Crystal engineering, the design of molecular solids, is the synthesis of functional solid-state structures from neutral or ionic building blocks, using intermolecular interactions in the design strategy. Hydrogen bonds, coordination bonds, and other less directed interactions define substructural patterns, referred to in the literature as supramolecular synthons and secondary building units. Cr...

Conjugated block copolymers have received considerable attention in recent years, as they hold promise, for instance for solar cells and nanoelectronics. Block copolymers consisting of one conjugated block and one or more nonconjugated, usually coil-like blocks, have been shown to possess a variety of defined morphologies which differ from those of the parent conjugated homopolymers. However, s...

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ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVAddition/CorrectionNEXTORIGINAL ARTICLEThis notice is a correctionCorrection to “A Healable Supramolecular Polymer Blend Based on Aromatic π–π Stacking and Hydrogen Bonding Interactions”Stefano BurattiniStefano BurattiniMore by Stefano Burattini, Barnaby W. GreenlandBarnaby GreenlandMore Greenlandhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8416-4955, Daniel Hermida MerinoDaniel...

Nanocomposites films of (polymer blend-ceramics) were prepared from (PVA-PAA) blend and (PVA-PAA) blend doped with niobium carbide nanoparticles for humidity sensors have low cost, easy fabrication, high sensitivity, lightweight and high corrosion resistance. The structural, electrical and optical properties of (PVA-PAA-NbC) nanocomposites have been studied. The D.C electrical properties of (PV...

Supramolecular assemblies of cucurbituril (CBn) homologues with p-conjugated chromophores will be overviewed. Special emphasis will be given to the effect of CBn on the optical properties of conjugated oligomers and polymers. How supramolecular complexes of p-conjugated chromophores including porphyrin derivatives, conjugated oligomers and polymers with CBn could be utilized in the theranostic ...

in this study, the possibility of producing wood-plastic panels was studied using two different blending methods including melt blend and dry blend. wood-plastic panels were made from recycled high density polyethylene (as resin) and mdf waste (as natural fiber) at 60, 70 and 80% by weight filler loading. nominal density and dimensions of the panels were 1g/cm3 and 35×35×1 cm, respectively. the...

Devices O materials provide a wide variety of advantages of design and properties of molecules and polymers. A lot of research activity is driven toward the realization of solutionprocessed organic materials in large-area, lightweight, flexible organic optoelectronic devices with low processing costs such as OLEDs, OFETs, solar cells, sensors, e-paper, or radio frequency identification tags. In...

Naïve Cotesia vestalis wasps, parasitoids of diamondback moth (DBM) larvae, are attracted to a synthetic blend (Blend A) of host-induced plant volatiles composed of sabinene, n-heptanal, α-pinene, and ( Z)-3-hexenyl acetate, in a ratio of 1.8:1.3:2.0:3.0. We studied whether qualitative (adding ( R)-limonene: Blend B) or quantitative changes (changing ratios: Blend C) to Blend A affected the olf...