Intumescence: Tradition versus novelty. A comprehensive review

J Alongi, Z Han, S Bourbigot - Progress in Polymer Science, 2015 - Elsevier
The objective of current research on intumescent formulations is on consolidated
approaches for conferring flame retardancy properties to polymers and polymer blends …

The Cucurbit[n]uril Family

J Lagona, P Mukhopadhyay… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
In 1981, the macrocyclic methylene‐bridged glycoluril hexamer (CB [6]) was dubbed
“cucurbituril” by Mock and co‐workers because of its resemblance to the most prominent …

Oxygen engineering enables N-doped porous carbon nanofibers as oxygen reduction/evolution reaction electrocatalysts for flexible zinc–air batteries

F Qiang, J Feng, H Wang, J Yu, J Shi, M Huang… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Controllable designing of heteroatom-doped carbon catalysts provides an insightful strategy
for boosting the performance and kinetics of the oxygen reduction/evolution reaction …

Characterization of beta-cyclodextrin inclusion complexes containing an essential oil component

RL Abarca, FJ Rodríguez, A Guarda, MJ Galotto… - Food chemistry, 2016 - Elsevier
An important issue in food technology is that antimicrobial compounds can be used for
various applications, such as the development of antimicrobial active packaging materials …

Nanoconfining ultrafine heterostructured sulfides in carbon nanofibers enabling ultrastable and fast sodium storage

Z Gao, C Zhu, L Yang, H Liang, W Tian, J Shi… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Transition metal sulfides (TMSs) are considered as promising anodes for sodium ion
batteries (SIBs) due to their high theoretical specific capacity and low redox potential …

A green metal–organic framework‐cyclodextrin mof: a novel multifunctional material based triboelectric nanogenerator for highly efficient mechanical energy …

S Hajra, M Sahu, AM Padhan, IS Lee… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The naturally available cyclodextrin has opened up a wide range of research avenues
because of its superior characteristics such as being non‐toxic, biocompatible, and edible …

The strategic use of supramolecular pKa shifts to enhance the bioavailability of drugs

I Ghosh, WM Nau - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
Macrocyclic hosts of the cyclodextrin, sulfonatocalixarene, and cucurbituril type can be
employed as discrete supramolecular drug delivery systems, thereby complementing …

PVA/inulin-based sustainable films reinforced with pickering emulsion of niaouli essential oil for potential wound healing applications

FN Parın, S El-Ghazali, A Yeşilyurt, U Parın, A Ullah… - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
In this study, sustainable water-based films were produced via the solvent-casting method.
Petroleum-free-based polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and carbohydrate-based inulin (INL) were …

Phosphorylation of lignin to flame retard acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS)

B Prieur, M Meub, M Wittemann, R Klein… - Polymer Degradation …, 2016 - Elsevier
Lignin is an abundant polyphenol biopolymeric material. Due to its aromatic structure it
develops a char under fire conditions. Lignin was used as flame retardant in acrylonitrile …

An intumescent flame retardant system using β‐cyclodextrin as a carbon source in polylactic acid (PLA)

JX Feng, SP Su, J Zhu - Polymers for Advanced Technologies, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper, β‐cyclodextrin (CD) was used as effective “green” carbon source to replace
pentaerythritol (PER) in an intumescent flame retardant (IFR). The combination of CD with …