ACS polymers AuPub Date : 2025-07-10DOI: 10.1021/acspolymersau.5c00054
Squire J. Booker, Stephanie L. Brock, Xiangdong Li, Géraldine Masson, Sébastien Perrier, Vivek V. Ranade, Raymond E. Schaak, Gemma C. Solomon and Shelley D. Minteer*,
{"title":"Introducing the Tutorial Manuscript Type at the ACS Au Community Journals","authors":"Squire J. Booker, Stephanie L. Brock, Xiangdong Li, Géraldine Masson, Sébastien Perrier, Vivek V. Ranade, Raymond E. Schaak, Gemma C. Solomon and Shelley D. Minteer*, ","doi":"10.1021/acspolymersau.5c00054","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acspolymersau.5c00054","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72049,"journal":{"name":"ACS polymers Au","volume":"5 4","pages":"323–324"},"PeriodicalIF":6.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acspolymersau.5c00054","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144826218","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ACS polymers AuPub Date : 2025-06-19DOI: 10.1021/acspolymersau.5c00021
Félix Montero-Rocca, Jose D. Badia-Valiente, Ramón Jiménez-Robles, Vicente Martínez-Soria and Marta Izquierdo*,
{"title":"PVDF Nanofiber Membranes for Dissolved Methane Recovery from Water Prepared by Combining Electrospinning and Hot-Pressing Methods","authors":"Félix Montero-Rocca, Jose D. Badia-Valiente, Ramón Jiménez-Robles, Vicente Martínez-Soria and Marta Izquierdo*, ","doi":"10.1021/acspolymersau.5c00021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acspolymersau.5c00021","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) electrospun nanofiber membranes (ENMs) could potentially be used in membrane contactors (MCs) for environmental applications, such as the removal of dissolved CH<sub>4</sub> from anaerobic effluents. In this work, a PVDF flat-sheet ENM fabrication protocol, including the electrospinning processing and the subsequent hot-pressing treatment (HP), has been developed to produce hydrophobic membranes with suitable integrity and pore size distribution for gas–liquid separations in MCs. The HP study explored the effects of pressure (1, 10, and 20 MPa), temperature (25, 60, 80, and 120 °C), and time (2, 4, 6, and 10 min) on the morphological properties and hydrophobicity of the membranes. Our research revealed that fibers in the PVDF ENMs began to sinter at temperatures above 60 °C when hot-pressed between 1 and 20 MPa. ENM samples were prepared at different dope compositions (10–15% PVDF, 0.00–0.043% LiCl). After HP (≥1 MPa, ≥60 °C, and 6 min), the membrane thickness and water contact angle (WCA) decreased considerably, and lower pore sizes with narrower distributions were obtained. At higher pressure (10 MPa), a noticeable decrease in thickness (from 270 to 38 μm) and WCA (from 139 to 110°) was observed. Additionally, pore size distribution shifted toward a predominant narrow peak of around 0.40 μm. HP enhanced the uniformity of the PVDF crystalline structure without altering its overall crystallinity degree (40–42%). The HP ENM exhibited a comparable dissolved CH<sub>4</sub> recovery performance to a commercial PVDF membrane and demonstrated sufficient mechanical integrity to endure operating conditions, maintaining a stable performance for at least 80 h.</p>","PeriodicalId":72049,"journal":{"name":"ACS polymers Au","volume":"5 4","pages":"353–368"},"PeriodicalIF":6.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acspolymersau.5c00021","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144826116","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ACS polymers AuPub Date : 2025-06-16DOI: 10.1021/acspolymersau.5c00022
Khatereh Kashmari, Josh Kemppainen, Sagar U. Patil, Julieta Barroeta Robles, Pascal Hubert and Gregory M. Odegard*,
{"title":"Nanoscale Structure–Property Relationships of Cyanate Ester as a Function of Extent of Cure","authors":"Khatereh Kashmari, Josh Kemppainen, Sagar U. Patil, Julieta Barroeta Robles, Pascal Hubert and Gregory M. Odegard*, ","doi":"10.1021/acspolymersau.5c00022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acspolymersau.5c00022","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Cyanate esters are key thermosetting resins for composite materials that require structural integrity and resistance to elevated temperatures. Because cyanate ester composites require relatively high processing temperatures, they are susceptible to the formation of process-induced residual stresses, which compromise their overall strength and durability. Process modeling is a key strategy for optimizing processing parameters to minimize such residual stresses. A necessary component of effective and efficient process modeling of composites is computationally established resin property evolution relationships for a range of processing parameters. In this study, the physical, mechanical, and thermal properties of a cyanate ester resin are established as a function of processing time and temperature using experimentally validated molecular dynamics modeling. The results show that the properties are strongly dependent on the processing temperature. At processing temperatures above 160 °C, the properties quickly approach their fully cured values, whereas at processing temperatures below 140 °C, the chemical cross-linking is significantly inhibited, and processing times to complete cure are relatively long. The evolution of the physical, mechanical, and thermal properties as a function of processing time is established, which is critical data needed as input into multiscale process modeling and optimization of cyanate ester composites for computationally driven composite design.</p>","PeriodicalId":72049,"journal":{"name":"ACS polymers Au","volume":"5 4","pages":"369–378"},"PeriodicalIF":6.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acspolymersau.5c00022","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144826131","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Magdalena A. Beres, Cyrille Boyer, Matthias Hartlieb, Dominik Konkolewicz, Greg G. Qiao, Brent S. Sumerlin and Sébastien Perrier*,
{"title":"","authors":"Magdalena A. Beres, Cyrille Boyer, Matthias Hartlieb, Dominik Konkolewicz, Greg G. Qiao, Brent S. Sumerlin and Sébastien Perrier*, ","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72049,"journal":{"name":"ACS polymers Au","volume":"5 3","pages":"XXX-XXX XXX-XXX"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acspolymersau.4c00101","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144423137","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yanpu Yao, Xiaofan Yang, Cansu Aydogan, James Town, William Pointer and David M. Haddleton*,
{"title":"","authors":"Yanpu Yao, Xiaofan Yang, Cansu Aydogan, James Town, William Pointer and David M. Haddleton*, ","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72049,"journal":{"name":"ACS polymers Au","volume":"5 3","pages":"XXX-XXX XXX-XXX"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acspolymersau.5c00020","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144356750","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pilar A. Haro Gutiérrez, Samuele Colombi, Jordi Casanovas, Leonor Resina, Jordi Sans, Elisabeth Engel, Hamidreza Enshaei*, José García-Torres*, Maria M. Pérez-Madrigal* and Carlos Alemán*,
{"title":"","authors":"Pilar A. Haro Gutiérrez, Samuele Colombi, Jordi Casanovas, Leonor Resina, Jordi Sans, Elisabeth Engel, Hamidreza Enshaei*, José García-Torres*, Maria M. Pérez-Madrigal* and Carlos Alemán*, ","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72049,"journal":{"name":"ACS polymers Au","volume":"5 3","pages":"XXX-XXX XXX-XXX"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acspolymersau.4c00097","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144423134","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}