Advanced materials

 

Advanced materials

Iron and Zinc Metallates Supported on Ion Exchange Resins: Synergistic Catalysts for the Solvent?Free Cyclic Carbonate Synthesis from Epoxides and CO2
13/11/2024 - IER supported ferrates and zincates for the effective CO2 cycloaddition to epoxides to yield cyclic carbonates are reported. A synergistic effect between the support and the metal catalyst was found...
A Straightforward Solvent?Pair?Enabled Multicomponent Coassembly Approach toward Noble?Metal?Nanoparticle?Decorated Mesoporous Tungsten Oxide for Trace Ammonia Sensing
06/09/2024 - A series of noble?metal?nanoparticle?decorated nitrogen?doped ordered mesoporous tungsten oxide (namely Pt/N?mWO3, Rh/N?mWO3, Pd/N?mWO3) are straightforwardly synthesized through a...
Preparation of P/N/Si?containing covalent organic framework?based flame retardants and their application in epoxy resins
09/08/2024 - Mechanical tests of pure epoxy and toughened Epoxy/SEPS?g?PEGx AbstractThe effects of grafting level of polyethylene glycol (PEG) grafted styrene ethylene propylene styrene (SEPS) on the intrinsic...
Tracking microenvironmental response on self?assembled phthalocyanine systems – adaptive and non?adaptive antibacterial photosensitization
21/07/2024 - Self?assembly has proven to be one of the effective methods for the formation of nanoscale therapeutics without the need to use nanodelivery systems. Such minimal models of supramolecular systems...
Application of Cyrene solvent for the fabrication of polymethyl methacrylate, polyethyl methacrylate and composite films containing hydroxyapatite and diamonds
15/07/2024 - A perylene?terminated star elastomers (PSE) was designed and synthesized, which can self?assemble firstly into nanofibers with dual?layer skin?core structure, secondly into twisted multi?nanoropes,...
Deep?Ultraviolet Photoexcitation of Aqueous Urea Forms Carbamic Acid/Carbamate in Less Than One Picosecond
11/07/2024 - This study investigates the photochemistry of aqueous urea under 200?nm UV irradiation. Besides a low extinction coefficient – intramolecular vibrational coupling and effective energy dissipation...
Nitrogen?Bridged Symmetrical Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Binuclear Dioxidomolybdenum(VI) Complexes and Their Catalytic Potential for Efficient Synthesis of 2?Amino?3?Cyano?4H?Chromenes/Pyrans
15/03/2024 - Reaction of 2?chloromethylbenzimidazole with known intermediates (i – iii), prepared from diaminoguanidine hydrochloride with salicylaldehyde, 5?bromo?salicylaldehyde or...
Cationic PS Microspheres Modified GO and its effect on the properties of SBR/BR Rubber Composite materials
02/12/2023 - Abstract To enhance the dispersion and compatibility of graphite oxide (GO) in the rubber matrix, a new method of functional polymer modifying GO was proposed in this study. PS...
Preparation, stretch?induced crystallization and thermo?oxidative aging behavior of poly (lactic acid)/saponite grafted polystyrene nanocomposites films
20/11/2023 - In this work, modified saponite (SAP?g?PS) was prepared by Pickering emulsion polymerization, and the optimum synthesis conditions of SAP?g?PS were investigated. Furthermore, SAP?g?PS was used as a...
Engineering Mesoscopic 3D Tumor Models with a Self?Organizing Vascularized Matrix
10/11/2023 - 3D bioprinting and bioengineering approaches are combined to cultivate 3D vascularized tumors, including patient?derived ones, at the mesoscopic scale. Functional connections between self?evolved...
Synthesis of composite corn starch/hydroxyapatite nanoparticle biomembranes and their effect on mineralization by osteoblasts
19/08/2023 - An illustration of proton transport nanochannels in SPSIm/HNT membrane.AbstractNanocomposite polyelectrolyte membranes based on sulfonated polystyrene (SPS) /imidazole?2?acetic acid (Im) blend...
Synthesis and characterization of polymeric composites with Cascabela thevetia incorporated zinc nanoparticles: Food packaging applications
10/08/2023 - AbstractBrands and products counterfeiting, and falsification are global problems for the development and distribution of high?tech industrial and food products, which affect world economies. One way...
Towards a microfluidic H295R steroidogenesis assay—biocompatibility study and steroid detection on a thiol-ene-based chip
- The development of cell-based microfluidic assays offers exciting new opportunities in toxicity testing, allowing for integration of new functionalities, automation, and high throughput in...
Fluorescent poly[N?(2?hydroxypropyl) methacrylamide] nanogel by dispersion polymerization as a contrast agent for live?cell imaging
04/07/2023 - Synergistic improvement of flame retardancy and toughness of epoxy resins by bismaleimide and DOPO?based flame retardant and its modification...
Synthesis and Characterization of Spirocyclic Mid-Block Containing Triblock Copolymer
28/03/2023 - Polymers containing cyclic derivatives are a new class of macromolecular topologies with unique properties. Herein, we report the synthesis of a triblock copolymer containing a spirocyclic mid-block....
Microbial Biopolymers: Trends in Synthesis, Modification, and Applications
09/03/2023 - Microbes can act as a factory for the conversion of a variety of carbon and nitrogen sources into diverse kinds of intracellular and extracellular biopolymers, including polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA)...
Synthesis and characterization of poly [(3,4?ethylenedioxy) thiophene]:polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS) for energy storage device application
04/03/2023 - In this manuscript, the structural design and optimization of the short carbon fiber/PLA shape memory composite structure, the bonding performance of the composite structure is effectively improved...
Polyethylenes and Polystyrenes with Carbazole Fluorescent Tags
08/02/2023 - The increasingly intense consumption of plastics and, above all, their improper disposal in the environment are causing serious environmental concerns. Great efforts have been made for the...
Supramolecular Optimization of Sensory Function of a Hemicurcuminoid through Its Incorporation into Phospholipid and Polymeric Polydiacetylenic Vesicles: Experimental and Computational Insight
31/01/2023 - This work presents the synthesis of a new representative of hemicurcuminoids with a nonyloxy substituent (HCur) as a fluorescent amphiphilic structural element of vesicular aggregates based on...
Synthesis of a New Flocculant from Waste Polystyrene: Plastic Recycling Industry Wastewater Treatability
- HDPE (high-density polyethylene), LDPE (low-density polyethylene), PET (polyethylene terephthalate), and PP (polypropylene) plastic washing wastewater contains high concentrations of turbidity, COD...
A Deeper Insight into the Interfacial Behavior and Structural Properties of Mixed DPPC/POPC Monolayers: Implications for Respiratory Health
- 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DPPC) and 1-palmitoyl-2-oleyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphorcholine (POPC) are important components in pulmonary surfactants (PSs), of which the relative content...