Concern over the production, use, and disposal of polymeric materials have led to increased
societal pressure to search for sustainable alternatives that are better aligned with circular …

Future advancement of coatings relies on new synthetic building blocks and methods that
enable added functionality, while minimising the environmental impact and cost. This review …

Additive manufacturing (AM) of polymeric materials enables the manufacturing of complex
structures for a wide range of applications. Among AM methods vat photopolymerization …

Recent years have seen major advances in the additive manufacturing of stimuli‐responsive
materials, also known as “4D printing,” among which liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) play …

The application of reprocessable and reprogrammable soft actuators is limited by the
synthetic strategies, 3D‐shaping capabilities, and small deformations. In this work, melt …

Direct ink writing (DIW) of liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) has rapidly paved its way into the
field of soft actuators and other stimuli-responsive devices. However, currently used LCE …

The unique and visually mesmerizing appearance of pearlescent materials has made them
an indispensable ingredient in a diverse array of applications including packaging …

A new type of tetraphenylborate salts derived from highly basic and nucleophilic amines,
namely 1, 5-diazabicyclo [4.3. 0] non-5-ene (DBN), 1, 8-diazabicyclo (5.4. 0) undec-7-ene …

Polythiourethane (PTU) and polyurethane (PU) elastomers were prepared from poly
(oxytetramethylene) glycol, 1, 4-bis (isocyanatomethyl) cyclohexane and a dithiol or diol …

Hydroxypyrene-1, 3, 6-trisulfonic acid trisodium salt (HPTS), a water-soluble pyrene dye,
was used to develop highly fluorescent waterborne polyurethane (WPU) by physical …