Perspective
Radical polymers in optoelectronic and spintronic applications
Radical polymers hold great potential as solid-state conducting materials due to their distinctive charge transport mechanism and intriguing optical and spintronic properties resulting from their singly occupied molecular orbital energy levels.
Review Article
‘Clickable’ polymeric coatings: from antibacterial surfaces to interfaces with cellular and biomolecular affinity
Functional polymeric interfaces for various biomedical applications can be obtained in a modular fashion using ‘click’-based transformations.
Review Article
Polymer composites with 3D graphene architectures as high-performance EMI shielding materials: a review
Polymer composites with a 3D graphene scaffold for EMI shielding are discussed. Numerical formulations to optimize the structural and geometrical parameters that are suitable to achieve an absorption-dominated shielding mechanism have been presented.
Paper
Tuning the thermal response of 3D-printed bilayer hydrogels via architectural control using binary ethanol–water solvent systems
While stimuli-responsive materials can be prepared via many established procedures, digital light processing (DLP) 3D printing offers a simple and robust technique for the fabrication of hydrogels, including spatially-defined bilayer systems.
Paper
Unraveling the thermal stability of aromatic disulfide epoxy vitrimers: a comprehensive study using principal component analysis (PCA)
This study combines 1H NMR and chemometrics to determine optimal processing conditions for aromatic disulfide-based vitrimers, revealing a correlation between model reactions and vitrimer networks.
Paper
Creation of three-dimensional composite architectures via high-intensity focused ultrasound inside of foams
Bicontinuous composites are formed by using high-intensity focused ultrasound to cure resins within open-cell foams. Different resin formulations are demonstrated and give rise to unique mechanical properties for the resulting composites.
Paper
Bio-based electrospun polyamide membrane – sustainable multipurpose filter membranes for microplastic filtration
Electrospun nonwoven membranes from bio-based PA 6.9 can serve as efficient filters for the removal of microplastic from water and air as well as for the remediation of oily wastewater.
Paper
Facile fabrication of a stretchable, stable, and self-adhesive poly(ionic liquid) as a flexible sensor
By introducing a small amount of butyl acrylate to copolymerize with an ionic liquid, a high-performance poly(ionic liquid) was obtained, which could serve as a bimodal flexible sensor.
Paper
Crosslinking CO2-switchable polymers for paints and coatings applications
The solvent resistance of VOC-free coatings made by CO2-switchable polymers was improved by introducing a 1K crosslinking system. This crosslinking chemistry relies on CO2-switching that is triggered by CO2 removal during drying.
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Influence of post-processing on the properties of 3D-printed poly(propylene fumarate) star polymer hydroxyapatite nanocomposites
Vat photopolymerization is able to produce intricate composite parts at high print speed, good part fidelity, and strong mechanical properties.
About this collection
This collection features articles published in RSC Applied Polymers that have been specially selected by Editor-in-chief Professor Emily Pentzer (Texas A&M University, US). These papers represent some of the top work published in the journal in our first year.