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The home for applied polymer and interfacial research at the RSC: RSC Applied Polymers (http://rsc.li/RSCApplPolym) and RSC Applied Interfaces (http://rsc.li/RSCApplInter)

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RSC Applied - Interfaces, Polymers @rscapplied.rsc.org · Sep 10
🎉 We’re excited to announce the inaugural Early Career Advisory Board for RSC Applied Interfaces!
See the full lineup of this new Board on our website: www.rsc.org/publishing/j...
🌟 Stay tuned—new member introductions coming soon!
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🎉 Read our latest RSC Applied Polymers blog in which Dr Chia-Yang Lin provides an introduction to their article, ‘Vinylene-bridged naphthalenediimide-based dual-acceptor copolymers for thin-film transistors and solar steam generation’.
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January 15, 2026 at 9:14 AM
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🎉 Celebrating our RSC Applied Polymers prize winners 🎉

During 2025, we were thrilled to award many prizes at conferences, and would like to congratulate all our prize winners once again for their excellent work.

Read our celebratory blog post about the winners here: blogs.rsc.org/lp/202...
January 14, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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Our NSF-funded work with Revati Kumar @lsu.bsky.social “Interface-Driven Enhancement of Ionomer Thin-Film Conductivity via Controlled Aminothiol Modification,” has been featured on the Inside Front Cover of RSC Applied #Polymers @rscapplied.rsc.org @rsc.org.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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🎉 Hear from our RSC Applied Polymers authors! Check out our latest author video from Pallavi Sengupta, Neil Cameron and Tanja Junkers discussing their article: ‘Production of gelatin methacrylate by flow chemistry and investigation of its suitability as a biomaterial‘
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Hear from RSC Applied Polymers authors: Dr Pallavi Sengupta, Prof Neil Cameron & Prof Tanja Junkers
Hear from our RSC Applied Polymers authors Dr Pallavi Sengupta, Professor Neil Cameron and Professor Tanja Junkers as they discuss their recent publication ‘Production of gelatin methacrylate by flow chemistry and investigation of its suitability as a biomaterial’. Read their publication here: http
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December 17, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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🎉 Read our latest RSC Applied Polymers blog in which @labgibson.bsky.social and Natalia Gonzalez-Martinez discuss their article ‘Cryopreservation and post-thaw differentiation of monocytes enabled by macromolecular cryoprotectants which restrict intracellular ice formation‘
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December 15, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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🎉 Meet our RSC Applied Polymers authors! Check out our latest author blog in which Shixue Ren discusses their recently published article ‘Optimization of light-curing ionogels by response surface methodology‘
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December 11, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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🎉 Hear from our RSC Applied Polymers authors! Check out our latest author blog in which Maya Yun discusses their recent article ‘Emerging stimuli-responsive hydrogels for enhancing chronic wound healing‘
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December 8, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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🎉 Hear from our RSC Applied Polymers authors! Check out our latest author blog in which Dr Garima Agrawal discusses their recent article 'Mussel-inspired biomimetic adhesive coatings for food preservation: a review’
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December 5, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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🎉Dr Garima Agrawal is one of our RSC Applied Polymers Emerging Investigators! Get to know her and hear about her research group in our recent blog post: 👉https://blogs.rsc.org/lp/2025/10/30/meet-the-authors-of-mussel-inspired-biomimetic-adhesive-coatings-for-food-preservation-a-review/
Dr Garima Agrawal is an Emerging Investigator, publishing in RSC Applied Polymers
November 27, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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🎉 Hear from our RSC Applied Interfaces authors! Check out our latest author video 📺 where R. Yamuna and Anakha D. R. (Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham) discuss their high-efficiency CuO-CB6/Co–Al LDH nanocomposite electrode material for supercapacitor applications:
RSC Applied Interfaces – hear from our authors: R. Yamuna and Anakha D. R.
Hear our RSC Applied Interfaces authors talk about their article entitled 'High-efficiency CuO-CB6/Co–Al LDH nanocomposite electrode for next-generation energy storage'. Read the full article here: https://doi.org/10.1039/D4LF00417E and find out more about the journal on our webpage rsc.li/RSCApplI
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November 24, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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We're now accepting nominations for the 2026 Polymer Chemistry Lectureship!

This award celebrates an early-career scientist making waves in the polymer field.

