinylbenzene) polymers was investigated. The hi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Porous Polymeric Materials: Design and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
46 Citations
12,467 Views
19 Pages

Preparation of Ethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate (EGDMA)-Based Terpolymer as Potential Sorbents for Pharmaceuticals Adsorption

  • Nur Syafiqah Shaipulizan,
  • Siti Nurul Ain Md Jamil,
  • Sazlinda Kamaruzaman,
  • Nur Nida Syamimi Subri and ,
  • Abel Adekanmi Adeyi,
  • Abdul Halim Abdullah and
  • Luqman Chuah Abdullah
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

12 February 2020

Ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGDMA) is used as a crosslinker in poly(acrylonitrile (AN)-co-vinylbenzyl chloride (VBC)) to investigate the effect of long-chain crosslinker to the porosity of the terpolymer system. Poly(AN-co-EGDMA-co-VBC) is synthe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,502 Views
10 Pages

14 August 2021

With the aim to study the influence of monomer ratio in poly(high internal phase emulsions) (polyHIPEs) on the polymer network architecture and morphology of poly(vinylbenzyl chloride-co-divinylbenzene-co-styrene) after hypercrosslinking via the inte...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Porous Polymers)
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
6,067 Views
13 Pages

A Porous Carbon with Excellent Gas Storage Properties from Waste Polystyrene

  • Giorgio Gatti,
  • Mina Errahali,
  • Lorenzo Tei,
  • Enzo Mangano and ,
  • Stefano Brandani,
  • Maurizio Cossi and
  • Leonardo Marchese
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

In this paper, we describe the synthesis and gas adsorption properties of a porous carbonaceous material, obtained from commercial expanded polystyrene. The first step consists of the Friedel-Craft reaction of the dissolved polystyrene chains with a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Synthesis, Characterization and Applications of Nanoporous Functional Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
548 Views
14 Pages

Self-Assembly of Antibacterial Polymer Nanotubes with Chlorine Regenerability

  • Shina Mao,
  • Zhizhan Ji,
  • Xu Yang,
  • Jiayu Li and ,
  • Haoran Gao,
  • Il Kim and
  • Yu Zhang
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

Bacteria pose significant threats to human health, industrial production, and daily life, with widespread microbial contamination remaining a critical challenge for global public health. Conventional porous materials often suffer from insufficient an...

(This article belongs to the Section Bio-Engineered Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,765 Views
11 Pages

Rigidity with Flexibility: Porous Triptycene Networks for Enhancing Methane Storage

  • Fei Guo,
  • Hui Ma,
  • Bin-Bin Yang,
  • Zhen Wang and ,
  • Xiang-Gao Meng,
  • Jian-Hua Bu and
  • Chun Zhang
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

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...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in the Preparation, Properties and Application of Polyurethane, Cellulose and Their Composites)
  • Review
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,952 Views
34 Pages

An Overview of Heterogeneous Catalysts Based on Hypercrosslinked Polystyrene for the Synthesis and Transformation of Platform Chemicals Derived from Biomass

  • Oleg Manaenkov,
  • Linda Nikoshvili,
  • Alexey Bykov,
  • Olga Kislitsa and ,
  • Maxim Grigoriev,
  • Mikhail Sulman,
  • Valentina Matveeva and
  • Lioubov Kiwi-Minsker
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

15 December 2023

Platform chemicals, also known as chemical building blocks, are substances that serve as starting materials for the synthesis of various value-added products, which find a wide range of applications. These chemicals are the key ingredients for many f...

(This article belongs to the Collection Porous Materials)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
5,496 Views
14 Pages

New Approach to Synthesis of Tetralin via Naphthalene Hydrogenation in Supercritical Conditions Using Polymer-Stabilized Pt Nanoparticles

  • Alexey V. Bykov,
  • Daria V. Alekseeva,
  • Galina N. Demidenko,
  • Alexandre L. Vasiliev and ,
  • Linda Nikoshvili and
  • Lioubov Kiwi-Minsker
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

23 November 2020

Supercritical (SC) fluid technologies are well-established methods in modern green chemical synthesis. Using SC fluids as solvents instead of traditional liquids gives benefits of higher diffusivity and lower viscosity, which allows mass transfer int...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Heterogeneous Catalysis in Green Chemistry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,499 Views
13 Pages

A Pressure Swing Approach to Selective CO2 Sequestration Using Functionalized Hypercrosslinked Polymers

  • Alex M. James,
  • Jake Reynolds,
  • Daniel G. Reed,
  • Peter Styring and
  • Robert Dawson

25 March 2021

Functionalized hypercrosslinked polymers (HCPs) with surface areas between 213 and 1124 m2/g based on a range of monomers containing different chemical moieties were evaluated for CO2 capture using a pressure swing adsorption (PSA) methodology under...

