Domínguez-Candela, Iván; Zulkhairi, Iman; Pintre, Inmaculada; Kamalul Aripin, Nurul Fadhilah; Lora-García, Jaime; Fombuena, Vicent; Ros, Blanca; Martinez-Felipe, Alfonso(The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2022-12-15)
[EN] We have assessed the potential of light-responsive bent-core liquid crystals as candidate materials for energy conversion and storage applications. Samples comprise two chromophore bent-core compounds containing either ...
[EN] Transport phenomena through polymeric composite membranes depend on several complex factors, involving not only their chemical composition but also their microstructure. Due to the combination of mesomorphic and ...
Cook, Andrew G; Wardell, James L.; Brooks, Nicholas J.; Seddon, John M.; Martinez-Felipe, Alfonso; Imrie, Corrie T.(Elsevier, 2012-10-01)
The synthesis and characterisation of a novel non-symmetric liquid crystal dimer, 1-[3-O-(d-glucopyranos-3-yl)]-8-[(4-methoxyazobenzene-4¿-oxy)] octane is reported. This exhibits glassy behaviour and a highly interdigitated ...
Martinez Felipe, Alfonso(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-04-29)
The main aim of this Master Thesis is to prepare membranes (LCM) containing liquid crystal polymers (LCP) with appropriate mechanical and diffusion properties for their future use as electrolytes in DMFC and DEFC. This ...
Martinez Felipe, Alfonso(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2010-05-24)
Summary
The aim of this PhD thesis is the preparation and study of new materials to be used as electrolytes in Direct Methanol Fuel Cells (DMFC) in order to reduce crossover of methanol. Different materials have been ...
Badía Valiente, José David; Santonja Blasco, Laura; Martinez-Felipe, Alfonso; Ribes Greus, María Desamparados(Elsevier, 2012-06)
The combustion process of virgin and reprocessed polylactide (PLA) was simulated by multi-rate linear
non-isothermal thermogravimetric experiments under O2. A complete methodology that accounted on
the thermal stability ...
Martinez-Felipe, Alfonso; Imrie, Corrie Thomas; Ribes Greus, María Desamparados(Wiley, 2013-01-05)
The spectroscopic and thermal properties of swollen Nafion membranes in methanol aqueous mixtures were investigated
to understand the behavior of commercial electrolytes in the presence of polar solvents. Several differences ...
Martinez-Felipe, Alfonso; Imrie, Corrie Thomas; Ribes Greus, María Desamparados(American Chemical Society, 2013-07)
The formation of smectic phases in side-chain liquid crystal copolymers, SCLCPs, containing sulfonic acid-based
nonmesogenic units, has been investigated using variable temperature FT-IR microscopy. Two copolymers have ...
Martinez Felipe, Alfonso; Lu, Zhibao; Henderson, Peter A.; Picken, Stephen J.; Norder, Ben; Imrie, Corrie T.; Ribes-Greus, A.(Elsevier, 2012-06-07)
[EN] A series of novel side chain liquid crystal copolymers, the poly[10-(4-methoxy-4'-oxy-azobenzene) decyl methacrylate]-co-poly[2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonic acid]s (10-MeOAzB/AMPS-x/y) have been synthesised ...
Badía Valiente, José David; Martinez-Felipe, Alfonso; Santonja Blasco, Laura; Ribes Greus, María Desamparados(Elsevier, 2013-01)
An exhaustive assessment of the behaviour of virgin and mechanically reprocessed poly(ethylene terephthalate)
(PET) facing thermal and thermo-oxidative decomposition processes is presented in this work, as
an approach ...
[EN] The performance of biocomposites of poly(hydroxybutyrate-co-valerate) (PHBV) and sisal fibre subjected to hydrothermal tests at different temperatures above the glass transition of PHBV (TH ¿ 26, 36 and 46 C) was ...