Polymer colloids: current challenges, emerging applications, and new developments

M Aguirre, N Ballard, E Gonzalez, S Hamzehlou… - …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Polymer colloids are complex materials that have the potential to be used in a vast array of
applications. One of the main reasons for their continued growth in commercial use is the …

Next-generation polymers: Isosorbide as a renewable alternative

DJ Saxon, AM Luke, H Sajjad, WB Tolman… - Progress in Polymer …, 2020 - Elsevier
With increasing interest in developing sustainable polymers for a broad range of
applications, isosorbide has emerged as an attractive renewable feedstock for high …

Click chemistry for the synthesis of biobased polymers and networks derived from vegetable oils

KK Tremblay-Parrado, C García-Astrain, L Avérous - Green Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
As we live in a time of heightening environmental issues, materials science is required to
prepare sustainable polymers through green chemistry ideals. Vegetable oils and their fatty …

Radical polymerization of biobased monomers in aqueous dispersed media

S Molina-Gutiérrez, V Ladmiral, R Bongiovanni… - Green …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
This review highlights the design and synthesis of biobased monomers from renewable
resources for the preparation of latexes in aqueous dispersed media. Biobased polymers …

Selective oxidation of polysulfide latexes to produce polysulfoxide and polysulfone in a waterborne environment

L Infante Teixeira, K Landfester… - Macromolecules, 2021 - ACS Publications
Polymers containing sulfur centers with high oxidation states in the main chain,
polysulfoxide and polysulfone, display desirable properties such as thermomechanical and …

[HTML][HTML] Synthesis of green thermo-responsive amphoteric terpolymer functionalized silica nanocomposite derived from waste vegetable oil triglycerides for enhanced …

S Mahran, A Attia, B Saha - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite the high efficiency of polymer flooding as a chemical enhanced oil recovery (CEOR)
technique, the low thermal stability and poor salt resistance of widely applied partially …

Production of clove oil nanoemulsion with rapid and enhanced antimicrobial activity against gram‐positive and gram‐negative bacteria

AC de Meneses, C Sayer, BMS Puton… - Journal of Food …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The clove essential oil is a natural antioxidant and antimicrobial with potential applications
in many fields of the industry. Nanoemulsions (NEs) with Dp~ 135 nm loaded with clove oil …

Synthesis of novel sustainable optical poly (isosorbide thioethers) with high refractive indices and good biocompatibility using functional ionic liquid catalysts

H Wang, W Ding, Z Zhang, Y Zhang, Z Yang… - Polymer …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The synthesis of intraocular lenses (IOLs) with a high refractive index (RI) and good
transparency to create patient-specific eye power is of primary importance, while the …

Coumarins and gastrointestinal cancer: a new therapeutic option?

Z Banikazemi, SM Mirazimi, F Dashti… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Cancers of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract are often life-threatening malignancies, which can
be a severe burden to the health care system. Globally, the mortality rate from …

Synthesis and Crystallization of Waterborne Thiol–ene Polymers: Toward Innovative Oxygen Barrier Coatings

J Elgoyhen, V Pirela, AJ Müller… - ACS Applied Polymer …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The synthesis of waterborne thiol–ene polymer dispersions is challenging due to the high
reactivity of thiol monomers and the premature thiol–ene polymerization that leads to high …