(This article belongs to the Section Materials Chemistry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,943 Views
14 Pages

Hyper-Cross-Linked Polystyrene as a Stabilizing Medium for Small Metal Clusters

  • Alexey V. Bykov,
  • Galina N. Demidenko,
  • Linda Zh. Nikoshvili and
  • Lioubov Kiwi-Minsker

31 August 2021

Among different polymers nanostructured cross-linked aromatics have the greatest potential as catalytic supports due to their exceptional thermal and chemical stability and preservation of the active phase morphology. This work studies the ability of...

(This article belongs to the Section Macromolecular Chemistry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
47 Citations
7,549 Views
17 Pages

21 October 2020

We successfully prepared two different classes of hypercrosslinked porous organic polymers (HPPs)—the tetraphenylethene (TPE) and (4-(5,6-Diphenyl-1H-Benzimidazol-2-yl)-triphenylamine (DPT) HPPs—through the Friedel−Crafts polymeriza...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Design and Synthesis of Conjugated Polymers for Electro-Optical Applications)
  • Review
  • Open Access
101 Citations
15,093 Views
22 Pages

Microporous Hyper-Crosslinked Polystyrenes and Nanocomposites with High Adsorption Properties: A Review

  • Rachele Castaldo,
  • Gennaro Gentile,
  • Maurizio Avella,
  • Cosimo Carfagna and
  • Veronica Ambrogi

28 November 2017

Hyper-crosslinked (HCL) polystyrenes show outstanding properties, such as high specific surface area and adsorption capability. Several researches have been recently focused on tailoring their performance for specific applications, such as gas adsorp...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Polymer Nanocomposites)
  • Article
  • Open Access
360 Views
17 Pages

31 August 2026

Catalytic transformation of carbon dioxide (CO2) into high-value-added chemicals represents a promising approach for CO2 emission reduction and utilization. Herein, single-atom ruthenium (Ru) supported on N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-functionalized h...

(This article belongs to the Section Applied Chemistry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
4,341 Views
11 Pages

Hyper-Crosslinked Polymer Nanocomposites Containing Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles with Enhanced Adsorption Towards Polar Dyes

  • Marco Guerritore,
  • Rachele Castaldo,
  • Brigida Silvestri,
  • Roberto Avolio and ,
  • Mariacristina Cocca,
  • Maria Emanuela Errico,
  • Maurizio Avella,
  • Gennaro Gentile and
  • Veronica Ambrogi
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

20 June 2020

The development of new styrene-based hyper-crosslinked nanocomposites (HCLN) containing mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSN) is reported here as a new strategy to obtain functional high surface area materials with an enhanced hydrophilic character....

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Polymer Based Materials: Production, Characterization and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,882 Views
15 Pages

Efficient Removal of Mercury from Wastewater Solutions by a Nitrogen-Doped Hyper-Crosslinked Polyamine

  • Khalid Al Ghamdi,
  • Aqeel Ahmad,
  • Gheorghe Falca,
  • Meshal Nawaf Alrefaeia and
  • Othman Charles S. Al-Hamouz

31 August 2024

Mercury, a highly toxic metal and pollutant, poses a significant risk to human health and the environment. This study describes the synthesis of a new nitrogen-doped heteroaromatic hyper-crosslinked polyamine (HCPA) via the polycondensation of 2,6-di...

(This article belongs to the Section Polymer Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,216 Views
11 Pages

Enhancing Functionality of Epoxy–TiO2-Embedded High-Strength Lightweight Aggregates

  • Taekyung Lim,
  • Jeong Hui Lee,
  • Ju-Hyun Mun,
  • Keun-Hyeok Yang and ,
  • Sanghyun Ju and
  • Sang-Mi Jeong
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

16 October 2020

With the increasing trend of high-rise, large-scale, and functional modern architectural structures, lightweight aggregate (LWA) concrete that exhibits excellent strength and high functionality has garnered active research attention. In particular, a...

