Li, Zhihang; Kong, Xiangli; Zhou, Xianrong; Zhong, Kui; Zhou, Sumei; Liu, Xingxun
Characterization of multi-scale structure and thermal properties of Indica rice starch with different amylose contents
Fully understanding the relationship between multi-scale structure and thermal properties of rice starch is important for starch-based food processing. Multi-scale structures of Indica rice starch were studied from molecules to aggregation structure. Gel-permeation chromatography (GPC) and high-performance anion-exchange chromatography (HPAEC) both show that the amylopectin from debranched rice…
Poly(arylene alkylene)s with pendant N -spirocyclic quaternary ammonium cations for anion exchange membranes
Huong Pham, Thanh; S. Olsson, Joel; Jannasch, Patric
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2018, vol 6, 34, pp. 16537-16547DOI:10.1039/C8TA04699AVisit the full articleBack to the overview
Overcoming efficiency and stability limits in water-processing nanoparticular organic photovoltaics by minimizing microstructure defects
Xie, Chen; Heumüller, Thomas; Gruber, Wolfgang; Tang, Xiaofeng; Classen, Andrej; Schuldes, Isabel; Bidwell, Matthew; Späth, Andreas; Fink, Rainer H.; Unruh, Tobias; McCulloch, Iain; Li, Ning; Brabec, Christoph J.
Water-based semiconducting polymer nanoparticles are eco-friendly and non-toxic but their performance suffers from the surfactants. Here Xie et al. design an approach to minimize the amount of residual surfactant in these nanoparticles and make high-efficiency and stability solar…
Strong synergistic improvement of mechanical properties in HDPE/COC blends with fibrillar morphology
Ostafinska, Aleksandra; Vackova, Tatana; Slouf, Miroslav
High-density polyethylene/cycloolefin copolymer (HDPE/COC) blends with fibrous morphology were prepared. Mechanical properties in the whole concentration range were measured in both macroscale (tensile measurements) and microscale (microindentation hardness testing). Strong improvement of mechanical performance was observed namely for the blends with soft HDPE matrix reinforced with the stiff…
The effect of side-chain substitution on the aggregation and photovoltaic performance of diketopyrrolopyrrole-alt-dicarboxylic ester bithiophene polymers
Heuvel, Ruurd; Colberts, Fallon J. M.; Li, Junyu; Wienk, Martijn M.; Janssen, René A. J.
Using a dicarboxylic ester bithiophene (DCBT) co-monomer, electron-withdrawing ester groups are introduced on the two central thiophene rings of an alternating donor–acceptor polymer (PDPP4T) consisting of diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP) and quaterthiophene (4T) to increase the oxidation potential and reduce the photon energy loss in solar cells. To counteract the increased solubility…
An Isoindigo-Based “Double-Cable” Conjugated Polymer for Single-Component Polymer Solar Cells
Yu, Changshi; Xu, Yunhua; Li, Cheng; Feng, Guitao; Yang, Fan; Li, Junyu; Li, Weiwei
Chinese Journal of Chemistry, 2018, vol 36, 6, pp. 515–518DOI:Back to the overview
The Impact of Device Polarity on the Performance of Polymer–Fullerene Solar Cells
Li, Mengmeng; Li, Junyu; Di Carlo Rasi, Dario; Colberts, Fallon JM; Wang, Junke; Heintges, Gaël HL; Lin, Baojun; Li, Weiwei; Ma, Wei; Wienk, Martijn M.
Advanced Energy Materials, 2018, pp. 1800550DOI:Back to the overview
Effects of fluorination and thermal annealing on charge recombination processes in polymer bulk-heterojunction solar cells
Más-Montoya, Miriam; Li, Junyu; Wienk, Martijn M.; Meskers, Stefan CJ; Janssen, René AJ
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2018, vol 6, 40, pp. 19520–19531DOI:Back to the overview
Blocked Shape Memory Effect in Negative Poisson’s Ratio Polymer Metamaterials
Boba, Katarzyna; Bianchi, Matteo; McCombe, Greg; Gatt, Ruben; Griffin, Anselm C.; Richardson, Robert M.; Scarpa, Fabrizio; Hamerton, Ian; Grima, Joseph N.
We describe a new class of negative Poisson’s ratio (NPR) open cell PU–PE foams produced by blocking the shape memory effect in the polymer. Contrary to classical NPR open cell thermoset and thermoplastic foams that return to their auxetic phase after reheating (and therefore limit their use in technological applications),…
Polymorphism, microstructure and rheology of butter. Effects of cream heat treatment
Rønholt, Stine; Kirkensgaard, Jacob Judas Kain; Pedersen, Thomas Bæk; Mortensen, Kell; Knudsen, Jes Christian
Food chemistry, 2012, vol 135, 3, pp. 1730–1739DOI:Visit the full articleBack to the overview