Showing papers in "European Polymer Journal in 2018"

TL;DR: A variety of approaches to bioactive wound healing, such as bioactive dressing materials, use of antimicrobial agents, inclusion of biological signaling molecules like growth factors, and incorporation of seeded stem cells, are considered and critically evaluated.

TL;DR: Basic aspects used to control the architecture and functional properties of smart hydrogels are discussed, and analysis provides the basis for optimizing biological responses through system modulation.

TL;DR: In this paper, a shape memory polymer with thermally induced healing abilities is first presented and achieved by digital light projection (DLP) technology, where shape memory and self-healing functionalities are thermally triggered and obtained respectively using polycaprolactone (PCL) chains and 2-ureido-4[1H]-pyrimidinone (UPy) units co-crosslinked in this newly prepared material.

TL;DR: This article critically reviews the recent developments in the structural modifications of chitosan and its nano-structured variants produced via different techniques and their potential applications in diversified biomedical fields such as tissue engineering, drug delivery, wound healing, and gene therapy.

TL;DR: In this paper, a comprehensive understanding on the effect of CNCs on the rheological, thermal, mechanical, barrier and biodegradation properties of the main biodegradable polymers is proposed.

TL;DR: Starch as a natural polymer has attracted significant interest and is currently used in numerous industrial applications such as electronics, drug delivery, pharmaceuticals, antimicrobial materials, and structural materials.

TL;DR: In this paper, amorphous poly(lactic acid) (PLA) is successfully electrospun into micron-sized fibres with controlled surface and internal morphologies.

TL;DR: In this article, a flexible and scalable strategy to fabricate low-density polyether block amide (PEBA) foams via mold-opening foam injection molding was reported.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reported the successful fabrication of low-density branched polypropylene (BPP) foam with an expansion ratio of up to 25-fold and fine cellular structures using mold-opening foam injection molding (MOFIM) technology.

TL;DR: In this article, a polyurethane acrylate is successfully synthesized and then compounded with epoxy and isobornyl acrylated as well as radical photoinitiator to get photopolymer.

TL;DR: In this paper, a chitosan/alginate (Ch/Alg) polyelectrolyte complex and cross-linking agent tripolyphosphate (TPP) was synthesized.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors compare simulation analysis and experimental investigation for the studied field for the four different hydrolyzed polyacrylamide (henceforth; HPAM) concentration in the foaming injectivity scenarios and foam injectivity free of hydrolyze polyacRYlamide concentration scenario to achieve the best appropriate recovery factor scenario.

TL;DR: In this article, diamine chain extenders containing disulfide bonds are reacted with triisocyanates to yield dynamic chemical cross-links based on exchangeable disulide bonds.

TL;DR: In this paper, the main electrospinning parameters, i.e., polymer concentration in the injectable solution, solvents used and their proportion, flow rate, voltage and distance to collector were systematically modified to analyse their particular influence in fibres diameter of electrospun membranes of poly(lactic acid), polycaprolactone and their mixture.

TL;DR: In this paper, hexagonal boron nitride (BN) nanosheets are employed as reinforcement in waterborne polyurethane (PU)-matrix composite coatings and lead to a significant improvement in their corrosion protection properties.

TL;DR: In this paper, a dual-component system consisting of carboxymethyl β-cyclodextrin (cmβCD) and CMC was designed to address the problem of low mechanical strength.

TL;DR: In this article, sequence-defined and information coding macromolecules suitable for data storage materials were synthesized via a combination of two multicomponent reactions, based on a well-established protocol based on the Passerini reaction was combined for the first time with the Biginelli reaction for monomer synthesis.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reported the synthesis of iron (III) containing hydroxyethyl cellulose based hydrogel (HEC/PAA-Fe3+) through dynamic metal-ligand (M-L) interactions with enhanced self-healing and mechanical properties.

TL;DR: In this paper, a bio-based non-isocyanate polyurethane (NIPU) was synthesized by bulk polyaddition of diamine with carbonated sunflower oil (CSFO).

TL;DR: In this article, the formulation of new topical bioactive hyaluronic acid (HA)/Na-alginate (SA) films crosslinked with Ca2+, Zn2+, or Cu2+ metal cations were discussed.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review gathers the recent advances in antimicrobial materials based on PILs, showing the influence of the chemical structure, whether is cationic or anionic and their corresponding counter-ions.

TL;DR: In this article, a critical evaluation and categorization of post-electrospinning modification techniques in the context of improving membrane performance has been presented, which includes both physical (plasma treatment, physical vapour deposition, thermal treatment and ultrasonication) and chemical methods (grafting, oxidation, hydrolysis, cross-linking, aminolysis and acid treatment).

TL;DR: A literature survey of recent work on 3D printing technology over the past few years can be found in this article, highlighting the unique features of ionic liquids and poly(ionic liquid)s.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors report two green engineering routes of fabricating calcium alginate-GO hydrogels and compare with the conventional procedure to synthesise alginates via bulk chelation with calcium chloride.

TL;DR: In this paper, a flexible, osteoconductive, medical grade polycaprolactone (m-PCL) - hydroxyapatite (HAp) composite 3D fibrous structures with high porosity (96-98%) and fully interconnected pore architectures were fabricated using MEW under precisely controlled parameters.

TL;DR: In this paper, the feasibility of using waste cooking oil as a feedstock for the production of epoxidized vegetable oil resins in a process devoid of catalyst has been demonstrated.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used benzoxazinyl modified polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (BZPOSS) to prepare nanocomposites with bisphenol A cyanate ester (BADCy).

TL;DR: In this article, a coaxial electrospinning was used to fabricate core-shell composite nanofibers with PLA in the core and PVA in the shell with significant enhancements in the surface wetting and mechanical properties.

TL;DR: In this article, a novel way for the preparation of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) supramolecular hydrogel electrolyte was presented via the hydrogen bonding and salting out effect.

TL;DR: In this paper, a lignin nanoparticle-containing composite hydrogels are assembled via dynamic reversible didiol-borax linkages and linear polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and cellulose nanofibrils (CNF).