Recent years have seen substantial efforts aimed at constructing artificial cells from various
molecular components with the aim of mimicking the processes, behaviours and …

The requirement for deoxygenation in controlled/living radical polymerisation (CLRP) places
significant limitations on its widespread implementation by necessitating the use of large …

Tough and conductive hydrogels are the promising materials for various applications.
However, fabrication of these hydrogels at room or low temperatures, without external …

The combined potential of hydrogels and rapid prototyping technologies has been an
exciting route in developing tissue engineering scaffolds for the past decade. Hydrogels …

Over the past 10 years, the grafting of polymers from the surface of cellulose nanocrystals
(CNCs) has gained substantial interest in both academia and industry due to the rapidly …

This review covers both fundamental aspects and applications of electrochemically
mediated atom transfer radical polymerization (eATRP). eATRP setup is discussed in detail …

Renewable organic batteries represent a valuable option to store sustainably generated
energy and can play a major role in phasing out current carbon-based energy production …

Reverse osmosis (RO) membrane process has become the most promising technology for
desalination to produce purified water. Among numerous polymeric materials used to …

Growing lubricating hydrogel coatings in controllable manners on diverse material surfaces
demonstrates promising applications. Here, a surface modification method is reported for in …

The objective of the laboratory study is to examine the conditions under which transition
metal ions (eg, ferrous ion, Fe2+) could activate the persulfate anion (S2O82−) to produce a …