Showing papers in "European Polymer Journal in 2019"

TL;DR: In this article, a review on the techniques used to overcome/mitigate the shortcomings of conventional polymer-modified asphalt binders is provided, and a review of the effects of various types of polymers used in asphalt industry and their effects on the rheological, morphological, physical and mechanical properties of polymer modified asphalt binder are also discussed.

TL;DR: The consolidated recent advanced works on wound healing and wound dressing which implies the significance of wound dressing are discussed.

TL;DR: The functional design of the TSPs, their biomedical applications and the road ahead for their developments are comprehensively overviewed.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors summarize the strong interplay between extraction processes, resource supply, and recent uses of lignin into bio-based materials, and conclude that the potential of biobased resins, adhesives, or composites strongly depend on lignins' chemical structure, also dependent on fractionation process.

TL;DR: A presented review focuses on novel hydrogel wound dressings, their main characteristics and their wound management applications, and describes recent methodologies used for their production and the future potential developments.

TL;DR: A review of different types of superabsorbent polymers (SAPs) together with appropriate strategies elaborated to enable their synthesis can be found in this paper, where the main focus is on polysaccharide-based, semi-synthetic and "smart" SAPs along with their derivatives.

TL;DR: A transparent self-healing polyurethane (PU) based on disulfide bonds was reported in this article, which exhibited excellent selfhealing properties, stretchability and healing repeatability.

TL;DR: In order to reduce the production costs of hydrogel and decrease the negative impact on the environment, a new low-cost and eco-friendly semi-interpenetrating polymer network (semi-IPN) hydrogels of cassava starch-g-polyacrylic acid/natural rubber/polyvinyl alcohol blends (CStg-PAA/NR/PVA) was prepared.

TL;DR: In this article, the 3D printability of polyether-ether-ketone (PEEK) is examined for a range of biomedical applications, including medical devices and tools.

TL;DR: This review article provides a comprehensive overview of different modifications made on guar gum through derivatization in the quest to make them more versatile for drug delivery applications.

TL;DR: Various types of biodegradable polymers, their properties, and characterization parameters along with their promising pharmaceutical as well as drug delivery applications are presented.

TL;DR: Different mechanisms on hydrophobic association hydrogels with high mechanical and excellent self-healing properties are introduced, forecasting the hydrophobia association interaction would exhibit more meaningful influence on assisting the performance of hydrogel for wide applications of biomedical, industrial, agricultural fields.

TL;DR: In this paper, Altuna et al. presented the work of the Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencia y Tecnologia de Materiales (IICM) in Mar del Plata, Argentina.

TL;DR: In this paper, the main recycling technologies of biopolymers, including bio-based and/or biodegradable polymers, disclosed in the patent literature are examined, which are sorting, mechanical recycling, chemical recycling (hydrolysis, alcoholysis, and thermal depolymerization with catalysts) and the relatively new enzymatic depolymers of Biopolymers.

TL;DR: A review of state-of-the-art in the field of biodegradable polymers can be found in this paper, where the authors thoroughly analyze and compare their thermal, mechanical and biodegradation properties.

TL;DR: This work will focus on medical adhesive polymers inspired by mussels, sandcastle worms, and cephalopods, emphasize the history of bioinspired medical adhesives from the peer reviewed and patent literature, and explore future directions including overlooked sources of bioinspiration and materials that exploit multiple bioinspired strategies.

TL;DR: The types of stimuli which can be used to stimulate drug release from the hydrogels and recent advances in the development of stimulus-sensitive hydrogel for drug delivery applications are provided.

TL;DR: In this article, nanofibers with Poly(γ-glutamic acid) (γ-PGA) as the core and Polylactic acid (PLA) as shell materials were prepared via coaxial electrospinning.

TL;DR: The versatile methods to design the hydrogels including click chemistry, Michael-type addition reaction and Schiff base reaction are discussed, contrasting and comparing the many chemistries available for biomedical hydrogel generation using both biologic and synthetic base materials.

TL;DR: In this article, a blend of an extrusion grade poly(lactic acid) (PLA) and a percentage of a particular type of high molecular weight poly(butylene adipate-co-terephathalate) (PBAT) was investigated.

TL;DR: An overview on nanostructured ceramic, metal, carbon and polymer materials integrated with hard and soft forms of biopolymers for manufacturing both acellular and cellular 3D tissue constructs using a range of 3D-printing and bioprinting techniques is presented.

TL;DR: Dendrimers can improve the bioavailability of drugs by increasing their solubility in water, and changing surface charge, thereby reducing toxicity.

TL;DR: How the current research landscape is moving into a new era of personalised medicine and optimised tissue regeneration is highlighted.

TL;DR: In this article, a polydopamine (PDA)-functionalized graphene oxide (GO) nanocomposite was prepared by a simple and eco-friendly approach and the results recorded via FTIR, UV-vis absorbance spectroscopy, Raman, XPS spectral, as well as atomic force microscope (AFM) demonstrated the effective modification and overlay of PDA on the surface of GO.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of recent progress in the synthesis of non-isocyanates polyurethanes (NIPUs) and their precursors is presented.

TL;DR: In this paper, a vanillin-based epoxy vitrimer with dynamic imine covalent bonds was prepared by curing mono-glycidyl structure of vanillin (Van-Ep) with isophorone diamine (IPDA) hardener, which simultaneously exhibits the excellent reprocessability and acid degradable behavior.

TL;DR: The results support the potential use of the curcumin:hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin-loaded-bacterial cellulose as hydrogel dressings.

TL;DR: In this paper, a novel preparation approach is proposed and optimized; the method is based on the use of agar moulds rich of bivalent ions as diffusing system to modulate the release of Ca 2+, Sr 2+ and Ba 2+ cations in order to guarantee a better control of the crosslinking process.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a review of the current field of polyesters based on CO2 and oxalic acid, and assess the application potential of these polyesters for a wide range of purposes.

TL;DR: This review is intensely focused on the most recent research on microstructure-property of SMPCs filled by different carbon and silicate-based nano/micro-particles as well as hybrid particles.