Author Archive

Hear from the authors of ‘Hypercrosslinked polymers for oil adsorption: The influence of porosity and fluorine incorporation’

To celebrate the growth and development of the RSC Applied Polymers community and to highlight the remarkable authors who continue to contribute their high quality work to the journal, we would like to share the opinions and insights of these authors through this introductory blog post. Once dubbed #RSCAppliedfirst50, our blog posts aim to give a voice to the authors behind the research and hope that their insights might shed light upon growing challenges and progress in polymer science and its applications.

In this edition, we hear from Robert Woodward as they discuss their current research, potential steps for the future, and the challenges of balancing research with academic responsibilities.

 

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Celebrating our prize winners from 2025

During 2025, RSC Applied Polymers was thrilled to sponsor a range of conferences and events around the world. We were pleased to award many prizes for excellent posters, presentations and research during each event, and we would like to congratulate all our 2025 prize winners once again for their excellent work.

 

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Hear from the authors of ‘Vinylene-bridged naphthalenediimide-based dual-acceptor copolymers for thin-film transistors and solar steam generation’

To celebrate the growth and development of the RSC Applied Polymers community and to highlight the remarkable authors who continue to contribute their high quality work to the journal we would like to share the opinions and insights of these authors through this introductory blog post. Once dubbed #RSCAppliedfirst50, our blog posts aim to give a voice to the authors behind the research and hope that their insights might shed light upon growing challenges and progress in polymer science and its applications.

In this edition, we hear from Dr Chia-Yang Lin as they discuss their article, ‘Vinylene-bridged naphthalenediimide-based dual-acceptor copolymers for thin-film transistors and solar steam generation’.

 

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Hear from the authors of ‘Production of gelatin methacrylate by flow chemistry and investigation of its suitability as a biomaterial’

To celebrate the growth and development of the RSC Applied Polymers community and to highlight the remarkable authors who continue to contribute their high quality work to the journal we would like to share the opinions and insights of these authors through this introductory blog post. Once dubbed #RSCAppliedfirst50, our blog posts aim to give a voice to the authors behind the research and hope that their insights might shed light upon growing challenges and progress in polymer science and its applications.

In this edition, we hear from Dr Pallavi Sengupta, Professor Neil Cameron and Professor Tanja Junkers as they discuss their recently published article, ‘Production of gelatin methacrylate by flow chemistry and investigation of its suitability as a biomaterial‘.

Hear from RSC Applied Polymers authors: Dr Pallavi Sengupta, Prof Neil Cameron & Prof Tanja Junkers

 

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Hear from the authors of ‘Cryopreservation and post-thaw differentiation of monocytes enabled by macromolecular cryoprotectants which restrict intracellular ice formation’

To celebrate the growth and development of the RSC Applied Polymers community and to highlight the remarkable authors who continue to contribute their high quality work to the journal we would like to share the opinions and insights of these authors through this introductory blog post. Once dubbed #RSCAppliedfirst50, our blog posts aim to give a voice to the authors behind the research and hope that their insights might shed light upon growing challenges and progress in polymer science and its applications.

In this edition, we hear from Professor Matthew Gibson and Dr Natalia Gonzalez-Martinez as they discuss their article, ‘Cryopreservation and post-thaw differentiation of monocytes enabled by macromolecular cryoprotectants which restrict intracellular ice formation‘.

 

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Meet the authors of ‘Optimization of light-curing ionogels by response surface methodology’

To celebrate the growth and development of the RSC Applied Polymers community and to highlight the remarkable authors who continue to contribute their high quality work to the journal, we would like to share the opinions and insights of these authors through this introductory blog post. Once dubbed #RSCAppliedfirst50, our blog posts aim to give a voice to the authors behind the research and hope that their insights might shed light upon growing challenges and progress in polymer science and its applications.

In this edition, we hear from Shixue Ren about their article entitled ‘Optimization of light-curing ionogels by response surface methodology‘.

 

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Hear from the authors of ‘Emerging stimuli-responsive hydrogels for enhancing chronic wound healing’

To celebrate the growth and development of the RSC Applied Polymers community and to highlight the remarkable authors who continue to contribute their high quality work to the journal, we would like to share the opinions and insights of these authors through this introductory blog post. Once dubbed #RSCAppliedfirst50, our blog posts aim to give a voice to the authors behind the research and hope that their insights might shed light upon growing challenges and progress in polymer science and its applications.

In this edition, we hear from Maya Yun about their review entitled ‘Emerging stimuli-responsive hydrogels for enhancing chronic wound healing‘.

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Meet the authors of ‘Mussel-inspired biomimetic adhesive coatings for food preservation: a review’

 

To celebrate the growth and development of the RSC Applied Polymers community and to highlight the remarkable authors who continue to contribute their high quality work to the journal we would like to share the opinions and insights of these authors through our blogs pages. This is the first post featuring our inaugural Emerging Investigators authors – a new forum we will use to celebrate the research of the rising stars in our applied polymer science community, as recommended by our Editorial Board and Advisory Board members. Read the 2025 Emerging Investigators collection here.

In this edition, we hear from Emerging Investigator Dr Garima Agrawal about their study entitled ‘Mussel-inspired biomimetic adhesive coatings for food preservation: a review

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Editor’s Choice collection: Rachel Auzély-Velty

Professor Rachel Auzély-Velty (University Grenoble Alpes, France), Associate Editor for RSC Applied Polymers, is delighted to share with you some of her top research highlights published in the journal so far.

