Institution
Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry
Recent research
- Climate & EnvironmentOpen access
Water scarcity and escalating pollution have placed approximately three-quarters of the global population under water security pressure. Among various contaminants, heavy metal ions (HMs) pose severe risks to ecosystems and human health owing to their persistence, high toxicity,...
- Biology
A Robust and Lubricating Hydrogel through a High‐Energy‐Storage and Low‐Dissipative Network Design
ABSTRACT Hydrogels are promising joint‐lubrication materials because of their similarity to cartilage. However, most tough hydrogels rely on sacrificial bonds or dissipative networks to improve mechanical strength. These mechanisms inevitably introduce additional bulk energy diss...
- Materials & Energy
ABSTRACT The fundamental paradox between robust mechanical performance and sustainable recyclability remains a critical challenge for thermosetting polymers and emerging covalent adaptable networks. Herein, a paradigm for fully bio‐based, hyperbranched dynamic epoxy networks (FGP...
- Biology
Solvent-Free Mechanochemical Synthesis of Highly Charged Microgels
Abstract Recently, ball milling has emerged as a versatile tool for solvent-free polymer transformations. Here, a mechanochemical strategy is presented for the synthesis of stimuli-responsive microgels under solvent-free conditions. The approach relies on mechanically induced cha...
- BiologyOpen access
ABSTRACT Porous materials including hydrogels offer high potential for applications requiring controlled mass transport, cell infiltration, and mechanical properties, such as tissue engineering, drug delivery, or soft robotics. We report a facile method for the synthesis of hydro...
- Engineering & TechnologyOpen access
Internal modification of novolac phenolic resin with polyethylene glycol
Polyethylene glycol 400 (PEG) has been used as a reactive plasticizer for commercial novolac phenolic resin (NR). The blends of oligomeric NR and PEG in mass ratios of 90:10, 80:20, and 70:30 were prepared and studied for their thermal properties by differential scanning calorime...
- Materials & EnergyOpen access
ABSTRACT The final step in revealing the porosity of most metal‐organic frameworks (MOFs), the ultimate step of the activation process, involves removal of solvent from the pores. This is commonly accomplished with the application of vacuum and heat; whereas some MOFs are readily...