Nanotechnology
Research on conducting polymers and polymer-based nanocomposites has gained significant attention in recent decades, particularly for their potential as corrosion-resistant coatings on steel. Conducting polymers have been found to offer anodic corrosion resistance and barrier protection to steel surfaces, making them a promising area of research. The study, conducted by
Nanotechnology
Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have made a significant breakthrough in nanotechnology by developing high-capacity adsorbents for specific capture of lysozyme from egg white. The team introduced a novel approach by functional imprinting layers onto three-dimensional poly(vinyl alcohol-co-ethylene) nanofibrous aerogels (PVA-co-PE NFAs), resulting in extreme high adsorption
Nanotechnology
Researchers at National Central University have made a significant breakthrough in the field of nanotechnology, developing a novel nanoalloy that exhibits exceptional selectivity and stability in electrocatalytic CO2 reduction to C2H4. This innovative material, consisting of atomic layered ZnO between Cu nanoparticles and a PVP polymer layer, has been found
Technical institutes
Physicists and materials scientists at Bauman Moscow State Technical University have made significant breakthroughs in the development of physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) for polymer science. The researchers, led by Vadim Tynchenko, have successfully integrated data-driven learning with governing physical laws to create a powerful tool for predicting polymer properties, designing
Technical institutes
Researchers from the Nagoya Institute of Technology have discovered an unexpected influence of steric factors in strand polymers, which can sometimes outweigh the strand mobility determined by glass transition temperature (Tg). This study, published in ACS Applied Polymer Materials, explores the concept of covalent adaptive networks (CANs) and their potential
Technical institutes
Researchers from the Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences) have made a significant discovery in the field of engineering, developing a novel method for the simultaneous extraction and quantification of chlorophenols in leather matrices. The new method, which combines multi-template molecularly imprinted materials (mt-MIPs) with high-performance liquid chromatography
