Orthopedic implant infections have been steadily increasing while, at the same time, antibiotics developed to kill such bacteria have proven less and less effective with every passing day. It is clear that new approaches that do not rely on the use of antibiotics are needed to decrease medical device infections. Inspired by cicada wing surface topographical features, nanostructured surfaces rep...

High energy density, high temperature, and low loss dielectric polymers have drawn increasing attention in research owing to their potential applications power electronic pulsed devices. In this study, a new class of organo-soluble dipolar glass (DGPs) are synthesized via polycondensation post-functionalization poly(aryl ether)s (PAEs) based on phenolphthalin. Due the nonplanar backbone structu...

Highly conductive and low vanadium permeable crosslinked sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone) (cSPEEK) membranes were prepared by electrophilic aromatic substitution for a Vanadium/Air Redox Flow Battery (Vanadium/Air-RFB) application. Membranes were synthesized from ethanol solution and crosslinked under different temperatures with 1,4-benzenedimethanol and ZnCl2 via the Friedel-Crafts crosslin...