Juan F. Rodríguez

TL;DR: In this article, polystyrene microcapsules containing paraffin wax were synthesized by suspension-like polymerization process, and their suitability for textile applications was studied.

TL;DR: In this article, the preparation and characterization of encapsulated paraffin wax has been carried out, and the properties of the microcapsules obtained were determined by differential scanning calorimetry, scanning electron microscopy and laser diffraction.

TL;DR: In this article, the microencapsulation of phase change materials (PCMs) by a suspension copolymerization of styrene (St) and methyl methacrylate (MMA) has been studied.

TL;DR: In this article, the effect of microencapsulated phase change materials (MPCM) on thermal performance and compressive strength of concrete and geopolymer concrete was investigated, and it was found that the replacement of sand by MPCM resulted in lower thermal conductivity and higher thermal energy storage, while the specific heat capacity of concrete remained practically stable when the phase change material was in the liquid or solid phase.

TL;DR: This review describes the most recent studies employing crude glycerol (biodiesel subproduct) as an economic, sustainable and environmental friendly cleavage agent, which should lead the way to the industrial implantation of split-phase glycolysis in a near future, providing high quality recovered products.