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SHALINI RUKHAYA^*, NEELAM M. ROSE, SAROJ YADAV
Journal of Polymer Materials, Vol.38, No.3-4, pp. 179-190, 2021, DOI:10.32381/JPM.2021.38.3-4.1
Abstract The present study was conducted to develop aroma wool fabric using microencapsulated vetiver essential oil without deteriorating the fabric properties. SEM analysis of the treated wool fabric depicted adhesion of numerous microcapsules of spherical shape and FTIR analysis indicated presence of different functional groups on the fabric. The aroma treatment improved most of the tested physical properties of wool fabric. Aroma treated fabric displayed good antimoth efficacy in terms of weight reduction (7.57%) and moth mortality (40%). Treated wool fabric also exhibited antibacterial activity with 63.45 and 61.37 percent reduction in bacterial growth against S. aureus and E.coli, respectively. The… More >

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MINGYU HE¹, AMATJAN SAWUT¹, LI GUAN², YING LI¹, MAMATJAN YIMIT²
Journal of Polymer Materials, Vol.38, No.3-4, pp. 191-203, 2021, DOI:10.32381/JPM.2021.38.3-4.2
Abstract The weathering performance of polypropylene (PP) was studied in an artificial accelerated weathering chamber of 340 nm ultraviolet light and natural conditions in Turpan, China. This work aimed to provide a method for calculating the aging failure of PP under natural conditions by the means of artificial accelerated aging. SEM showed that large crack widths of approximately 1.25 µm and 1.63 µm appealed on the PP surface after 15 days artificial accelerated aging and 150 days natural aging, respectively. XPS data revealed that the number of C-O and C=O bonds on the PP surface were generally the same after artificial… More >

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SORAYA SEGHIER^1,2,*, MOHAMMED BELBACHIR¹
Journal of Polymer Materials, Vol.38, No.3-4, pp. 205-218, 2021, DOI:10.32381/JPM.2021.38.3-4.3
Abstract In the present paper, we report the synthesis of a new amino polymer made of oxazolidinone using an efficient ecocatalyst called Maghnite-H⁺. The synthesis process contains two steps: the first consists to the preparation of an amino oxiran 3-(oxiran-ylmethyl) oxazolidin- 2-one (OMO) by a substitution reaction of epichlorhydrin by 2-oxazolidinone, the second step concerns a green polymerization of the resultant oxiran by a ring opening reaction catalysed by Maghnite-H⁺. The polymer have been successfully prepared and characterized by various techniques, such as ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR, IR, which were used to elucidate the structural characteristics of the resulting polymers. The… More >

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S.R. MANE^1,2, E. K. PATHAN³, G. PATIL⁴, S. G. TUPE⁵, V. GHORMADE⁴, B. P. CHAUDHARI^1,2, M.V. DESHPANDE^5,*
Journal of Polymer Materials, Vol.38, No.3-4, pp. 219-230, 2021, DOI:10.32381/JPM.2021.38.3-4.4
Abstract A dimorphic fungus Benjaminiella poitrasii contains high chitin/chitosan (35% of the cell wall) in the mycelial (M) form than its yeast (Y) form (20% of the cell wall). However, the relative proportion of chitosan is more in yeast form cells (chitosan: chitin ratio, 6:1) than mycelial cells (chitosan: chitin ratio, 3:1). Using the Taguchi design of experimental (DOE) approach, interactions among eight different parameters showed that carbon source (starch, 10 g/L), incubation time (48 h), inoculum (M and Y mixed 10%), yeast extract (6 g/L) and peptone (10 g/L), were optimum for maximum biomass production. Under these conditions, the chitosan… More >

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ELIF ANT BURSALI^1,*, DILER ABACI¹, MURAT KIZIL², MURUVVET YURDAKOC¹
Journal of Polymer Materials, Vol.38, No.3-4, pp. 231-245, 2021, DOI:10.32381/JPM.2021.38.3-4.5
Abstract Genipin cross-linked/boron doped starch/polyvinily alcohol (PVA) based hydrogel (SH-GNP-B) was synthesized as a new material having antimicrobial and antioxidant activity. The prepared hydrogel was characterized by X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), Thermal Gravimetric Analysis (TGA) and Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) methods and evaluated for in vitro antimicrobial activities against selected organisms by disc diffusion tests. The antioxidant activity of the prepared hydrogels was evaluated using 2,2-diphenyl-1- picrylhydrazyl radical scavenging assays. Swelling behavior of the hydrogel was also investigated. The synthesized hydrogel was thermally stable and showed pH independent swelling tendency. SH-GNP-B hydrogel was found to have antimicrobial… More >

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DENIZ AKIN SAHBAZ^1,*, BETUL TURP KAYA²
Journal of Polymer Materials, Vol.38, No.3-4, pp. 247-256, 2021, DOI:10.32381/JPM.2021.38.3-4.6
Abstract The objective of this study is to develop chitosan-based films containing Hypericum perforatum L. and/or Citrus limon L. oils and to investigate their suitability as novel wound dressing materials. The morphology of the chitosan-based films were observed by means of employing the scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and the chemical structure characterization was performed via Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Hypericum perforatum L. and/or Citrus limon L. were successfully incorporated to the chitosan films. Antibacterial, swelling, and mechanical properties of these films were investigated. The antibacterial property was enhanced by incorporating Hypericum perforatum L. and Citrus limon L. oils in the… More >

