Polymers Audio Articles

Mucus . Yes, this is basically the material studied in this article. They synthesize, modify, analyze, functionalize and play with a mucin mimetic polymer to research about the protection it provides against toxins . Take a listen to the episode, they deserve at least to take a listen to their work.  Anchor / Google Podcasts / iVoox / Spotify & much more SPANISH AUDIO Published in ACS Central Science on 30 th march 2021 Austin G. Kruger, Spencer D. Brucks, Tao Yan, Gerardo Cárcarmo-Oyarce, Yuan Wei, Deborah H. Wen, Dayanne R. Carvalho, Michael J. A. Hore, Katharina Ribbeck, Richard R. Schrock and Laura L. Kiessling DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acscentsci.0c01569

          Cows eating plastic . We know that sounds like a crazy story or perhaps a problem in the cattle raising industry, but it happens to be one possible future for plastic management . At least, this article represents the first step in that direction, determining how groups of bacteria and other microorganisms are able to degrade different sorts of plastic . We are really surprised that we haven't seen it in the global media yet, but here we are to fix it. Anchor / Google Podcasts / iVoox / Spotify & much more SPANISH AUDIO Published in Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology on 2 nd july 2021 Felice Quartinello, Klemens Kremser, Herta Schoen, Donatella Tesei, Leon Ploszczanski, Magdalena Nagler, Sabine M. Podmirseg, Heribert Insam, Guadalupe Piñar, Katja Sterflingler, Doris Ribitsch and Georg M. Guebitz DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.684459

          The presence of plastics in the oceans is currently a hot topic in the plastic research matter. A lot of suggestive analysis, revolutionary studies and new approaches to the problem have taken off in the last years and the article we share today follows that way. There are plastics also in the seafloor where bacteria communities grow; that’s the focus of the paper which hopefully will please you. Anchor / Google Podcasts / iVoox / Spotify & much more SPANISH AUDIO   Persistence of plastic debris and its colonization by bacterial communities after two decades on the abyssal seafloor Anchor / Google Podcasts / iVoox / Spotify & much more SPANISH AUDIO Material & Methods - Persistence of plastic debris and its colonization by bacterial communities after two decades on the abyssal seafloor Published in Scientific Reports on 11 th june 2020 S. Krause, M. Molari, E. V. Gorb, S. N . Gorb, E. Kossel & M. Haeckel DOI...

          The Polymers Audio Articles Team feels excited by releasing this podcast which relates  two quantities on vastly different scales: the number of stars in the universe on an astronomical scale and the number of nucleotides in a molecule on a biologically microscopic scale. We must admit that summarizing this article has been a real challenge, mainly in the mathematical description of the equations used in the study, but we were driven by the desire of exploring a new topic in the project taking a look into a huge world that researchers in  Polymers rarely have the opportunity to look at. We hope you like it. Anchor / Google Podcasts / iVoox / Spotify & much more SPANISH AUDIO Published in Scientific Reports on 3 rd february 2020 Tomonori Totani DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-58060-0

        Here we present a novel type of article; the authors describe the whole process of design of a plant for recovering polymeric resin . They detaille the problem and dive into the technical considerations, as well as the economic balance, which is usually a topic forgotten by scientist, but also important and engaging. We hope you like the work.  Anchor / Google Podcasts / iVoox / Spotify & much more SPANISH AUDIO (1/2) Introduction & Material & Methods - Leveling the cost and carbon footprint of circular polymers that are chemically recycled to monomer Anchor / Google Podcasts / iVoox / Spotify & much more SPANISH AUDIO (2/2) Results & Discussion - Leveling the cost and carbon footprint of circular polymers that are chemically recycled to monomer Picture of  William Stanley Jevons (1835-1882), english economist and philosopher Published in Science Advances on 9 th april 2021 Nemi Vora, Peter R. Christensen, ...

          We are so proud of sharing this article from a recommendation of a follower. We also open a tag “Self-assembly” which is always exciting. In the article, the authors explore the idea of copying biological structures by forcing polymeric molecules to bond to each other in a certain way. Take a listen to the podcast because the approach is simple but genius. Anchor / Google Podcasts / iVoox / Spotify & much more SPANISH AUDIO Published in Journal of Colloid and Interface Science on 12 th January 2021 Miryam Criado-Gonzalez, Deborah Wagner, Muhammad Haseeb Iqbal, Aymeric Ontani, Alain Carvalho, Marc Schmutz, Joseph B. Schlenoff, Pierre Schaaf, Loïc Jierry & Fouzia Boulmedais DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2020.12.066

