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  1. Films of Poly(Hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) and Copper with Antibacterial Activity

    Article • Polymers, June 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  2. Vinasse: from a residue to a high added value biopolymer

    Article • Bioresources and Bioprocessing, December 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  3. Glycerol-based additives of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) films

    Article • Polymer Testing, January 2021, Elsevier

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  4. Direct 3D Printing of Poly(lactic acid) on Cotton Fibers: Characterization of Materials and Study of Adhesion Properties of the Resulting Composites

    Article • Macromolecular Symposia, December 2020, Wiley

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  5. Preparation and Characterization of an Immobilized Enological Pectinase on Agar‐Alginate Beads

    Article • Macromolecular Symposia, December 2020, Wiley

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  6. Composite coatings based on linear and branched block copolymers for hydroxyapatite deposition in simulated body-fluid

    Article • Polymer-Plastics Technology and Materials, January 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  7. Design and optimization of poly(hydroxyalkanoate)s production plants using alternative substrates

    Article • Bioresource Technology, October 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  8. Starch/Poly(ε-caprolactone) Graft Copolymers Synthetized by γ-Radiation and Their Application as Compatibilizer in Polymer Blends

    Article • Journal of Polymers and the Environment, October 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  9. Composite films with UV barrier capacity to minimize flavored waters degradation

    Article • Food Packaging and Shelf Life, September 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  10. Microscopic State of Polymer Network Chains upon Swelling and Deformation

    Article • Macromolecules, June 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  11. Crystalline morphology of thermoplastic starch/talc nanocomposites induced by thermal processing

    Article • Heliyon, June 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  12. Immobilization of enological pectinase in calcium alginate hydrogels: A potential biocatalyst for winemaking

    Article • Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, March 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  13. Photopolymerization-assisted self-assembly as a strategy to obtain a dispersion of very high aspect ratio nanostructures in a polystyrene matrix

    Article • European Polymer Journal, March 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  14. Effects of Branches on the Isothermal Crystallization of Copolymers Based on Poly(ϵ‐caprolactone)

    Article • Macromolecular Symposia, February 2019, Wiley

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  15. Improvement in poly(ε-caprolactone) bio-activity. Structural characterization and in vitro assessment

    Article • International Journal of Polymeric Materials, January 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar, Andres Ciolino

  16. Facile one-pot synthesis and solution behavior of poly(acrylic acid)-block-polycaprolactone copolymers

    Article • Journal of Molecular Liquids, January 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  17. Biocomposites Based on Thermoplastic Starch and Granite Sand Quarry Waste

    Article • JOURNAL OF RENEWABLE MATERIALS, January 2019, Computers, Materials and Continua (Tech Science Press)

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  18. Oxidative Degradation of Thermoplastic Starch Induced by UV Radiation

    Article • JOURNAL OF RENEWABLE MATERIALS, January 2019, Computers, Materials and Continua (Tech Science Press)

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  19. Tailor-Made, Linear, and “Comb-Like” Polyester-Based Copolymers: Synthesis, Characterization, and Thermal Behavior of Potential 3D-Printing/Electrospinning Candidates

    Article • International Journal of Polymer Science, October 2018, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar, Andres Ciolino

  20. Película biodegradable de almidón de maíz termoplástico y quitosano con actividad antimicrobiana empleada como envase activo

    Article • Matéria (Rio de Janeiro), July 2018, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  21. Efecto de la adición de bentonita sobre las propiedades ópticas de diferentes materiales compuestos poliméricos

    Article • Matéria (Rio de Janeiro), July 2018, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  22. Fabricación de recubrimientos compuestos de Bioglass®/poli(ɛ-capro-lactona) obtenidos por co-deposición electroforética sobre acero inoxidable

    Article • Matéria (Rio de Janeiro), July 2018, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  23. Improved intracellular PHA determinations with novel spectrophotometric quantification methodologies based on Sudan black dye

