Submit a paper to the forthcoming Special Issue of the Journal of Applied Polymer Science on Bioactive Surface Functionalization.
Self-healing polymer composites with electrospun and solution-blown nanofibres
Developments in electrospinning core–shell nanofibres improve toughening and facilitate self-healing in nanofibre-reinforced polymer matrix composites.
Adhesion science goes to Florida
Adhesion Society meeting sticks together the fundamentals and applications of adhesive science.
Polymer electrolytes integrated with ionic liquids
Incorporating ionic liquids into polymers to improve ion transport in solid state electrolytes for electrochemical devices.
Textile piezoelectric force sensors
Piezoelectric force sensors based on polyvinylidene fluoride fibers can detect small forces and be integrated in textiles.
PEDTT-based conducting co-polymer films
Researchers fabricate conducting films using aqueous dispersions of poly(EDTT-co-EDOT)/PSS and (poly(EDTT-co-EDOT-MeOH)/PSS).
Flexible ITO-Free Polymer Solar Cells
Many efficient polymer solar cells include ITO. Yet this material is not well-suited for large-scale production.
Oral delivery of colon cancer drug
Scientists use micorencapsulated polymer nanoparticles to deliver the colon cancer drug 5-fluorouracil through the digestive system.
Antibacterial paper for long-term release applications
Scientists use functionalization of cellulose through cyclodextrin for long release of antibacterial drugs and production of antibacterial paper.
Tunable self-healing materials
Self-healing materials can be switched from reversible to non-reversible by increasing the number of covalent crosslinking bonds.