Molecular origins of interfacial interaction in immiscible polymer blends: Interdiffusion and association motifs from all-atom molecular dynamics
July 2026
Interfaces among polypropylene (PP), polystyrene (PS), styrene–acrylonitrile copolymer (SAN), and polyamide 6 (PA6) underpin many industrial blends and advanced nanocomposites, yet a molecular-level...
Rubber-based gas barrier materials: A review
July 2026
As a strategic raw material for fundamental industries, rubber materials occupy an irreplaceable position in social development owing to their distinctive properties such as elasticity, sealing capacity,...
Composition-engineered graphene oxide-based fire warning research: A systematic review and new insight
July 2026
Fire-warning systems (FWSs) attract increasing attention due to their potential for highly-efficient fire management, which have made some significant progress recently. Graphene oxide (GO) is one of...
Enhanced polybenzoxazine vitrimer molecular network with excellent acid-base and solvent resistance based on cross-linking expansion and through-space conjugation
July 2026
The participation of dynamic covalent bonds gives Vitrimer materials the ability to “reshape and regenerate”. However, the relatively low bond energy of the dynamic covalent bond which vulnerability...
Sustainable recycling of polymer nanocomposites: Challenges and innovations
July 2026
Polymer nanocomposites (PNCs) offer lightweight materials with enhanced mechanical, thermal, barrier, and functional properties, but their complex architectures pose significant challenges for sustainable...
Unexplored Green Solvent Systems for The Preparation of electrospun PLA and PCL functional Membranes: Overcoming Technological Lock-In
July 2026
Electrospinning enables the fabrication of nanofibrous membranes with high surface area, tunable porosity, and good mechanical performance. Nevertheless, the vast majority of studies still rely on potentially...
Characterizing viscoelasticity and fatigue damage of complex polymeric material asphalt using molecular-scale dynamic modelling
July 2026
Molecular dynamics simulations are employed to investigate the nanoscale properties of asphalt binder, a polymer-based composite material. However, nanoscale nonlinear viscoelasticity and fatigue damage...
Multiscale strategies for enhancing durability of polylactic acid: A review of structural modifications and circular economy integration
July 2026
Polylactic acid is steadily gaining market share as a compostable, bio-based alternative to petroleum-based thermoplastics. However, its use in high-performance applications remains limited due to its...
Green hydrogel as sustainable adsorbents: Bridging biopolymer & environmental remediation
July 2026
To limit increasing amounts of water pollution and to further the Circular Bioeconomy paradigm, there is a need for the development of sustainable and cost-effective adsorbents. Currently, there is...
Transparent and biodegradable PPC-P blown packaging film toughend using highly entangled UHMW-PEO
July 2026
CO2 based-Poly (propylene carbonate phthalate) (PPC–P), a CO2-based polymer, is esteemed for its commendable mechanical properties, biodegradability and high transparency, positioning it as a promising...
Morphology and interfacial control of micron-scale copper for thermally conductive thermoplastic composites
July 2026
Achieving efficient thermal transport in thermoplastics without compromising other essential properties remains a major challenge for advanced thermal management. Conventional strategies often rely...
Polymer microsphere-enabled composite coating: Elastic energy Storage–Release under deep-sea alternating loading
July 2026
To address the failure of hard–soft interfaces in conventional inorganic–organic protective coatings under deep-sea alternating loading, a polymer microsphere-based composite coating was fabricated...
Kaolin-group and sepiolite–palygorskite-group clay minerals as next-generation platforms for polymer nanocomposites
April 2026
This work provides a systematic review of recent advances in polymer-matrix nanocomposites containing kaolin group and sepiolite–palygorskite group clay minerals such as kaolinite (Kln), halloysite...
Genuine polymer nanocomposites with anticipated mechanical performance
April 2026
The reason that the predicted mechanical properties of polymer nanocomposites often don't match what is observed in materials made by blending the matrix and reinforcement is primarily because the nano-sized...
Stress-free two-way shape memory polyurethane with high reversible strain and excellent mechanical properties for intelligent actuators
April 2026
Stress-free two-way shape memory polymers (2W SMPs), capable of reversible transformation between two distinct shapes, hold great promise as actuator components for applications in soft robotics and...
Plasma-assisted green synthesis of SrTiO3/MoS2/MWCNTs nanohybrids for photocatalytic degradation of phenazopyridine in aqueous and smart polymeric film systems
April 2026
In this study, an integrated green synthesis approach was developed to fabricate multifunctional SrTiO3/MoS2/MWCNTs (SMM) nanohybrids for photocatalytic environmental remediation. The process combined...
A comprehensive review on the influence of fused deposition modelling process parameters upon thermoplastic composite materials
April 2026
This review critically examines how key fused deposition modelling (FDM) process parameters, such as nozzle and bed temperature, layer thickness, infill density, raster orientation, print speed and...
Printing 2D MXene-Based chipless radio frequency identification tags to enable plastic waste sorting for recycling
April 2026
Plastic recycling is limited by mis-sorting across polymer families and additives. Current identification methods, such as SPI resin codes, labels, and visible/near-infrared/Fourier Transform infrared...
Overcoming property trade-offs in colorless polyimides: A molecular composite strategy for simultaneous optical transparency, mechanical robustness, dimensional stability, thermal resistance, and electrical insulation
April 2026
Although conventional colorless polyimides (PIs) possess remarkable thermal stability and optical transparency, their inability to simultaneously achieve high mechanical strength, low coefficient of...
Self-healing carbohydrate polymers: Synthesis, properties, mechanisms, and applications
April 2026
Carbohydrate polymers, also known as polysaccharides, such as alginate, chitosan, cellulose, and hyaluronic acid have emerged as versatile platforms for self-healing materials, because of their natural...
A novel flexible clamping method with adaptive error compensation for enhancing precision in polymer injection molding
April 2026
Injection-molded optical products are widely used in various fields, but the clamping errors of traditional injection molding clamping systems are particularly detrimental to the manufacture of high-precision...
On the drastic discrepancy between the mechanical characteristics of polymer nanocomposites as observed and as predicted: Justifications and workable fixes
April 2026
The significant divergence between the anticipated and actual mechanical characteristics of polymer nanocomposites - an increase of 30 %–35 % rather than a tenfold increase - is widely known. It mostly...
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