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  • Engineering a sustainable future through the integration of generative AI in engineering education 

    Cañavate Ávila, Francisco Javier; Martínez Marroquín, Elisa; Colom Fajula, Xavier (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2025-04-01)
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    Engineers’ work impacts society and the environment and plays a central role in delivering on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. However, developing sustainability skills in engineering programs competes ...
  • Microcapsules and biofunctionality: enhancing textile and dermocosmetic properties through microencapsulation 

    Maesta, Fabricio; Peres Zurita, Maria Eduarda Paschoalino; Silva Volante, Emily Karoline Tonini; Murilo Pereira, Moisés; Lis Arias, Manuel José (John Wiley & sons, 2025-04-01)
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    Textile finishes have long been utilized to impart novel functional properties to fabrics. These functionalizations can be applied to substrates through various methods. However, one of the most prevalent forms of application ...
  • Progress in devulcanization of waste tire rubber: Upcycling towards a circular economy 

    ul Haq, Zaheer; Ren, Teng; Yue, Xinyan; Formela, Krzysztof; Rodrigue, Denis; Colom Fajula, Xavier; McNally, Tony; Dawei, Dong; Zhang, Yong; Wang, Shifeng (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 2025-03-01)
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    As a complex composite material, tire rubber has always presented significant environmental and waste management concerns due to its non-biodegradability and accumulation in landfills. The devulcanization of tire rubber ...
  • Dielectric characteristics of various polymers (PVC, HDPE, EVA, PP, PS, PA and ABS) reinforced with out of use tires (GTR) 

    Mujal-Rosas, Ramon Maria; Marín Genescà, Marc; Colom Fajula, Xavier; Salueña Berna, Javier (2024-12-15)
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    The massive storage of reused tires constitutes a serious environmental problem. This article focuses on finding a new application for these reused tires (GTR), and for this, the dust from the reused tires has been mixed ...
  • Native cyclodextrin-based Metal–Organic Frameworks (MOFs): synthesis, characterization, and potential applications in food industry 

    Saxena, Siddanth; Lis Arias, Manuel José (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2025-01-13)
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    Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have become a highly usable system in various sectors because of their highly ordered structure and high porosity providing them with high storage capacity. However, their use is sometimes ...
  • Tratamiento electroquímico de efluentes residuales con captura de hidrógeno. Una realidad en el fututo de los acabados textiles 

    Cuesta Mota, Dídac; Serra Clusellas, Anna; Macanás de Benito, Jorge; Canals Casals, Lluc; López Grimau, Víctor (Asociación Española de Químicos y Coloristas Textiles, 2024-06-01)
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    La industria textil enfrenta desafíos significativos debido al alto consumo de agua y gas natural, así como a las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero asociadas con los procesos de producción. El tratamiento convencional ...
  • Towards developing fully sustainable elastomers: the role of chemistry 

    Wisniewska, Paulina; Haponiuk, Josef T; Hejna, Aleksander; Colom Fajula, Xavier; Saeb, Mohammad Reza (Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 2025)
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    The development of sustainable polymer materials is no longer just an option but a necessity. Elastomers are indispensable members of the polymer family due to their high tensile strength, durability, energy absorption ...
  • Desarrollo de tejidos a partir de fibras celulósicas extraídas de sacos de yute 

    Mijas Vélez, Gabriela Dayana; Cano Casas, Francesc; Barahona, Alba; García Casanovas, Víctor; Piqueras, Ferràn; Buscio Olivera, Valentina; Lis Arias, Manuel José; Riba Moliner, Marta; Cayuela Marín, Diana (Asociación Española de Químicos y Coloristas Textiles, 2024-12-02)
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    La Unión Europea (UE) ha declarado a la Economía Circular y la neutralidad de carbono en el sector industrial como objetivos prioritarios, lo que ha fomentado el desarrollo del principio Cradle to Cradle (C2C). Este enfoque ...
  • Obtention of scaffolds for grafts on human skin with PLA-Nano fibers and cinnamon oil-lanoline emulsions 

    Marqués Arribas, Leyre; Cota, Paula; Cano Casas, Francesc; Martí Gelabert, Meritxell; Martínez, Alba; Lis Arias, Manuel José (2024-12-30)
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    The interest in tissue engineering is growing in the scientific and medical communities, as it can solve actual problems regarding donor tissues, wound healing and drug delivery systems. Nanofibers are gaining relevance ...
  • Analyzing thermal degradation effects on devulcanized GTR-based NR/SBR/NBR rubber compounds reinforced with SiO2 particles 

    Colom Fajula, Xavier; Mujal-Rosas, Ramon Maria; Wang, Shifeng; Cañavate Ávila, Francisco Javier (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2024-11-24)
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    The large number of tires produced annually demands new recycling methods. A key challenge associated with recycling elastomers is their crosslinking structure that prevents fusion. It is possible to reverse crosslinking ...
  • Chemical recycling of polyester fabrics by alkaline hydrolysis using alcohols as cosolvents 

    Martínez Vila, Scott; Riera Malgosa, Lluna; Prieto Fuentes, Remedios; Duran Serra, Aïda; Carrillo Navarrete, Fernando (Elsevier, 2025-02)
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    This research reports a route for chemical recycling of polyester textile fibres as a promising solution to the accumulation of these textile wastes. The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of using alcoholic ...
  • Controlled and safe hydrogen generation from waste aluminum and water, a new approach to hydrogen generation 

    Salueña Berna, Javier; Marín Genescà, Marc; Mujal-Rosas, Ramon Maria; Lis Arias, Manuel José (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2024-11-30)
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    A new method is proposed to generate hydrogen in situ at low pressure from powder-pressed recycled aluminum turnings activated with small amounts of NaOH and drops of water. The contribution of this system is that the user ...

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