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Sustainable single-use plastic management on Sichang Island, Thailand

Results in Engineering
In this study, we investigated plastic waste management on Sichang Island, Thailand, with a focus on single-use plastic waste and polymer composition analysis.
Warut Wannawat, Nuta Supakata
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Plastic waste is all at sea [PDF]

Current Biology, 2013
SummaryThe accumulation of plastic waste in the oceans is a global, rapidly growing problem. Experts are especially concerned about the enormous amounts of plastic particles that are smaller than grains of sand and may enter the food chain. Michael Gross reports.
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Decoupling Photochemical and Photothermal Effects Using Molecular Motors Enables Fast, Intelligent, and Life‐Like Motions in Soft Materials

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A light‐responsive liquid crystal (LC) polymer network integrating molecular rotary motors and photothermal converters enables the decoupling of photochemical and photothermal effects. Selective wavelength activation allows orthogonal control over persistent shape encoding and fast reversible motion, enabling programmable soft robots capable of complex
Guiying Long, Jinyu Sheng, Alexander Ryabchun, Ben L. Feringa   +3 more
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SORTING PLASTIC WASTE IN HYDROCYCLONE

Mokslas - Lietuvos ateitis, 2010
The article presents material about sorting plastic waste in hydrocyclone. The tests on sorting plastic waste were carried out. Also, the findings received from the performed experiment on the technology of sorting plastic waste are interpreted applying an experimental model of the equipment used for sorting plastics of different density.
Šutinys, Ernestas, Striška, Vytautas
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Meniscus‐Guided Interfacial Ring‐by‐Ring Assembly for In Situ Fabrication of Tubular Hydrogels

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A tubular hydrogel fabrication method leveraging the meniscus effect at the oil‐water interface is presented. UV irradiation across the concave surface of the photocurable hydrogel precursor induces the formation of ring‐like hydrogel structures. Sequential ring‐by‐ring assembly within microchannels enables the construction of arteriole‐scale hydrogel ...
Yuki Kamiya, Yingzhe Wang, Keisuke Morishima   +2 more
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Can Elastomers Combine Stiffness, Toughness and Fatigue Resistance?

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review studies how the molecular and macroscopic architecture of elastomers influence their mechanical properties including: stiffness, stretchability, toughness, fatigue resistance, and damping behavior. By linking the structure to performance, it proposes design principles for advanced elastomeric systems that combine mechanical properties ...
Eva Baur, Esther Amstad
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Navigating Lipid Nanostructure Design Space Through Continuous Microfluidic Automation

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
LipidXplorer is a novel microfluidic platform which enables rapid navigation of lipid particle design space for high‐resolution phase mapping, lipid nanoparticle optimization, membrane biophysics, and functional nanomaterial discovery. It combines programmable composition control, continuous nanoparticle formation, and automated well‐plate collection ...
Bradley Diggines, Marcus Fletcher, Manuel Bibrowski, Karnyart Samnuan, Rongjun Chen, David J. Peeler, Amjad Abouselo, Morag R. Hunter, Molly M. Stevens, Nicholas J. Brooks, Yuval Elani   +10 more
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Properties of Concrete Influenced by Plastic Materials

Buildings
Little research is reported on the properties of Portland cement concrete (PCC) mixtures comprising plastic waste materials. Therefore, this novel study was initiated to evaluate the effects of plastic waste materials on different properties of PCC ...
Nabil Al-Akhras, Halil Sezen
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True Closed‐Loop Recyclable Hydrogels Enabled by Imine Boronic Ester Crosslinking

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Subtle molecular differences in imine boronic ester crosslinkers profoundly influence hydrogel properties. 2‐formylphenylboronic acid crosslinkers form previously undisclosed 3‐amino‐benzoxaborole heterocycles, enhancing elasticity despite lower crosslinking density compared to their 4‐formylphenylboronic acid counterparts.
Jenna A. King, Joshua M. Litterio, Sean P. Larmore, Steven A. Lopez, Klaus Schmidt‐Rohr, Diego M. Alzate‐Sánchez   +5 more
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Sustainable Poly(Lactic Acid)/Graphene Oxide Bioelectronic Platform for Neurotransmitters Sensing and Tunable Stimulation of Astrocytes

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This work introduces sustainable PLA/graphene oxide bioelectronic interfaces featuring electrodes with tunable conductivity and strong electrocatalytic performance. These platforms were used to implement a new method for tuning astrocyte Ca2+ signaling and for the efficient detection of key biomarkers.
Alessandra Scidà, Giulia Cazzador, Roberta Fabbri, Matteo Calosi, Alessandro Silvestri, Andrea Candini, Fabiola Liscio, Franco Corticelli, Aikaterini Konstantoulaki, Andrea D'Iorio, Marco Caprini, Vincenzo Palermo, Monica Bertoldo, Valentina Benfenati, Chiara Zanardi, Emanuele Treossi   +15 more
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