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ZHIHUI HUANG¹, JIAMIAO CHEN¹, YANPING HUO¹, JINGWEI ZHAO²
Journal of Polymer Materials, Vol.38, No.3-4, pp. 257-269, 2021, DOI:10.32381/JPM.2021.38.3-4.7
Abstract The effect of the ether/keto ratios on the thermal properties, mechanical performances and crystallization behavior of the Poly(aryl ether ketone)s (PAEK) were investigated. A formula was proposed the estimate the melting temperatures of the PAEKs with high accuracy. Glass transition temperatures were affected by the ether/keto ratios and molecular weights, and were related with the brittle-tough transition of the PAEKs. Mechanical performances of tensile, impact, flexural and compressive strength decreased with the increase of ether/keto ratios, while elongation had a trend of increase. The non-isothermal crystallization curves exhibited well linearity when treated with Jeziorny’s model, and two crystallization processes were… More >

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CANSU ULKER TURAN^1,*, YUKSEL GUVENILIR¹
Journal of Polymer Materials, Vol.38, No.3-4, pp. 271-280, 2021, DOI:10.32381/JPM.2021.38.3-4.8
Abstract Rice husk ash is a side-product of rice production; thus, it is a cheap, abundant, and renewable material, and utilized as an enzyme carrier to immobilize Candida antarctica lipase B. In this study, Candida antarctica lipase B immobilized onto rice husk ashes was used to catalyze ring opening polymerization of 16-membered lactone, ω-pentadecalactone. In order to determine the best polymerization conditions for highest molar mass polymer, reactions were proceeded at various temperatures and time periods. The best reaction conditions were obtained as 80°C and 6 hours (M_n = 34255 g mol^-1). Molecular structure of this polymer sample was confirmed via… More >

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RAJKUMAR SINGH RAWAT^1,2, MEENU TALWAR^1,*, RAJENDRA KUMAR DIWAN², AJAY KUMAR TYAGI¹
Journal of Polymer Materials, Vol.38, No.3-4, pp. 281-294, 2021, DOI:10.32381/JPM.2021.38.3-4.9
Abstract In the present paper,boron based diluent was synthesized and incorporated in to a Ultraviolet (UV) radiation curable epoxy coating composition comprising of phosphorus based initiator (Trimethylbenzoyl diphenyl phosphine oxide) for enhancing its flame retardant property. The boron based diluent was synthesized by thermal polymerization technique. The presence of boron and phosphorus on the coating surface was confirmed by Energy Dispersive X-Ray (EDX) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) techniques and functionality was determination by Fourier Transform Infra-Red (FTIR) and proton/boron NMR spectroscopy technique. The flame retardency property of the coating composition was confirmed by determining limiting oxygen index,vertical burning test, rate… More >

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S. DEIVANAYAKI^1,*, P. JAYAMURUGAN², S. ASHOKAN³, V. GOPALA KRISHNAN⁴, B. YOGESWARI⁵
Journal of Polymer Materials, Vol.38, No.3-4, pp. 295-307, 2021, DOI:10.32381/JPM.2021.38.3-4.10
Abstract The cholesterol level determination is a significant clinical diagnostic solution for heart and, thrombosis problems. In this work, we examined a novel non-enzymatic cholesterol biosensor using cholesterol oxidase (ChOx) enzyme immobilized on TiO₂ nanoparticles influenced by reduced graphene oxide (rGO) - polypyrrole (PPy) (rGO-TiO₂ /PPy-GCE) nanocomposite was developed on a glassy carbon electrode (GCE) and the higher sensing response with lower detection limits were observed. The electrochemical properties of GCE modified PPy (PPy-GCE) were studied using CV (Cyclic Voltammetry) and DPV (Differential Pulse Voltammetry). The reported sensor exhibited piecewise linearity in the range of 0.1 µM to 1 µM and… More >

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KANCHANA M¹, RAJASEKARAN E², KUMAR B¹, USHA ANTONY³
Journal of Polymer Materials, Vol.38, No.3-4, pp. 309-325, 2021, DOI:10.32381/JPM.2021.38.3-4.11
Abstract The objective of this research work is to investigate the feasibility of fabricating bio-based visual sensor indicators to detect the presence of H₂S using inkjet printing. Myoglobin and chitosan were used as indicating and immobilizing materials respectively. 30 mg of myoglobin dissolved in 1 mL of tris buffer with 10% glycerol gave optimum jettability properties. Similarly, drop formation was optimal for 0.50% m/v chitosan solution diluted to 10 cP viscosity. The samples were fabricated in layer-by-layer approach and indicator with 2 layers of chitosan and 4 layers of myoglobin gave maximum sensitivity with 14.42 for 0.7 mg/L of H₂S. The… More >

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MANIKANDAN.N^1,*, RAJESH.P.K¹
Journal of Polymer Materials, Vol.38, No.3-4, pp. 327-336, 2021, DOI:10.32381/JPM.2021.38.3-4.12
Abstract In this research, a new method to fabricate multi-material, multi-shape changing polymer composites is proposed. The method aims to reduce the number of thermomechanical programming steps involved in achieving shape change in a shape memory polymer (SMP) composite structure by including the programming steps directly into the printing process. After a single step of mechanical deformation and thermal loading, the SMP fibers can be activated sequentially to control the shape change. Composite strip samples were fabricated using a Stratasys Objet 260 multimaterial printer. Two polymer inks VeroPureWhite and Agilus30 were used as primary materials. The composite strip consists of fiber… More >

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