     These are the kinds of articles we try to highlight in our project. Authors realized a gap in Science and they tried to fill it up. In this case, they face the complexity of comparison between microplastic analysis in different samples, environments or types of plastic due to a non uniformity of methods existing. This issue could be not as sexy as others, but it is also crucial in plastic research. We hope you like it and appreciate the deep detail they got into in the article. Anchor / Google Podcasts / iVoox / Spotify & much more SPANISH AUDIO Published in Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry on 23 rd April 2021 Serena Cunsolo, John Williams, Michelle Hale, Daniel S. Read & Fay Couceiro DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-021-03331-6  

With this article, we keep feeding the tag #SolarCells, which has been a little bit sleepy since episode 22. Cellulose-Conducting Polymer Aerogels for Efficient Solar Steam Generation . Plus, we thought it explains an interesting principle of solution to the waste of energy reflected in solar cells by using amphiphilic polymer conetworks. The authors also propose an interesting application of the device for wearable luminescent solar concentrators, so it will be an engaging podcast for you. Anchor / Google Podcasts / iVoox / Spotify & much more SPANISH AUDIO Published in Nano Energy on 19 th Jun 2020 Chieh-Szu Huang, Konrad Jakubowski, Sebastian Ulrich, Sergii Yakunin, Michèle Clerc, Claudio Toncelli, René M. Rossi, Maksym V. Kovalenko and Luciano F. Boesel DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.105039

     The authors present in this article a bitter discussion about the current situation of plastic pollution in oceans. Data has been misinterpreted and shared incorrectly with alarmist holders in news that only feed the plast-fobia . They twist the mainstream by taking conclusions from data, but highlighting this global problem anyway.  Anchor / Google Podcasts / iVoox / Spotify & much more SPANISH AUDIO Published in WIREs Water on 28 th September 2020 Thomas Stanton, Paul Kay, Matthew Johnson, Faith Ka Shun Chan, Rachel L. Gomes, Jennifer Hughes, William Meredith, Harriet G. Orr, Colin E. Snape, Mark Taylor, Jason Weeks, Harvey Wood and Yuyao Xu DOI: 10.1002/wat2.1490

          The presence of microplastics in oceans all over the world is already an unquestionable issue nowadays. In this study, the authors focus the hunt of polymeric fibers in sharks , a spice that is normally forgotten when the impact of the human waste is analysed. Take a look at a new example about how plastic is everywhere. Anchor / Google Podcasts / iVoox / Spotify & much more SPANISH AUDIO Published in Scientific Reports on 22 nd July 2020 Kristian J. Parton, Brendan J. Godley, David Santillo, Muhammad Tausif, Lucy C. M. Omeyer & Tamara S. Galloway DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-68680-1

          We open up a new tag #FuelCells with this attempt of the researchers to explore and improve the behaviour of different configuration and polymeric electrolytes in a classic sistem. We hope the article reveals you some clues about the field.   Anchor / Google Podcasts / iVoox / Spotify & much more SPANISH AUDIO Published in Science Advances on 31 st January 2020 Chi-Yeong Ahn, Juhee Ahn, Sun Young Kang, Ok-Hee Kim, Dong Woog Lee, Ji Hyun Lee, Jae Goo Shim, Chang Hyun Lee, Yong-Hun Cho & Yung-Eun Sung DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw0870

          In this article the idea of recovering different types of gasoline from plastic residues is explored. The researchers select one combination of metallic particles and zeolite as a catalyst and develop different experiments finding, not only that the process is available, but also the possibility of obtaining different mixtures of hydrocarbons by modulating the reaction conditions. Take a listen to this study. Anchor / Google Podcasts / iVoox / Spotify & much more SPANISH AUDIO Published in Science Advances on 21 st april 2021 Sibao Liu, Pavel A. Kots, Brandon C. Vance, Andrew Danielson & Dionisios G. Vlachos DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abf8283

           SuperPlants! This is what the researchers of this article have created. They have developed a way to increase the photosynthetic efficiency of a plant by adding a polymer resulting in a better yield. Take a listen. Anchor / Google Podcasts / iVoox / Spotify & much more SPANISH AUDIO Published in Science Advances on 26 th august 2020 Xin Zhou, Yue Zeng, Yongyan Tang, Yiming Huang, Fengting Lv, Libing Liu and Shu Wang DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abc5237

          Despite the relevance of body parameters for health, the development of monitoring systems has a big path to walk. In this article, the authors jump into a tattoo able to follow brain signals . This podcast dives deep in the mindset of the approach and discrives with great detail their study.  Anchor / Google Podcasts / iVoox / Spotify & much more SPANISH AUDIO Anchor / Google Podcasts / iVoox / Spotify & much more SPANISH AUDIO Methods  Published in NPJ Flexible Electronics on 17 th March 2020 Laura M. Ferrari, Usein Ismailov, Jean-Michel Badier, Francesco Greco and Esma Ismailova DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41528-020-0067-z