Recent advances in metal sulfides: from controlled fabrication to electrocatalytic, photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical water splitting and beyond

S Chandrasekaran, L Yao, L Deng, C Bowen… - Chemical Society …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent years, nanocrystals of metal sulfide materials have attracted scientific research
interest for renewable energy applications due to the abundant choice of materials with …

Interfacial engineering of graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4)-based metal sulfide heterojunction photocatalysts for energy conversion: a review

Y Ren, D Zeng, WJ Ong - Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2019 - Elsevier
As one of the most appealing and attractive technologies, photocatalysis is widely used as a
promising method to circumvent the environmental and energy problems. Due to its …

Recent advances in vegetable oil-based polymers and their composites

C Zhang, TF Garrison, SA Madbouly… - Progress in Polymer …, 2017 - Elsevier
The development of viable alternatives to petroleum-based polymeric materials is a
compelling contemporary challenge attributable to environmental concerns and the effects …

Evaluation of biological degradation of polyurethanes

A Magnin, E Pollet, V Phalip, L Avérous - Biotechnology Advances, 2020 - Elsevier
Polyurethanes (PU) are a family of versatile synthetic polymers intended for diverse
applications. Biological degradation of PU is a blooming research domain as it contributes to …

A self-adhesive wearable strain sensor based on a highly stretchable, tough, self-healing and ultra-sensitive ionic hydrogel

J Yin, S Pan, L Wu, L Tan, D Chen, S Huang… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Flexible and conductive hydrogel sensors have great potential for applications in wearable
and implantable devices, electronic skin and healthcare diagnosis. However, it remains a …

Anticorrosive waterborne polyurethane coatings derived from castor oil and renewable diols

R Shen, M Long, C Lei, L Dong, G Yu, J Tang - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Although vegetable oil-based waterborne polyurethane (WPUs) possesses unique
advantage like environmental friendliness, the shortcomings of low mechanical properties …

Polydopamine nanoparticle-reinforced near-infrared light-triggered shape memory polycaprolactone–polydopamine polyurethane for biomedical implant applications

S Dai, S Yue, Z Ning, N Jiang… - ACS applied materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Near-infrared (NIR) light-triggered shape memory polymers are expected to have a more
promising prospect in biomedical applications compared with traditional heat-triggered …

A review of the sustainable approaches in the production of bio-based polyurethanes and their applications in the adhesive field

A Tenorio-Alfonso, MC Sánchez, JM Franco - Journal of Polymers and the …, 2020 - Springer
On account of the irreversible environmental damage caused by the utilization of non-
renewable raw materials in industrial production, since the end of the twentieth century, the …

Hydrogen bonding-based strongly adhesive coacervate hydrogels synthesized using poly (N-vinylpyrrolidone) and tannic acid

HG Nam, MG Nam, PJ Yoo, JH Kim - Soft Matter, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
When multiple intermolecular interactions occur simultaneously, complexed molecules
undergo gelation by inter-cohesive bonding, inducing a pseudo-crosslinking effect to form a …

A self-healing and self-adhesive chitosan based ion-conducting hydrogel sensor by ultrafast polymerization

J Li, Z Yang, Z Jiang, M Ni, M Xu - International Journal of Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Recently, owing to the wide applications in electronic skin and human activity monitoring,
flexible hydrogel strain sensors have attracted great attention. And the better preparation …