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Easy detectable isocyanate in the reaction with gelatin
Gelatin reactivity with isocyanate was studied by using the easy detectable 1-naphthyl-isocyanate (NphI). Four different NphI/gelatin feed ratios were investigated with NphI molar amount ranging between 1/10 a...
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Applicability of photochemically generated pendant benzoyl peroxides in both “grafting from” and “grafting to” techniques
Methyl methacrylate and styrene copolymers containing pendant benzil groups, such as 1-[4-(2-methacroyloxyethoxy)phenyl]-2-phenyl-1,2-ethanedione-co-methyl metacrylate (BzMA/MMA), 1-[4-(2-methacroyloxyethoxy)p...
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A High-Field EPR Study of the Accelerated Dynamics of the Amorphous Fraction of Semicrystalline Poly(dimethylsiloxane) at the Melting Point
The reorientation of a small paramagnetic tracer in poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) has been investigated by high-field electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy at a Larmor frequency of 285 GHz. The tracer i...
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Introduction
The properties of do not depend merely on the fossil or non-fossil origin but on the molecular structure of the chain. The term is commonly used for all polymeric materials having a certain bio-character, ...
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Basic Concepts for Plastic Response
This chapter following the general introduction is devoted to provide the reader with the basic concepts related to the understanding of the fundamental necessary properties of a polymeric material to perform ...
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Synthesis of Polymers for Plastic Materials
This chapter deals with the preparation of products from material based on plastic polymers from fossil origin (Bruckner et al. 2001). The production route of traditional plastic polymers starts from available mo...
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Hybrid Materials and Systems
Plastics were investigated based on homopolymers, which are polymers consisting of macromolecules characterized by the uniform chemical structure along the main chain, the successive investigation and related ...
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Response of Society and Market
Plastic polymers have benefited the human society and heavily contributed to our improved style of life from several viewpoints. Indeed, the easy processable, light and low-cost structural plastics and the pos...
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Molecular Structure Requirements
This chapter deals with the preparation of products from material based on plastic polymers from fossil origin. The production route of traditional plastic polymers starts from available monomers, followed by ...
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The Obtainment of Bioplastics
Under the pressure of the social requirement for a more natural style of life, many commercial products were rendered more attractive with a more or less valid superficial coverage of bio-related aspect; these...
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Environmental Impact
The society concern for the environmental compatibility of man-made products has been growing in the past few decades and evolved in many directions, with an evident predominance of emotion on technical ration...
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Thermal characterization by DSC and TGA analyses of PVA hydrogels with organic and sodium MMT
Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) hydrogels were prepared by a cyclic freezing–thawing technique without any cross-linker agent, using PVA and Maghnite water dispersion with different ratios. The obtained results have s...
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Open AccessPoly(N-isopropylacrylamide) based thin microgel films for use in cell culture applications
Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAm) is widely used to fabricate cell sheet surfaces for cell culturing, however copolymer and interpenetrated polymer networks based on PNIPAm have been rarely explored in the ...
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Open AccessElectrical conduction and noise spectroscopy of sodium-alginate gold-covered ultrathin films for flexible green electronics
Green electronics is an emerging topic that requires the exploration of new methodologies for the integration of green components into electronic devices. Therefore, the development of alternative and eco-frie...
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Open AccessMethacrylated gellan gum hydrogel: a smart tool to face complex problems in the cleaning of paper materials
One of the main challenges in the preservation of paper materials is the development of compatible and eco-friendly cleaning systems suitable for the wet removal of hydrophobic, aged compounds, such as greasy ...