    Article • Journal of Microbiological Methods, May 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  24. Modeling the bioconversion of starch to P(HB-co-HV) optimized by experimental design using Bacillus megaterium BBST4 strain

    Article • Environmental Technology, January 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  25. A Straightforward Methodology for the Synthesis of α,ω-Telechelic Poly(dimethylsiloxane)s

    Article • Australian Journal of Chemistry, January 2018, CSIRO Publishing

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  26. Active films based on thermoplastic corn starch and chitosan oligomer for food packaging applications

    Article • Food Packaging and Shelf Life, December 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  27. Novel spectrophotometric technique for rapid determination of extractable PHA using Sudan black dye

    Article • Journal of Biotechnology, August 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  28. Enhancement of mechanical and optical performance of commercial polystyrenes by blending with siloxane-based copolymers

    Article • Journal of Applied Polymer Science, March 2017, Wiley

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  29. Contribution of Entanglements to Polymer Network Elasticity

    Article • Macromolecules, March 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  30. Mild microwave-assisted synthesis of aluminum-pillared bentonites

    Article • Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, March 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  31. Bioconversion of glycerol to poly(HB-co-HV) copolymer in an inexpensive medium by a Bacillus megaterium strain isolated from marine sediments

    Article • Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, February 2017, Elsevier

    Mr Mauricio Ariel Porras , Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  32. Anionic Ring Opening Polymerization of ε-Caprolactone Initiated by Lithium Silanolates

    Article • Australian Journal of Chemistry, January 2017, CSIRO Publishing

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  33. Optimal Design of Poly (3-hydroxybutyrate) Production using alternative Carbon Sources

    Article • January 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  34. Thermal Characterization of “Comb‐Like” Block Copolymers Based on PCL Obtained by Combining ROP and RAFT Polymerizations

    Article • Macromolecular Symposia, October 2016, Wiley

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  35. Lithium naphthalenides in non-polar or in low-polarity media: some insights regarding their use as initiators in anionic polymerizations

    Article • Polymer Bulletin, June 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  36. Processing-properties-applications relationship of nanocomposites based on thermoplastic corn starch and talc

    Article • Polymer Composites, May 2016, Wiley

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  37. Contribution of Linear Guest and Structural Pendant Chains to Relaxational Dynamics in Model Polymer Networks Probed by Time-Domain 1H NMR

    Article • Macromolecules, December 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  38. Agro-industrial residue from starch extraction of Pachyrhizus ahipa as filler of thermoplastic corn starch films

    Article • Carbohydrate Polymers, December 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  39. Enhancement of thermoplastic starch final properties by blending with poly(ɛ-caprolactone)

    Article • Carbohydrate Polymers, December 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  40. Thermoplastic starch/talc bionanocomposites. Influence of particle morphology on final properties

    Article • Food Hydrocolloids, October 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  41. Thermoplastic starch plasticized with alginate–glycerol mixtures: Melt-processing evaluation and film properties

    Article • Carbohydrate Polymers, August 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  42. Thermoresponsive hydrogels based on alginate-g-poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) copolymers obtained by low doses of gamma radiation

    Article • European Polymer Journal, July 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  43. A new way of quantifying the production of poly(hydroxyalkanoate)s using FTIR

    Article • Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology, May 2015, Wiley

    Mr Mauricio Ariel Porras , Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  44. Viscoelastic response of linear defects trapped in polymer networks

    Article • European Polymer Journal, March 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  45. Assessment of alternative sources of seaweed polysaccharides in Argentina: potentials of the agarophyte Gelidium crinale (Hare ex Turner) Gaillon (Rhodophyta, Gelidiales)

    Article • Journal of Applied Phycology, February 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  46. Phase behavior of model poly(butadiene 1,3)-block-(dimethylsiloxane) copolymers

    Article • Polymer, February 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  47. Food packaging bags based on thermoplastic corn starch reinforced with talc nanoparticles

