Hybrid materials with superior structural and functional properties can be obtained by incorporating nanofillers into polymer matrices. Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) nanoparticles have attracted much attention recently due to their nanometer size, the ease of which these particles can be incorporated into polymeric materials and the unique capability to reinforce polymers. We revi...

Polymer-cement composites (PCCs) are materials in which the polymer and mineral binder create an interpenetrating network and co-operate, significantly improving the performance of the material. On the other hand, the need for the utilization of waste materials is a demand of sustainable construction. Various mineral powders, such as fly ash or blast-furnace slag, are successfully used for the ...

Small angle neutron scattering is employed to estimate the interactions in complex multicomponent systems. The method is applied to describe a ternary system, poly(dimethyl siloxane) toluene with silica filler particles. Contrast variation by solvent deuteration is used to distinguish the three different partial structure factors of filled polymer samples, S(pp)(q), S(pf)(q), and S(ff)(q), wher...

Here we report the synthesis, characterization and hydrogelation of polymers consisting of pamidronate, a useful therapeutic agent.

this study describes the synthesis of molecularly imprinted polymers (mips) by using an anti-che ops, namely dursban, as a template. non-covalent bulk polymerization was successfully applied to synthesis different imprinted and non-imprinted polymers with maa, mma, aa, and 4-vpy as monomer in selected porogens (chloroform, toluene, and acetonitrile). in order to evaluate the template binding of...