Biodegradable polymers have emerged as a subject of enormous scientific and industrial
interest due to their environmentally friendly compostability. For the benefit of the market …

Atomic force microscopy-based infrared spectroscopy (AFM-IR) is a rapidly emerging
technique that provides chemical analysis and compositional map** with spatial …

In the past two decades, synthetic biodegradable and biobased polyesters have emerged as
a sustainable alternative to traditional petroleum-derived polymers for diverse range of …

Ferroelectricity has been proposed as a plausible mechanism to explain the high
photovoltaic conversion efficiency in organic-inorganic perovskites; however, convincing …

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) has been extensively used for the nanoscale
characterization of polymeric materials. The coupling of AFM with infrared spectroscope …

Over the past 30 years, atomic force microscopy (AFM) has played an important role in
elucidating the structure and properties of polymer surfaces. AFM-based techniques have …

Fabricating a porous scaffold with high surface area has been a major strategy in the tissue
engineering field. Among the many fabrication methods, electrospinning has become one of …

Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) are natural polyesters produced by microorganisms under
carbon source excess and limiting nutrient conditions. However, these biopolymers possess …

Advances in technology now enable infrared and Raman vibrational spectroscopic imaging
with resolution on the molecular scale. A number of techniques have emerged that provide …

Advanced fibers revolutionized structural materials in the second half of the 20th century.
However, all high-strength fibers developed to date are brittle. Recently, pioneering …