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Showing papers in "European Polymer Journal in 2021"


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TL;DR: The surface molecular imprinting technique (SMIT) has aroused extensive attention and been applied in many fields, such as sensors, separation and purification, catalysis and biomedical areas as discussed by the authors.

99 citations


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TL;DR: A review of the progress in the fabrication of physically cross-linked chitosan hydrogels for tissue engineering applications is presented and their physicochemical and biological properties are summarized.

88 citations


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TL;DR: Physical combination and chemical combination are introduced depending on the methods and types of antibacterial agents incorporated with hydrogels based on the most relevant studies and the latest status of research in this area were evaluated.

77 citations


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TL;DR: The present state and of MIP, including the structure, components, preparation method, especially its application in drug delivery, are summarized, and the prospects and challenges are pointed out.

73 citations


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TL;DR: The present review summarizes the current chemical methods for chitin recovery and production of its most common derivative, the deacetylated form named chitosan, from shrimp shell wastes.

71 citations


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TL;DR: This review consolidates studies on different types of anticancer drug loaded in PPI dendrimers as well as PPI-immunobiosensors that are currently being explored for better cancer diagnosis and targeting.

62 citations



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TL;DR: In this article, a PVA/PAAm interpenetrating networks (IPN) hydrogel was obtained by a one-pot free radical polymerization method, which improved the mechanical strength and retained the original properties of the PVA.

61 citations


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TL;DR: Concepts of oral vaccine delivery targeting mucosal immune system in particulate carriers could give desired immunological response for longer period without any booster doses and thus mitigate the need of repetitive injection and skilled personnel as required in parenteral vaccination.

59 citations


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TL;DR: PEEK can fulfill the long term demand of an ideal multipurpose material for biomedical applications and there is a vast scope for future researches and works to ensure unhampered use of PEEK and PEEK based composites to benefit the society.

57 citations


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TL;DR: The emergence of polylysine hydrogel as a bio-adhesive has broad impact due to its excellent binding strength compared to conventional bioadhesive (fibril glue) in the market; it subdues adverse effects such as bleeding diatheses, weak adhesion, and risk of infection due to biological origin.

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TL;DR: In this article, the effects of reactive epoxy compatibilizer and preparation methods on morphology and properties of PBAT/TPS blends were determined using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), mechanical analysis, rheological measurement, gel permeation chromatography (GPC), differential canning calorimetry (DSC) and thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA).

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TL;DR: A review of surface and interface modification of aramid fiber can be found in this article, where the authors briefly summarize the recent progress of different surface modification methods of AFR and its reinforcement to polymers.

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TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper proposed a tailor-made crosslinker with multiple epoxy groups and flexible long chains without any solvent or catalyst via a one-pot strategy, which could react with the hydrophilic groups on the soy protein molecules to construct densely crosslinking networks.

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TL;DR: In this paper, a phosphate-based epoxy covalent adaptable networks (CANs) with reprocessability, degradability and flame retardancy from bioresources was reported.

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TL;DR: In this paper, light-emitting diodes (LEDs) used as secure, low-cost and possessing long emission wavelengths irradiation sources were applied in photopolymerization.

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TL;DR: To emphasize the safety and greenness nature of CA, this review has highlighted the history, potential considerations of exploration, and a summarized stage-wise criterion for developing CBBs.

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TL;DR: The range of complexity in 4D printing, which allows for control of the actuation in terms of time, force, speed, and stages, opening a wide range of applications that could benefit from this technology.

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TL;DR: This review presents an overview of fabrication techniques and novel applications of polymer blends and polymer composites in cardiovascular implants, ranging from coronary stents to tissue engineered constructs.

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TL;DR: In this article, the advanced state of synthesis, process integrating biological and thermochemical conversion to produce bioplastics (PBS), physico-chemical and mechanical properties, and the recent applications.

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TL;DR: In this paper, the physicico-chemical and structural properties of the porous pectin matrices were investigated and related to the preparation conditions, and the release of the hydrophilic respiratory drug theophylline from all the networks, including the hydrogel, was studied and related with the network morphology and erosion profiles.

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TL;DR: In this article, a micro-branched crosslink structure was constructed to molecular chain in the polyimide (PI) film of the 3,3,4,4′-biphenyltetracarboxylic dianhydride/1,4-phenylenediamine (BPDA/PDA) system by introducing a trifunctional monomer 1,3-5-tri(4-aminophenoxy) benzene (TAPOB).


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TL;DR: The current review highlights the advances in the use of engineered dendrimers as biocompatible macromolecules having saccharides moieties in their chemical structures as a drug delivery system with an insightful and detailed discussion under four classifications.

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TL;DR: In this paper, hyaluronic acid (HA) and keratin (KR) were extracted from animal sources, characterized and loaded into coaxial fiber structures as bioactive agents, separately and together.

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TL;DR: An intrinsic flame-retardant epoxy resin was synthesized by introducing biphenyl structures and phosphorous into epoxy resins as discussed by the authors, which improved the thermal, mechanical, and flame retardant properties simultaneously.

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TL;DR: The role of aptamer in pharmaceutical industry along with potential of dendrimer as a novel carrier having high ligand binding capability are discussed, which majorly focused on delivery of anticancer drugs and genetic agents to various neoplastic cells.

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TL;DR: D-α-Tocopheryl polyethylene glycol 1000 succinate (TPGS) is a biocompatible macromolecule that has been evaluated as a permeation enhancer and its most recent application in nanomedicine field to overcome biological barriers is addressed.

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TL;DR: In this paper, ammonium polyphosphate (APP) particles were used as templates in the loading of an ATNi assembly on the basis of the electrostatic interactions among tannic acid (TA), adenine, and Ni2+ for the production of an all-in-one IFR (APP@ATNi).

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TL;DR: An overview of the different visible light photoinitiators based on natural products is provided in this paper, where the use of natural products has been identified as a promising alternative to address the toxicity or the biocompatibility issues.