Portable biomimetic sensor devices for the express control of phenols content in water were developed. The synthetic binding sites mimicking active site of the enzyme tyrosinase were formed in the structure of free-standing molecularly imprinted polymer membranes. Molecularly imprinted polymer membranes with the catalytic activity were obtained by co-polymerization of the complex Cu(II)-catecho...

Research and development on electrochemical energy storage conversion (EESC) devices, viz. fuel cells, supercapacitors batteries, are highly significant in realizing carbon neutrality a sustainable economy. Component corrosion/degradation remains major threat to EESC device‘s long-term durability. Here, we provide comprehensive account of the corrosion degradation issues. Discussions mainly pol...

A highly sensitive and selective molecularly imprinted polymer-modified carbon paste electrode (MIP-CPE) was designed. The curcumin molecularly imprinted polymer (CUR-MIP) was prepared by thermally induced precipitation polymerization, using curcumin (CUR) as the templatemolecule, methacrylic acid (MAA) as the functional monomer, 2,20-azodiisobutyronitrile (AIBN) as the initiator, and ethylene ...

Dielectric behavior of doped poly (methyl acrylate) (PMA) Conducting polymer has been investigated in electret state. The permittivity and loss factor have been obtained at varying temperatures from 30 to 230C and different frequencies 05,10,25 and 50 kHz for different electrode configurations of doped poly (methyl acrylate) (PMA) conducting polymer films of 25μm thickness. The capacitances are...

Advanced polymer composite membranes were prepared from a linear sulphonated poly(ether ether ketone) (SPEEK) with bismuth cobalt zinc oxide [BCZO, (Bi2O3)0.07(CoO)0.03(ZnO)0.90] nanopowder as an inorganic additive for the application of H2–O2 fuel cell. Morphological data tend to provide evidences incorporation BCZO into SPEEK polymer. Indeed, membrane loaded 7.5 wt.% was identified uptake max...

Nowadays, synthesis and application of Metal Nano-Clusters (MNC) attract great attention of scientists and technologists due to their unique electrical, magnetic and optical properties that differ from those of the bulk material. Nevertheless metallic nanoparticles are sometimes unstable and their stabilization is a crucial point to be solved in order to design new sensing devices which contain...

We present an energetically autonomous robotic tadpole that uses a single membrane component for both electrical energy generation and propulsive actuation. The coupling of this small bio-inspired power source to a bio-inspired actuator demonstrates the first generation design for an energetically autonomous swimming robot comprised of a single membrane. An ionic polymer metal composite (IPMC) ...

A novel amine-imide type conducting polymer, denoted as poly(PD-BCD), was molecularly imprinted on an indium-tin oxide (ITO) glass, with uric acid (UA) as the template and without any functional monomer. Intending to improve the imprinting efficiency, the polymer content was varied from 0.3 to 0.9wt% during the preparation of the molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP), thereby varying the thicknes...