Recycled PET/PA6 Fibers from Waste Textile with Improved Hydrophilicity by In-Situ Reaction-Induced Capacity Enhancement.

Due to the increasing amounts of textile waste, textile to textile recycling is of prime concern. Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) represents the most extensively used type of chemical fiber. Its spinnability suffers from impurities and degradation in the processing, which limits its recycling to new fibers.

Degradable polymeric nanomaterials with a high solid content and multiple morphologies by polymerization-induced self-assembly.

The preparation of degradable polymeric nanomaterials with a high solid content and multiple morphologies is highly desirable but still challenging. Here, the RAFT dispersion polymerization of styrene and 5,6-benzo-2-methylene-1,3-dioxepane was demonstrated to achieve various morphologies, including spheres, vesicles, worms, and large compound vesicles, with a high solid content through polymerization-induced self-assembly, which opens up a new avenue for the preparation of degradable polymeric nanomaterials.

[Study on the Eu-containing coordination polymer. I. Structural characterization of Eu (III)-thienyltrifluroacetone-poly (styrene-acrylic acid)].

Three samples (a), (b) and (c) of luminescent Eu-containing copolymer (NaEu(III)-TTA-PSAA) were synthesized through the reaction of copolymer of acrylic acid and styrene (Mw = 3000) with metalorganic complex (NaEu(TTA)4) obtained from Eu and thienyltrifluroacetone. These samples of coordination polymers were characterized by FTIR, UV and XPS, and their composition and structures were determined. The results of electrical conductivity methods and elemental analysis indicated that there were different compositions and structures of these coordination polymers in different pH.