Towards a predictive thermodynamic description of sorption processes in polymers: The synergy between theoretical EoS models and vibrational spectroscopy

G Mensitieri, G Scherillo, C Panayiotou… - Materials Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Understanding and predicting sorption thermodynamics of low molecular weight compounds
in rubbery and glassy polymers is of great relevance to elucidate important phenomena in …

Sulfonated graphene oxide–silica for highly selective Nafion-based proton exchange membranes

K Feng, B Tang, P Wu - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
In the current study, sulfonated graphene oxide–silica (S-GO–SiO2) nanohybrid particles
were obtained first. The FTIR, TGA, XRD, Raman, AFM, FE-SEM and EDX characterizations …

A novel spectroscopic approach to investigate transport processes in polymers: the case of water–epoxy system

S Cotugno, D Larobina, G Mensitieri, P Musto… - Polymer, 2001 - Elsevier
A novel experimental approach, based on in situ FTIR spectroscopy in the transmission
mode, has been developed to monitor sorption–desorption behaviour of small molecules in …

A review of microbial and chemical assessment of indoor surfaces

VG Mihucz, A Ruus, J Raamets… - Applied Spectroscopy …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This review emphasizes the importance of classification of surface reservoirs represented by
building and indoor materials. Models developed in the past 45 years to study mainly non …

Polymeric Coatings Incorporating Bioactive Enzymes for Cleaning a Surface

M Wales, CS McDaniel - US Patent App. 13/069,864, 2011 - Google Patents
C09D—COATING COMPOSITIONS, eg PAINTS, VARNISHES OR LACQUERS; FILLING
PASTES; CHEMICAL PAINT OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; CORRECTING FLUIDS; …

Measurements and modeling of absorptive partitioning of volatile organic compounds to painted surfaces

LB Algrim, D Pagonis, JA de Gouw, JL Jimenez… - Indoor …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Partitioning to surfaces is an important sink for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) indoors,
but the mechanisms are not well understood or quantified. Here, a mass spectrometer was …

Visual Assays for Coatings Incorporating Bioactive Enzymes for Catalytic Functions

EB Williams, D Braasch, JW Rawlins… - US Patent App. 13 …, 2011 - Google Patents
Disclosed herein are materials such as a coating, comprising a lipolytic enzyme or
organophosphrous compound degrading enzyme. Also disclosed herein are methods of …

A FTIR–ATR study of liquid diffusion processes in PET films: comparison of water with simple alcohols

C Sammon, J Yarwood, N Everall - Polymer, 2000 - Elsevier
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 …

Molecular Interactions in and Transport Properties of Densely Cross-Linked Networks:  A Time-Resolved FT-IR Spectroscopy Investigation of the Epoxy/H2O System

S Cotugno, G Mensitieri, P Musto, L Sanguigno - Macromolecules, 2005 - ACS Publications
Transport of water in an epoxy network with high cross-link density was investigated at
several water vapor activities by time-resolved FT-IR spectroscopy and gravimetric …

Spectroscopic characterization of molecular interdiffusion at a poly (vinyl pyrrolidone)/vinyl ester interface

CM Laot, E Marand, HT Oyama - Polymer, 1999 - Elsevier
The molecular interdiffusion across a poly (vinyl pyrrolidone)/vinyl ester monomer (PVP/VE)
interface was investigated in situ by Fourier transform infrared attenuated total reflectance …