Synthesis, antimicrobial evaluation, ADMET prediction, molecular docking and dynamics studies of pyridine and thiophene moiety-containing chalcones by Fahmida Akhter, Sumita Saznin Marufa, S. M. Anyet Ullah Shohag, Hiroshi Nishino, Mohammad Sayed Alam, Md. Aminul Haque, Mohammad Mostafizur Rahman

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Reliability Testing of Machine Learning Model Prediction Capability towards Unidentifiable Microplastic Spectral Data: Triple Battery and Colorant Investigation by Wesley A. Williams, Shyam Aravamudhan

“…Leveraging the ability of machine learning (ML) models, which train on features from selected polymer classes, can aid in determining particle identity despite heterogeneity. …”
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Ultrasound Detection of Myocardial Ischemic Memory Using an E-Selectin Targeting Peptide Amenable to Human Application by Xiaoping Leng, Jianjun Wang, Andrew Carson, Xucai Chen, Huili Fu, Susanne Ottoboni, William R. Wagner, Flordeliza S. Villanueva

“…We sought to develop an ultrasound molecular imaging agent composed of microbubbles (MBs) targeted to E-selectin to enable the differential diagnosis of myocardial ischemia in patients presenting with chest pain of unclear etiology. Biodegradable polymer MBs were prepared bearing a peptide with specific human E-selectin affinity (MB ESEL ). …”
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A Fractional-Order Model of Biopolyester Containing Naturally Occurring Compounds for Soil Stabilization by Nadka Tzankova Dintcheva, Marilena Baiamonte, Rosalia Teresi, Gioacchino Alotta, Emanuela Bologna, Massimiliano Zingales

“…Currently, the use of polymers and biopolymers as soil-stabilizer additives for control of the soil degradation, deterioration, and desertification and for improving the arid and semiarid soils has been expanded significantly in the agricultural sector. …”
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Multimaterial cryogenic printing of three-dimensional soft hydrogel machines by Jinhao Li, Jie Cao, Rong Bian, Rongtai Wan, Xiangyang Zhu, Baoyang Lu, Guoying Gu

“…However, current fabrication techniques generally struggle to construct multimaterial three-dimensional hydrogel architectures for soft machines and robots, owing to the inherent hydrogel softness from the low-density polymer network nature. Herein, we present a multimaterial cryogenic printing (MCP) technique that can fabricate sophisticated soft hydrogel machines with accurate yet complex architectures and robust multimaterial interfaces. …”
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Performance of Poly(Styrene—Divinylbenzene) Magnetic Porous Microspheres Prepared by Suspension Polymerization for the Adsorption of 2, 4-Dichlorophenol and 2, 6-Dichlorophenol from Aqueous Solutions by Ping Yu, Qilong Sun, Jianming Pan, Zhenjiang Tan, Jiangdong Dai, Yongsheng Yan, Feng Cheng

“…Poly(styrene–divinylbenzene)/Fe 3 O 4 (Fe 3 O 4 @St–DVB) magnetic porous polymer microspheres based on suspension polymerization were prepared for adsorption of 2, 4-dichlorophenol (2, 4-DCP) and 2, 6-dichlorophenol (2, 6-DCP) from aqueous solution. …”
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Effect of the addition of Fe3O4 nanoparticles on the performance of polyethersulfone nanofiltration membrane for the rejection of 54,56Mn ions from aqueous solution by Sedigheh Daroumi, Mohammad Ali Aroon, Ramin Yavari, taher yousefi, Hossein Ghasemi mobtaker

“…The operational parameters such as polymer concentration, pressure, pH, manganese ion concentration and time for manganese ion rejection and permeability were firstly optimized on the neat PES membrane. …”
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Detecting and measuring Microplastic pollution in Al Hoceima City's harbor, northern Morocco by Iliass Achoukhi, Yahya EL Hammoudani, Khadija Haboubi, Abdelhak Bourjila, Abdelaziz Touzani, Kamal Reklaoui, Fouad Dimane

“…Density separation with a saturated sodium chloride solution was employed to isolate microplastics, which were then analyzed using ATR-FTIR spectroscopy for polymer identification. The analysis revealed a dominance of polyethylene (70.2 %) and polypropylene (20.5 %) among the microplastics, primarily in fiber, fragment, and film forms, with sizes ranging from 0.10 to 6 mm. …”
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Enhancing properties of unidirectional ramie fibers-reinforced polyester composites via alkali and oxalic acid treatments by Henny Pratiwi, Kusmono, Muhammad Waziz Wildan

“…Chemical treatments of natural fibers are essential to enhance their compatibility with polymer matrices, thereby improving the overall performance of composite materials. …”
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Effect of adhesive on the anchorage performance of variable curvature waveform clamping anchor for CFRP plate: Experimental investigation and carrying capacity calculation by Yongyu Duo, Minglei Ma, Guowen Xu, Xiaogang Liu

