A review on recent advances in polymer and peptide hydrogels

S Mondal, S Das, AK Nandi - Soft Matter, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
In this review, we focus on the very recent developments on the use of the stimuli responsive
properties of polymer hydrogels for targeted drug delivery, tissue engineering, and …

On the solubility and stability of polyvinylidene fluoride

JE Marshall, A Zhenova, S Roberts, T Petchey, P Zhu… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
This literature review covers the solubility and processability of fluoropolymer polyvinylidine
fluoride (PVDF). Fluoropolymers consist of a carbon backbone chain with multiple …

Macromolecules in ionic liquids: progress, challenges, and opportunities

T Ueki, M Watanabe - Macromolecules, 2008 - ACS Publications
Ionic liquids (ILs) are ambient temperature molten salts and have attracted considerable
attention because of their unique properties such as nonflammability, negligible volatility …

Piezoelectric β polymorph in poly (vinylidene fluoride)-functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotube nanocomposite films

S Manna, AK Nandi - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2007 - ACS Publications
Poly (vinylidene fluoride)(PVF2)− multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWNT) nanocomposites
(PCNCs) are prepared using ester (− COOC2H5)-functionalized MWNT (F-MWNT). Due to …

Insight into the preparation of poly (vinylidene fluoride) membranes by vapor-induced phase separation

CL Li, DM Wang, A Deratani, D Quémener… - Journal of Membrane …, 2010 - Elsevier
The present investigation revealed how the morphology and crystalline forms of a poly
(vinylidene fluoride)(PVDF) membrane, prepared by using the vapor-induced phase …

Bioinspired tunable hydrogels: An update on methods of preparation, classification, and biomedical and therapeutic applications

A Ullah, SI Lim - International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 2022 - Elsevier
Hydrogels exhibit water-insoluble three-dimensional polymeric networks capable of
absorbing large amounts of biological fluids. Both natural and synthetic polymers are used …

Nanoporous crystalline aerogels of syndiotactic polystyrene: polymorphism, dielectric, thermal, and acoustic properties

VG Krishnan, AM Joseph… - …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Hierarchically porous crystalline nanoporous aerogels of syndiotactic polystyrene (sPS)
received much attention because of their unique nanoporous structures along with meso …

Poly (vinylidene fluoride) Aerogels with α, β, and γ Crystalline Forms: Correlating Physicochemical Properties with Polymorphic Structures

S Suresh, T Nabiyeva, L Biniek, EB Gowd - ACS Polymers Au, 2024 - ACS Publications
Strategic customization of crystalline forms of poly (vinylidene fluoride)(PVDF) aerogels is of
great importance for a variety of applications, from energy harvesters to thermal and acoustic …

Electroactive dielectric polymer gels as new-generation soft actuators: A review

Z Liu, YD Liu, Q Shi, Y Liang - Journal of Materials Science, 2021 - Springer
Electroactive dielectric polymer gel (DPG) as a class of electronic type electroactive
polymers has important applications in soft robot, wearable electronics, and biomedical …

Stereocomplex formation and hierarchical structural changes during heating of supramolecular gels obtained by polylactide racemic blends

NM Praveena, G Virat, VG Krishnan, EB Gowd - Polymer, 2022 - Elsevier
Solvents that are capable of forming crystalline complexes with poly (ʟ-lactide)(PLLA) have
been known to form thermoreversible gels. However, the gelation behavior of linear …