Epoxy thermosets constitute a significant portion of high‐performance plastics, as they
possess excellent thermal and mechanical properties that are applicable in a wide range of …

Aircraft, automotive industries and the increasing numbers of wind turbine blade lead to a
huge amount of carbon fiber reinforced polymers requiring to be recycled and/or reused in a …

Due to its outstanding properties, benzoxazine resin is widely used in the manufacturing of
machinery, aerospace, and electrical products. However, once polybenzoxazine and its …

The efficient capture of CO2 from flue gas or directly from the atmosphere is a key subject to
mitigate global warming, with several chemical and physical absorption methods previously …

Microwave-accelerated ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of cyclic esters catalyzed by
ionic liquid (IL) anions, intercalated into layered double hydroxides (LDHs), has been …

Assemblies of photoredox catalysts and their target substrates prior to photoexcitation is a
phenomenon naïvely overlooked by the majority of synthetic chemists, but can have …

Polylactic acid (PLA) is one of the most promising biodegradable materials, but poor
toughness severely limits its application. Ionic liquids (ILs) have excellent plasticizing effects …

To protect crops as well as human and animal health, the development of novel repellents
based on biopolymers is critical for a growing world population. Here, novel aphid-repellent …

The thermodynamics of newly designed tri-and tetraepoxyimidazolium NTf2 monomers
reacting with several diamines used as curing agents to form epoxy/amine thermosets was …

In this study, we set out to modify poly (lactic acid)(PLA) by incorporating epoxidized ionic
liquids (ILs) that were specifically designed with imidazolium-NTf2 moieties. First, we …