Category archives: DIPC Polymers

Crosslinking pectin for the simultaneous removal of multiple pollutants from water

Crosslinking pectin for the simultaneous removal of multiple pollutants from water

Chemical engineeringChemistryDIPC Polymers

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Chemical contamination of water bodies on one hand, and water shortages due to overexploitation on the other, have increased the need for effective and efficient water treatment and decontamination processes. Two important aspects need to be taken into consideration to define what is an “effective and efficient” treatment. First, as current methods of removing pathogens […]

Producing a large quantity of pure cyclic polymers

Producing a large quantity of pure cyclic polymers

ChemistryDIPC Polymers

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Cyclic polymers present a topology that differ significantly from their linear counterparts due to their circular structure and, therefore, the lack of chain ends. These simple characteristics are responsible for important unique properties (e.g. lower intrinsic and melt viscosity, lower hydrodynamic volumes, slower degradation profiles, increased blood circulation times and more selective bioaccumulation) thanks to […]

Polymorphism in non-fullerene acceptors for organic solar cells

Polymorphism in non-fullerene acceptors for organic solar cells

DIPC PolymersMaterials

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Over the past several decades researchers have thought how materials and device architectures can efficiently convert solar radiation into electrical power through the photovoltaic effect. Those efforts have led to different methods and processes to produce green energy. In this context, organic photovoltaic (OPV) technology has received considerable attention because it indeed constitutes a new […]

Desorption as a first-order phase transition

Desorption as a first-order phase transition

ChemistryCondensed matterDIPC PolymersPhysics

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Adsorption commonly is understood as the reversible binding of molecules and atoms from the gaseous or liquid phase on surfaces, mostly of highly porous adsorbent media. In chemisorption a single layer of molecules, atoms or ions is attached to the adsorbent surface by chemical bonds; in physisorption only van der Waals forces are involved. Adsorption […]