1711 papers
This study reveals that melt extrusion, a standard polymer processing step, is an intrinsic source of micro- and nanoplastics across diverse polymer chemistries due to phase separation caused by oxidized chain scission, necessitating new mitigation strategies to prevent chain degradation at the source.
This study demonstrates that using hydrogen as a molecular probe, combined with quantum-corrected density functional theory modeling of H₂ and D₂ isotherms, enables accurate characterization of ultramicropore structures in nanoporous carbons and allows for the reliable prediction of deuterium adsorption behavior from cost-effective hydrogen experiments.
This study demonstrates that microwave-activated carbons derived from *Pinus nigra* cones, prepared using various chemical activators, serve as effective and sustainable adsorbents for simultaneously removing pharmaceuticals and heavy metals from wastewater.
This study demonstrates that a thermally reduced ZnO@V2O5 binary nanocomposite, synthesized via a simple solid-state method, serves as a promising supercapacitor electrode material by exhibiting a specific capacitance of 80 F g⁻¹ and stable rate capability through a predominantly diffusion-controlled Faradaic charge-storage mechanism.
This study demonstrates that while starch reduces the thermal stability of polylactic acid (PLA), the addition of spider silk reinforcement effectively mitigates this destabilizing effect and enhances thermal resistance and char formation, making it a promising bio-reinforcement for sustainable PLA-based packaging.
This study demonstrates that plant-derived hydrolates from *Anacardium occidentale* and *Pectis brevipedunculata* can be effectively valorized as functional antimicrobial components in Pluronic F127/Carbopol 974P-based nanogel and emulgel systems, respectively, where their incorporation distinctively modulates the supramolecular organization and biological performance of each platform.
This study presents a scalable, binder-free synthesis of PAN@Sb–Ca–Ti oxides/MXene composite electrodes that leverage polyacrylonitrile as a structural scaffold and MXene as a conductive network to achieve high specific capacity, energy density, and exceptional cycling stability for advanced supercapacitor applications.
This study demonstrates that controlling synthesis-induced defects and framework disorder in iron-based MIL-100(Fe) metal–organic frameworks optimizes gliotoxin delivery to neuroblastoma cells, achieving a crucial therapeutic window with reduced non-selective toxicity compared to other formulations.
This study demonstrates that meta-linked polymer topology can stabilize a frustrated, ordered solid state of ionic liquids that retains long-range structural order and ionic conductivity without a detectable melting transition, effectively decoupling structural order from dynamical arrest through chemical confinement.
This study demonstrates the sustainable fabrication of a cellulose–H₄Mn₅O₁₂ biocomposite from waste paper that, when optimized via Taguchi design, achieves high lithium recovery efficiency (96.2%) and selectivity over competing ions, offering a promising circular upcycling solution for lithium extraction.