Multifunctional Carbon Fibers from Chemical Upcycling of Mask Waste

Transforming waste polypropylene face masks into S-doped porous carbon as the cathode electrode for supercapacitors

(2021) Xiang Hu et al.   IONICS

Solar-Assisted, Fast, and In Situ Recovery of Crude Oil Spill by a Superhydrophobic and Photothermal Sponge

(2021) Haifeng Niu et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Challenges and practices on waste management and disposal during COVID-19 pandemic

(2021) Dwi Hantoko et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Durable, magnetic-responsive melamine sponge composite for high efficiency, in situ oil–water separation

(2021) Haifeng Niu et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Mechanically Strong and Multifunctional Hybrid Hydrogels with Ultrahigh Electrical Conductivity

(2021) Qingya Zhou et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Structure Evolution in Polyethylene‐Derived Carbon Fiber Using a Combined Electron Beam‐Stabilization‐Sulphurization Approach

(2021) Erik Frank et al.   MACROMOLECULAR MATERIALS AND ENGINEERING

Study on polyethylene-based carbon fibers obtained by sulfonation under hydrostatic pressure

(2021) Jong Hyun Eun et al.   Scientific Reports

Strategies for the production of PAN-Based carbon fibers with high tensile strength

(2021) Dawon Jang et al.   CARBON

Efficient upcycling of polypropylene-based waste disposable masks into hard carbons for anodes in sodium ion batteries

(2021) Gwanwon Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY

Plastic waste release caused by COVID-19 and its fate in the global ocean

(2021) Yiming Peng et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Effect of gamma irradiation on filtering facepiece respirators and SARS-CoV-2 detection

(2021) Khaled Al-Hadyan et al.   Scientific Reports

Covalent functionalization of polypropylene filters with diazirine–photosensitizer conjugates producing visible light driven virus inactivating materials

(2021) T. J. Cuthbert et al.   Scientific Reports

Decontamination of face masks with steam for mask reuse in fighting the pandemic COVID‐19: experimental supports

(2020) Qing‐Xia Ma et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL VIROLOGY

Efficacy and Safety of Disinfectants for Decontamination of N95 and SN95 Filtering Facepiece Respirators: A Systematic Review

(2020) Katie O’Hearn et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Mechanical Recycling of Packaging Plastics: A Review

(2020) Zoé O. G. Schyns et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Disposable masks: Disinfection and sterilization for reuse, and non-certified manufacturing, in the face of shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic

(2020) Juan Carlos Rubio-Romero et al.   SAFETY SCIENCE

Accumulation of plastic waste during COVID-19

(2020) Tanveer M. Adyel   SCIENCE

Is it Possible to Mechanical Recycle the Materials of the Disposable Filtering Masks?

(2020) Daniele Battegazzore et al.   Polymers

Increased plastic pollution due to COVID-19 pandemic: Challenges and recommendations

(2020) Ana L. Patrício Silva et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Sterilization of polypropylene membranes of facepiece respirators by ionizing radiation

(2020) Luka Pirker et al.   JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE

Safer and more effective route for polyethylene-derived carbon fiber fabrication using electron beam irradiation

(2019) Dalsu Choi et al.   CARBON

Colossal electric permittivity discovered in polyacrylonitrile (PAN) based carbon fiber, with comparison of PAN-based and pitch-based carbon fibers

(2019) Xiang Xi et al.   CARBON

Materials tactile logic via innervated soft thermochromic elastomers

(2019) Yang Jin et al.   Nature Communications

A Novel Continuous Multiphase Reactor for Chemically Processing Polymer Fibers

(2018) Eric J. Hukkanen et al.   INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH

Oil sorbents from plastic wastes and polymers: A review

(2018) Junaid Saleem et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Fabrication of low-cost carbon fibers using economical precursors and advanced processing technologies

(2018) Dalsu Choi et al.   CARBON

High-Modulus Low-Cost Carbon Fibers from Polyethylene Enabled by Boron Catalyzed Graphitization

(2017) Bryan E. Barton et al.   Small

Molecular weight and uniformity define the mechanical performance of lignin-based carbon fiber

(2017) Qiang Li et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Ultra-long cycle life, low-cost room temperature sodium-sulfur batteries enabled by highly doped (N,S) nanoporous carbons

(2017) Zhe Qiang et al.   Nano Energy

2D Protein Supramolecular Nanofilm with Exceptionally Large Area and Emergent Functions

(2016) Dehui Wang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Structure-property model for polyethylene-derived carbon fiber

(2016) Michael J. Behr et al.   CARBON

Carbon materials as oil sorbents: a review on the synthesis and performance

(2016) Shivam Gupta et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Stretchable Heater Using Ligand-Exchanged Silver Nanowire Nanocomposite for Wearable Articular Thermotherapy

(2015) Suji Choi et al.   ACS Nano

The chemical transformation of hydrocarbons to carbon using SO3 sources

(2015) Bryan E. Barton et al.   CARBON

Carbon foam: Preparation and application

(2015) Michio Inagaki et al.   CARBON

Mechanical reprocessing of polyolefin waste: A review

(2015) Shi Yin et al.   POLYMER ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE

Heteroatom-doped carbon gels from phenols and heterocyclic aldehydes: Sulfur-doped carbon xerogels

(2014) Wojciech Kiciński et al.   CARBON

Highly elastomeric poly(glycerol sebacate)-co-poly(ethylene glycol) amphiphilic block copolymers

(2013) Alpesh Patel et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Surface Chemoselective Phototransformation of C–H Bonds on Organic Polymeric Materials and Related High-Tech Applications

(2013) Peng Yang et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Elastic carbon foam via direct carbonization of polymer foam for flexible electrodes and organic chemical absorption

(2013) Shuiliang Chen et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Pyrolysis Pathways of Sulfonated Polyethylene, an Alternative Carbon Fiber Precursor

(2013) Jarod M. Younker et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Patterned Functional Carbon Fibers from Polyethylene

(2012) Marcus A. Hunt et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Joule heating in nanowires

(2011) Hans Fangohr et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B