 

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Loosely connected to her expertise in polysaccharides and of biomaterials, here are a selection of the papers she has chosen:

 

Recent progress in the development of conductive hydrogels and the application in 3D printed wearable sensors

Yuxuan Lin, Ruxue Yang and Xin Wu

 

 

 

 

Targeted release of live probiotics from alginate-based nanofibers in a simulated gastrointestinal tract

Emily Diep and Jessica D. Schiffman

 

 

Sonication labile PEG-based hydrogel system for biological component suspension and subsequent degradation

Meagan N. Arguien, Joshua T. Kamps, Sarah A. Muth, Marianela Trujillo-Lemon and Christopher N. Bowman

 

 

 

 

 

Professor Auzély-Velty shared a video last year to introduce herself:

 

Find out more about Rachel Auzély-Velty

Rachel Auzély-Velty is full Professor at Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA). She is leading the group “Structure and Modification of Polysaccharides” in CERMAV-CNRS (Grenoble) where she was recruited as a CNRS researcher in 1999 before being promoted to full Professor at UGA in 2005. Her research interests lie in the fields of chemistry and physico-chemistry of polysaccharides and of biomaterials (especially hydrogels). Potential target applications include controlled and targeted drug delivery, cell therapy and tissue engineering. She has published more than 110 papers related to polysaccharide chemistry in international journals, 6 book chapters, and 14 patents.

 

Discover some of Rachel’s research published in RSC journals:

A cross-linkable and resorbable PEDOT-based ink using a hyaluronic acid derivative as dopant for flexible bioelectronic devices

Maxime Leprince, Simon Regal, Pascal Mailley, Fabien Sauter-Starace, Isabelle Texier and Rachel Auzély-Velty

Mater. Adv., 2023. DOI: 10.1039/D3MA00170A

 

Self-crosslinking smart hydrogels through direct complexation between benzoxaborole derivatives and diols from hyaluronic acid

Tamiris Figueiredo, Yu Ogawa, Jing Jing, Vanina Cosenza, Isabelle Jeacomine, Johan D. M. Olsson, Thibaud Gerfaud, Jean-Guy Boiteau, Craig Harris and Rachel Auzély-Velty

Polym. Chem., 2020. DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00308E

 

Boronic acid and diol-containing polymers: how to choose the correct couple to form “strong” hydrogels at physiological pH

Tamiris Figueiredo, Vanina Cosenza, Yu Ogawa, Isabelle Jeacomine, Alicia Vallet, Sonia Ortega, Raphael Michel, Johan D. M. Olsson, Thibaud Gerfaud, Jean-Guy Boiteau, Jing Jing, Craig Harris and Rachel Auzély-Velty

Soft Matter, 2020. DOI: 10.1039/D0SM00178C

 


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Editor’s Choice collection: Pengfei Cao

Professor Pengfei Cao (Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China), Associate Editor for RSC Applied Polymers, is delighted to share with you some of his top research highlights published in the journal so far.

 

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Loosely connected to his expertise in synthetic polymers for energy-related applications, here are a selection of the papers he has chosen:

 

Valorization of plastic waste via chemical activation and carbonization into activated carbon for functional material applications

Rachel Blanchard and Tizazu H. Mekonnen

 

 

Photopatternable, degradable, and performant polyimide network substrates for e-waste mitigation

Caleb J. Reese, Grant M. Musgrave, Jitkanya Wong, Wenyang Pan, John Uehlin, Mason Zadan, Omar M. Awartani, Thomas J. Wallin and Chen Wang

 

 

 

Poly(ionic liquid) ABC triblock and ABCBA pentablock terpolymer electrolytes for lithium metal batteries

Dohyun Kim, Rui Sun, Roger Tocchetto, Carl Willis, Bert Krutzer, Frederick L. Beyer and Yossef A. Elabd

 

 

 

 

Professor Cao shared a video last year to introduce himself:

 

Find out more about Pengfei Cao

Pengfei Cao is a full Materials Science and Engineering professor at the Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT, China). After his Ph.D. in the Macro department at Case Western Reserve University, USA, he moved to Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL, USA) and had been a staff scientist since 2019. Pengfei has also been awarded the R&D 100 Award of 2021, the ACS-PMSE Young-Investigator Award of 2021 and the ACS Rising Star in Materials Science of 2023. Pengfei leads the research group of Energy-Applied Elastomers. His current research interests are synthetic elastic polymers for energy-related applications, including functional elastomers (e.g., recyclable, self-healing, impact-resistant or adhesive elastomers) and energy-storage applications (e.g., polymer electrolytes/binders and polymeric protective layers).

 

Discover some of Pengfei’s research published in RSC journals:

Construction of an ultrathin multi-functional polymer electrolyte for safe and stable all-solid-state batteries

Youjia Zhang, Tianhui Cheng, Shilun Gao, Hang Ding, Zhenxi Li, Lin Li, Dandan Yang, Huabin Yang and Peng-Fei Cao

Mater. Horiz., 2024. DOI: 10.1039/D4MH01037J

 

In situ construction of an ultra-thin and flexible polymer electrolyte for stable all-solid-state lithium-metal batteries

Shilun Gao, Mengxiang Ma, Youjia Zhang, Lin Li, Shuangshuang Zhu, Yayue He, Dandan Yang, Huabin Yang and Peng-Fei Cao

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024. DOI: 10.1039/D3TA07586A

 

Polymer electrolytes with high cation transport number for rechargeable Li–metal batteries: current status and future direction

Xinyuan Shan, Zhaowei Song, Hang Ding, Lengwan Li, Yuhang Tian, Alexei P. Sokolov, Ming Tian, Kang Xu and Peng-Fei Cao

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024. DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03097D

 


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