Features based on peer-reviewed papers published in Polymers.
Dr. Galia Shulga's team found that a low-concentration alkaline pretreatment of birch sawdust raised lignin and pulp yields in soda pulping and produced lignin with stronger surface activity.
Professor Eunsoon Oh's team found that rapid shifts in temperature and humidity can undermine light-based explosive vapor sensors, and that polymer films recover after brief but not prolonged exposure.
Professor Tetsuo Takayama's team built a model that predicts the impact strength of injection-moulded short fibre-reinforced thermoplastics, showing fibre orientation, length and fibre-matrix bonding govern toughness.
