This paper reviews recent findings on wood–water interaction and puts them into context of
established knowledge in the field. Several new findings challenge prevalent theories and …

Gas sorption and permeation of physically treated glassy polymeric membranes is studied
from the viewpoint of the transport mechanism and the control of microvoids in the …

This Perspective provides a critical analysis of the current knowledge concerning solvent
vapor annealing (SVA) of block polymer thin films. Herein, we identify key challenges that …

Exploring the chemistry of synthesis, mechanisms of polymerization, reaction engineering of
step-growth and chain-growth polymerization, polymer characterization, thermodynamics …

This study analyzes the swelling behavior of native, unmodified, spherically uniform,
monodisperse poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid)(PLGA) microparticles in a robust high-throughput …

The selection and application of engineered materials is an integrated process that requires
an understanding of the interaction between materials properties, manufacturing …

Understanding the mechanisms of water sorption and diffusion in amorphous polymers is of
particular importance in relation to our ability to interpret related transport phenomena in …

A swelling-controlled mechanism, based on the simple fitting of drug release data to a power
law, is frequently invoked to explain deviations from Fickian diffusion. Therefore, the purpose …

This review paper deals with mass transport in macromolecular materials. The study of mass
transport through polymeric composite materials for example has applications in a variety of …

We consider front formation and steady-state front motion in a one-dimensional polymer
system undergoing case-II diffusion. The polymer system approximates a polymer sheet …