Highly conductive, rapid self-healing, and anti-freezing poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)/lignosulfonate-cationic guar gum ionogels for multifunctional sensors.

Soft ionic conductors exhibit immense potential for applications in soft ionotronics, including ionic skin, human-machine interface, and soft luminescent device. Nevertheless, the majority of ionogel-based soft ionic conductors are plagued by issues such as freezing, evaporation, liquid leakage, and inadequate self-healing capabilities, thereby constraining their usability in complex environments. In this study, we present a novel strategy for fabricating conductive ionogels through the proportionally mixing cationic guar gum (CGG), water, 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride (BmimCl)/glycerol eutectic-based ionic liquid, and poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)/lignosulfonate (PEDOT/LS).

New plant polyphenol-derived tannic acid-based chromium-free tanning agent for sustainable and clean leather production.

This study aimed to prepare a new bio-based chromium-free tanning agent. The green epoxide monocase ethylene glycol diglycidyl ether (EGDE) was grafted with tannic acid (TA) derived from natural plant using the one-pot method to synthesize new plant polyphenol-derived tannic acid-based chromium-free tanning agents (TA-EGDE) with abundant terminal epoxides. FTIR, H NMR, XPS, GPC, SEM, and other analytical techniques were used to characterize tanning agents.

Assessing SDG-3 efficiency for SDG-1 by studying interplay of tourism development, poverty alleviation and sustainability.

The modern world is facing chaos of different connected issues. Achieving sustainability in the tourism industry for poverty reduction is one of them, having limited guidance for stakeholders. Thus, following SDG-3 guidelines for good well-being via tourism development could contribute to SDG-1 for no poverty.

Effect of Heating on Hot Deformation and Microstructural Evolution of Ti-6Al-4V Titanium Alloy.

This paper presents a systematic study of heating effects on the hot deformation and microstructure of dual-phase titanium alloy Ti-6Al-4V (TC4) under hot forming conditions. Firstly, hot flow behaviors of TC4 were characterized by conducting tensile tests at different heating temperatures ranging from 850 °C to 950 °C and heating rates ranging from 1 to 100 °C/s. Microstructure analysis, including phase and grain size, was carried out under the different heating conditions using SEM and EBSD.