(This article belongs to the Section Polymer Applications)
  • Review
  • Open Access
30 Citations
6,387 Views
34 Pages

Metal–Organic Frameworks as Fillers in Porous Organic Polymer-Based Hybrid Materials: Innovations in Composition, Processing, and Applications

  • Victor Durán-Egido,
  • Daniel García-Giménez,
  • Juan Carlos Martínez-López,
  • Laura Pérez-Vidal and
  • Javier Carretero-González

15 July 2025

Hybrid materials based on porous organic polymers (POPs) and metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are increasing attention for advanced separation processes due to the possibility to combine their properties. POPs provide high surface areas, chemica...

(This article belongs to the Section Polymer Composites and Nanocomposites)
  • Review
  • Open Access
128 Citations
11,757 Views
25 Pages

16 April 2019

Hydrogen (H2) is one of the best candidates to replace current petroleum energy resources due to its rich abundance and clean combustion. However, the storage of H2 presents a major challenge. There are two methods for storing H2 fuel, chemical and p...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Microporous Organic Polymers: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications)
  • Review
  • Open Access
26 Citations
11,421 Views
30 Pages

The vast cache of methods used in polymeric monolithic column modification is presented herein, with specific attention to post-polymerization modification reactions. The modification of polymeric monolithic columns is defined and can include the mo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,386 Views
13 Pages

Mass Transfer Kinetics of Volatile Organic Compound Desorption from a Novel Adsorbent

  • Jiale Zheng,
  • Chuanruo Yang,
  • Ming Xue,
  • Xingchun Li and
  • Xinglei Zhao

20 September 2024

The adsorption isotherms and intraparticle mass transfer coefficients of a novel adsorbent with various VOCs at different temperatures during the desorption process are investigated. Firstly, the adsorption isotherms of an HCP-5 adsorbent with o-xyle...

(This article belongs to the Topic Advanced Heat and Mass Transfer Technologies)
  • Review
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,194 Views
20 Pages

The Development of Metal-Free Porous Organic Polymers for Sustainable Carbon Dioxide Photoreduction

  • Ranjit Bariki,
  • Reshma G. Joseph,
  • Oussama M. El-Kadri and
  • Mohammad H. Al-Sayah

2 September 2024

A viable tactic to effectively address the climate crisis is the production of renewable fuels via photocatalytic reactions using solar energy and available resources like carbon dioxide (CO2) and water. Organic polymer material-based photocatalytic...

(This article belongs to the Section Environmental Nanoscience and Nanotechnology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,844 Views
15 Pages

Improving Bond Performance and Reducing Cross-Linker Dosage of Soy Protein Adhesive via Hyper-Branched and Organic–Inorganic Hybrid Structures

  • Zheng Cui,
  • Yecheng Xu,
  • Gang Sun,
  • Lai Peng and ,
  • Jianzhang Li,
  • Jing Luo and
  • Qiang Gao
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

2 January 2023

Eco-friendly soybean protein adhesives could be an ideal substitute for replacing traditional formaldehyde-based adhesives in wood industry. However, a large number of cross-linking agents are required in soy protein adhesive formulations to obtain s...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,123 Views
15 Pages

Lignin Hydrogenolysis over Bimetallic Ni–Ru Nanoparticles Supported on SiO2@HPS

  • Antonina A. Stepacheva,
  • Oleg V. Manaenkov,
  • Mariia E. Markova,
  • Alexander I. Sidorov and ,
  • Alexsey V. Bykov,
  • Mikhail G. Sulman and
  • Lioubov Kiwi-Minsker
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

Lignin obtained by hydrogenolysis of lignocellulose biomass is a prospective source of valuable green fuels and chemicals such as monophenols. One of the key factors in the chemical decomposition of lignin to monophenols is an efficient catalyst. Ine...

(This article belongs to the Section Environmental Catalysis)
  • Review
  • Open Access
40 Citations
7,765 Views
23 Pages

29 May 2020

Solid-state batteries are an emerging option for next-generation traction batteries because they are safe and have a high energy density. Accordingly, in polymer research, one of the main goals is to achieve solid polymer electrolytes (SPEs) that cou...

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