“…As a quintessential anisotropic material, carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) plate is characterized by its exceptional longitudinal tensile strength but exhibits poor transverse mechanical performance, which poses significant challenges for effective anchorage. …”
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The Effect of Active Chitosan Films Containing Bacterial Cellulose Nanofiber and ZnO Nanoparticles on the Shelf Life of Loaf Bread by Mehrasa Bakouei, Jalal Sadeghizadeh Yazdi, Mohammad Hasan Ehrampoush, Mahdieh Salari, Farzan Madadizadeh

“…Due to the disadvantages of synthetic packaging materials such as migration, environmental pollution, lack of easy recycling, and high production costs, natural polymers have received much attention as safe and biodegradable alternatives to plastics. …”
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Seismic evaluation and retrofit of reinforced concrete structures by Mangeshkumar R. Shendkar, Adithya Tantri, Asha Udaya Rao

“…The single-story RC building is retrofitted with RC jacketing and fiber-reinforced polymer sheet wrapping, while the four-storey RC building does not need to be retrofitted based on the Quadrants assessment method. …”
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Association between Emission Parameters and Material-phase Concentrations of Phthalate Plasticizers and their Alternatives by Chenyang Bi, Clara M. A. Eichler, Chunyi Wang, John C. Little

“…Preliminary results also show that the plasticizers are ideally mixed in the polymer and that their simultaneous presence does not affect the y0 of individual compounds, even at relatively high material-phase concentrations.…”
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One-pot fabrication of highly porous morphology of ferric oxide-ferric oxychloride/poly-O-chloroaniline nanocomposite seeded on poly-1H pyrrole: Photocathode for green hydrogen gen... by Rabia Mohamed, Alnuwaiser Maha Abdallah

“…This photocathode was synthesized using a one-pot technique, which involves the oxidation of o-chloroaniline in the presence of iron sources, resulting in the incorporation of iron oxide and iron oxychloride within the polymer matrix. The photocathode exhibits broad optical absorption extending into the IR region and has a promising bandgap of 1.74 eV, making it a strong candidate for hydrogen gas generation within a constructed three-electrode cell. …”
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Development of low-pressure polymeric membrane incorporated with powdered activated carbon and nanosilica for groundwater applications by Pei Ling Soo, Ling Yong Wong, Lai Peng Wong, Kin Yang Wong

“…Hence, various modifications on membrane surfaces are fabricated in this study to improve the membrane’s performance. Low-pressure PES polymeric membranes are made by combining polyether sulfone (PES) as the polymer, N-methyl-2- pyrrolidone (NMP) as the solvent, and nano-silica (SiO2) and powdered activated carbon (PAC) as additives. …”
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Distribution and risk assessment of microplastics in a source water reservoir, Central China by Minghui Shen, Yang Li, Liwen Qin, Xudong Chen, Tianyu Ao, Xishu Liang, Kaibo Jin, Yanyan Dou, Juexiu Li, Xuejun Duan

“…Transparent fibrous smaller than < 0.5 mm were identified as the predominant fraction with Polypropylene and Polyethylene being the prevalent polymer types. Additionally, the pollution load index, hazard index, and pollution risk index were calculated for different layers and sediments. …”
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Analysis of Benzene-Induced Effects on Rhodococcus sp. 33 Reveals that Constitutive Processes Play a Major Role in Conferring Tolerance by Tony Gutiérrez, Robert Learmonth, Iain Couperwhite

“…As will be discussed, these results identify important functions of the cell membrane, the cell wall, and extracellular polymer in their native state (i.e., before exposure) in conferring this organism with tolerance to benzene.…”
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Fluorogenic Biosensing with Tunable Polydiacetylene Vesicles by John S. Miller, Tanner J. Finney, Ethan Ilagan, Skye Frank, Ye Chen-Izu, Keishi Suga, Tonya L. Kuhl

“…The lower energy stimulus to induce the chromatic transition was attributed to an increase in headgroup hydrogen bonding and polymer backbone strain. Boronic-acid headgroup functionalization led to vesicles that were generally unstable, only weakly polymerized, and unable to fully transform to the red phase due to strong polar, aromatic headgroup interactions. …”
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Oncostatin M [OSM] protein immuno-expression in oral squamous cell carcinoma – A prospective study by Sunil Prakash, Nandhini Gunasekaran, Ramya Mahalingam, Rajkumar Krishnan

“…The samples were treated with Anti-OSM polyclonal antibody and immunohistochemical staining was done using NovoLinkTM NovocastraTM Polymer Detection System (Leica Microsystems). Stained samples were categorized based on the staining percentage and staining intensity. …”
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Removal of Fluoride from Aqueous Solutions Using Chitosan Cryogels by Anete Jessica Arcos-Arévalo, Rosa Elvira Zavala-Arce, Pedro Ávila-Pérez, Beatriz García-Gaitán, José Luis García-Rivas, María de la Luz Jiménez-Núñez

“…A maximum fluoride adsorption capacity of 280 and 295 mg F−/g for QE and QEFe, respectively, at 303 K was obtained, showing that the removal of fluoride is favored by the iron incorporated in the polymer matrix of the cryogels. The thermodynamic parameters were obtained for both cryogels, where the values of ΔH° and ΔG° indicate that both systems are endothermic and nonspontaneous.…”
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