Learn more about the lectureship, including eligibility criteria and how to nominate, on our blog 👉 blogs.rsc.org/py/2025/10/2...
October 21, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Introducing four of our RSC Applied Interfaces Early Career Advisory Board members, Stefano Luigi Oscurato (University of Naples Federico II), Artiom Skripka (@oregonstate.edu), Hyojung Kim (Sejong University) and Jess Wade (@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social). Read our blog: blogs.rsc.org/lf/202...
Photo of RSC Applied Interfaces Early Career Advisory Board member Stefano L. Oscurato. Photo of RSC Applied Interfaces Early Career Advisory Board member Artiom Skripka. Photo of RSC Applied Interfaces Early Career Advisory Board member Hyojung Kim. Photo of RSC Applied Interfaces Early Career Advisory Board member Jess Wade.
November 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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🎉 RSC Applied Interfaces is now indexed in the Web of Science Emerging Sources Citation Index! Discover our articles on applied interfacial research in the database 🌟
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November 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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🎉 RSC Applied Polymers is now indexed in the Web of Science Emerging Sources Citation Index! Discover our articles on applied polymer science research in the database 🌟
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October 31, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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🎉 Hear from our RSC Applied Interfaces authors! Check out our latest author video 📺 where Eswaraiah Varrla discusses their high-yield liquid phase exfoliation (LPE) process for hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) nanosheets with natural stabilizers:
RSC Applied Interfaces – hear from our authors: Eswaraiah Varrla
Hear our RSC Applied Interfaces author talk about their article entitled 'Sustainable high-yield h-BN nanosheet production by liquid exfoliation for thermal interface materials'. Read the full article here: https://doi.org/10.1039/D4LF00338A and find out more about the journal on our webpage rsc.li
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October 30, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Explore how @labgibson.bsky.social have used macromolecular cryoprotectants to reduce intracellular ice formation and cryopreserve THP-1 monocytes with improved recovery and cell differentiation post-thaw, in this RSC Applied Polymers article in our Advisory Board collection:
Cryopreservation and post-thaw differentiation of monocytes enabled by macromolecular cryoprotectants which restrict intracellular ice formation
THP-1 is a monocytic cell line which can differentiate into macrophage and dendritic cells, widely used in immunology. Immune cells are particularly sensitive to cryopreservation, leading to low recovery and/or reduced differentiation capacity compared to non-frozen cells. Current cryopreservation protocols
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October 22, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Read about a single-ion conductive composite system capable of stable ion transport under high-temperature conditions, in this article from RSC Applied Polymers Advisory Board member Panchao Yin (South China University of Technology):
Metal oxide cluster-integrated polymer networks for robust solid-state single-ion conduction at high temperatures
Ion conduction at high temperatures is critical for the improvement of working efficiency and stability of energy-conversion and -storage devices. Ceramics and highly rigid polymers are generally applied for achieving this; however, their poor processability and mechanical properties hinder their extensive a
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October 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Don't miss out on this exciting work from our RSC Applied Polymers Advisory Board member Junpeng Wang (University of Akron). They report an autonomous damage-reporting system based on a mechanochemically responsive polymer network incorporating a π-extended mechanophore:
Harnessing mechanochemical fluorescence toward autonomous damage-reporting coatings
Protective coatings are essential for shielding engineering materials from environmental and mechanical damage. A significant endeavor in this regard is detecting the damage in coatings and implementing necessary repairs. However, conventional detection methods often require specialized equipment and experti
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October 17, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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Come join our four excellent speakers at our upcoming webinar on the physics of nanomaterials! Register here: rsc.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
RSC Desktop Seminar: Americas Emerging Investigators - Nanophysics Monday 10 November 2025 at 3 PM EST and 8 PM GMT
October 16, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Check out this article from our RSC Applied Polymers Advisory Board member Emiliano Bilotti (@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social) on employing various modified nanocellulose to improve biopolymer-based films for high-barrier packaging and coating applications.
High barrier bio-nanocomposite films of ethyl cellulose integrated with modified nanocellulose: effect of nanocellulose's substituted side chains on film performance
Bio-based packaging films with good barrier properties to preserve quality, ensure safety, and extend the shelf-life of food products are in great demand as our society becomes more environmentally conscious. Herein, entirely bio-based nanocomposite films of the ethylcellulose (EC) matrix, reinforced with mo
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October 15, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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Don't miss out on our RSC Applied Interfaces collection that focuses on applications where solid-solid interfaces play a pivotal role in the function of the material! pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...
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October 14, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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A simple mix of ionic liquids and SnO2 layers could be the key to tougher, more stable perovskites

Find out more in this RSC Applied Interfaces article from Udit Tiwari et al. 👇
Ionic liquid-modified perovskite films for enhanced solar cell stability
Halide perovskites have emerged as promising candidates for photovoltaic applications due to their remarkable device efficiencies. Despite this progress, their commercial viability is hindered by structural instability under high temperature and humidity. Here, the stability of mixed-halide perovskites is enhanced
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October 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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📢We are delighted to announce a #OpenCall for papers to the RSC cross-journal themed collection Celebrating 200 Years of Benzene, guest edited by Ben Feringa @feringalab.bsky.social
& Nazario Martin!

Find out more about the collection and how to submit here🔽
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October 10, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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This article sheds light on a novel mechanism for nanopores clogging and presents a solution: a spatially selective antifouling polymer coating that keeps nanopores clean without compromising their performance, allowing for longer, more effective biosensing applications 🔎
Unraveling clogging of solid-state nanopores by selective polymer coating: surface potential measurements and sensing of long single stranded DNA
Solid-state nanopores have emerged as powerful tools for single-molecule analysis, with applications ranging from genomics to diagnostics. However, challenges such as surface interactions and clogging have limited their applicability, and a better characterization of the nanopore wall surfaces and control of the su
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October 8, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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🎉 Hear from our RSC Applied Interfaces authors! Check out our latest author video 📺 where Simon Kellner discusses their PhD research project on engineering freestanding PGM-free carbon film cathodes using a sustainable polystyrene templating technique: youtu.be/RtkkrysqVgM
RSC Applied Interfaces – hear from our authors: Simon Kellner
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October 8, 2025 at 1:29 PM