1. Non-cytotoxic poly(amino acid) with excellent thermo-sensitivity from L-lysine and L-aspartic acid as a hydrophobic drug carrier

   • Man Zhao
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2. Melt processing of biodegradable poly(lactic acid)/functionalized chitosan nanocomposite films: mechanical modeling with improved oxygen barrier and thermal properties

   • Akhilesh K. Pal
   • Vimal Katiyar

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3. Research on methanol permeation of proton exchange membranes with incorporating ionic liquids

   • Quantong Che
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   • Lin Ma

   ORIGINAL PAPER 29 September 2017 Article: 172

   

4. Fabrication of hydrophilic and hydrophobic site on polypropylene nonwoven for removal of bisphenol a from water: explorations on adsorption behaviors, mechanisms and configurational influence

   • Huan Zhang
   • Han Wang
   • Yali Ji

   ORIGINAL PAPER 29 September 2017 Article: 171

   

5. Synthesis, characterization and physiochemical investigation of chitosan-based multi-responsive Copolymeric hydrogels

   • Abbas Khan
   • Muhammad Sajjad
   • Zahoor H. Farooqi

   ORIGINAL PAPER 27 September 2017 Article: 170

   

6. An antibacterial composite system based on multi-responsive microgels hosting monodisperse gold nanoparticles

   • Damla Ulker
   • Cansel Tuncer
   • Vural Bütün

   ORIGINAL PAPER 26 September 2017 Article: 169

   

7. Structure-property relations of novel polyamide-6 elastomers prepared through reactive processing

   • Weibo Kong
   • Yunyun Yang
   • Jingxin Lei

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8. Synthesis of lactate (LA)-based poly(ester-urethane) using hydroxyl-terminated LA-based oligomers from a microbial secretion system

   • Camila Utsunomia
   • Tatsuya Saito
   • Seiichi Taguchi

   SHORT COMMUNICATION 24 September 2017 Article: 167

   

9. Nano-assembly of intertwining lamellae of opposite bending senses in poly(ethylene oxide) co-crystallizing with poly(p-vinyl phenol)

   • Graecia Lugito
   • C. C. Su
   • E. M. Woo

   ORIGINAL PAPER 21 September 2017 Article: 166

   

10. Synthesis, characterization and application of a novel nanometer-sized chelating resin for removal of Cu(II), Co(II) and Ni(II) ions from aqueous solutions

    • A. F. Shaaban
    • A. A. Khalil
    • H. A. El Khawaga

    ORIGINAL PAPER 17 September 2017 Article: 165

    

11. Synthesis, characterization and toxicological evaluation of pH-sensitive polyelectrolyte Nanogels

    • Jahanzeb Mudassir
    • Yusrida Darwis
    • Siti Rafidah Yusof

    ORIGINAL PAPER 14 September 2017 Article: 164

    

12. Preparation of random poly(butylene alkylate-co-terephthalate)s with different methylene group contents: crystallization and degradation kinetics

    • Nina Heidarzadeh
    • Mehdi Rafizadeh
    • Lourdes Franco

    ORIGINAL PAPER 13 September 2017 Article: 163

    

13. Copolymers of ε-caprolactam and polypropylene oxide via anionic polymerization: synthesis and properties

    • Kr. Zhilkova
    • R. Mateva
    • M. Kyulavska

    ORIGINAL PAPER 13 September 2017 Article: 162

    

14. Triple-shape memory properties of thermoplastic polyurethane/olefin block copolymer/polycaprolactone blends

    • S.-M. Lai
    • Pei-Yun You
    • Chia Wen Kuo

    ORIGINAL PAPER 12 September 2017 Article: 161

    

15. Disperse-within-disperse patterning on ternary/binary mixed-brush single crystals using polyaniline, polystyrene and poly(methyl methacrylate) grafts

    • Saleheh Abbaspoor
    • Samira Agbolaghi
    • Farhang Abbasi

    OriginalPaper 12 September 2017 Article: 160

    

16. Identification of Cellulosimicrobium sp., a poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)-degrading bacterium isolated from washed rind cheese, Pont-l’évêque lait cru

    • Yohko Tachibana
    • Senri Hayashi
    • Ken-ichi Kasuya

    ORIGINAL PAPER 10 September 2017 Article: 159

    

17. Extraction and purification of Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs): application of Thermoseparating aqueous two-phase extraction

    • Yoong Kit Leong
    • Pau Loke Show
    • Tau Chaun Ling

    ORIGINAL PAPER 09 September 2017 Article: 158

    

18. Novel phosphorus-containing polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane functionalized Graphene oxide: preparation and its performance on the mechanical and flame-retardant properties of Bismaleimide composite

    • Cheng Tang
    • Hongxia Yan
    • Zhengyan Chen

    ORIGINAL PAPER 09 September 2017 Article: 157

    

19. Morphological controlling of CTA forward osmosis membrane using different solvent-nonsolvent compositions in first coagulation bath

    • Yi-Cheng Zuo
    • Xiang-Yu Chi
    • Xue-Jiao Guo

    ORIGINAL PAPER 06 September 2017 Article: 156

    

20. Silver nanoparticles embedded gum ghatti-graft-poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide) biodegradable hydrogel: evaluation as matrix for controlled release of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid

    • Gangadhar Babaladimath
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    ORIGINAL PAPER 04 September 2017 Article: 155

    

21. Effect of zeolites on morphology and properties of water-blown semi-rigid ammonium polyphosphate intumescent flame-retarding polyurethane foam

    • Jie Li
    • Xuehua Mo
    • Yang Chen

    ORIGINAL PAPER 04 September 2017 Article: 154

    

22. In vitro cytotoxicity of hydrogels based on chitosan and modified with gold nanoparticles

    • Bożena Tyliszczak
    • Anna Drabczyk
    • Agnieszka Sobczak-Kupiec

    ORIGINAL PAPER Open access 01 September 2017 Article: 153

    

23. Synthesis and property investigation of poly(arylene ether)s with pendant cyclohexyl units

    • Jiehong Lu
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    • Jie Yang

    ORIGINAL PAPER 01 September 2017 Article: 152