This article presents a comprehensive review of scientific literature concerning the blooming
of additives on the surface of polymers, a phenomenon that depends on the solubility of an …

Systemic crop protection products are commonly sprayed onto foliage, whereupon the active
substances must penetrate into the leaves in order to become biologically active …

Transport properties of plant cuticles are important for different fields of modern plant
sciences. Ecologists and physiologists are interested in water losses to the environment via …

We report a systematic FTIR study of the perturbation of water “sorbed” into the polymers
PET and PVC as a function of crystallinity (PET) or plasticizer content (PVC). Band shapes of …

An in-situ FTIR–ATR method for simultaneously obtaining both kinetic and structural
information during liquid sorption into polymers was presented. The kinetics and diffusion …

Diffusion coefficients of a broad range of molecules with molecular weight ranging from 100
to 800 g/mol have been measured in polypropylene, by solid/solid contact methods (without …

Mobilities of lipophilic organic solutes in cuticular membranes (CM) isolated from mature
leaves of Citrus aurantium L., Citrus grandis L., Hedera helix L., IIex aquifolium L., Ilex …

Attenuated total reflection (ATR) FTIR spectroscopy has been used to study the diffusion of
water into sulfonated poly (ether sulfone) films as a function of film thickness, preparation …

Hypothesis The amount and distribution of slip agents, erucamide, and behenamide, on the
surface of high-density polyethene, is determined by integral characteristics of slip agent …

Two commercial polyethylene grades were exposed to water at elevated temperatures and
enhanced oxygen pressure. To characterize their aging behavior laser-induced …