    Article • Food Hydrocolloids, January 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  48. Thermoresponsive hydrogels from alginate-based graft copolymers

    Article • European Polymer Journal, December 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  49. Electrical response of bivalent modifier cations into a vanadium–tellurite glassy matrix

    Article • Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, March 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  50. Dynamic response of transiently trapped entanglements in polymer networks

    Article • Polymer, February 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Daniel Alberto vega, Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  51. Controlled One-Pot Synthesis of Polystyrene-block -Polycaprolactone Copolymers by Simultaneous RAFT and ROP

    Article • Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, August 2013, Wiley

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  52. Thermoplastic starch films reinforced with talc nanoparticles

    Article • Carbohydrate Polymers, June 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  53. Evaluation of by-products from the biodiesel industry as fermentation feedstock for poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) production by Cupriavidus necator

    Article • Bioresource Technology, February 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  54. Recent Studies on Alginates Based Blends, Composites, and Nanocomposites

    Article • December 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  55. Influence of amorphous block on the thermal behavior of well-defined block copolymers based on ε-caprolactone

    Article • Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, September 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  56. Production of Fermentation Feedstock from Jerusalem Artichoke Tubers and its Potential for Polyhydroxybutyrate Synthesis

    Article • Waste and Biomass Valorization, August 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  57. Macroporous poly(EGDMA-co-HEMA) networks: Morphological characterization from their behaviour in the swelling process

    Article • Polymer, June 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  58. Biosynthesis of PHB from a new isolated Bacillus megaterium strain: Outlook on future developments with endospore forming bacteria

    Article • Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering, April 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  59. Dynamics of dislocations in a two-dimensional block copolymer system with hexagonal symmetry

    Article • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, December 2010, Royal Society Publishing

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  60. Structure of Micelles Formed by Highly Asymmetric Polystyrene- b -Polydimethylsiloxane and Polystyrene- b -poly[5-( N , N -diethylamino)isoprene] Diblock Copolymers

    Article • Langmuir, September 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  61. Synthesis and morphology of model PS‐b‐PDMS copolymers

    Article • Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry, June 2010, Wiley

    Professor Daniel Alberto vega, Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  62. Thermogelling behaviour of starches to be used in ceramic consolidation processes

    Article • Ceramics International, April 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  63. Application of Dynamic Optimization Techniques for Poly(β-hydroxybutyrate) Production in a Fed-Batch Bioreactor

    Article • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, February 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  64. Defect formation during a continuous phase transition

    Article • EPL (Europhysics Letters), September 2009, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  65. Controlled synthesis of poly(dimethylsiloxane) homopolymers using high-vacuum anionic polymerization techniques

    Article • Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry, August 2009, Wiley

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  66. Transiently Trapped Entanglements in Model Polymer Networks

    Article • Macromolecules, June 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Daniel Alberto vega, Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  67. Influence of the extraction–purification conditions on final properties of alginates obtained from brown algae (Macrocystis pyrifera)

    Article • International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, May 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  68. Synthesis and physicochemical characterization of a well-defined poly(butadiene 1,3)-block-poly(dimethylsiloxane) copolymer

    Article • Polymer, November 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Daniel Alberto vega, Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  69. Oxidation of sodium alginate and characterization of the oxidized derivatives

    Article • Carbohydrate Polymers, February 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  70. Synthesis and characterization of model polybutadiene-1,4-b-polydimethylsiloxane-b-polybutadiene-1,4 copolymers

    Article • Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry, January 2007, Wiley

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  71. Synthesis and characterization of a β-CD-alginate conjugate

    Article • Polymer, December 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  72. Double Quantum NMR Applied to Polymer Networks with Low Concentration of Pendant Chains

    Article • Macromolecules, June 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Daniel Alberto vega, Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  73. Synthesis and characterization of model diblock copolymers of poly(dimethylsiloxane) with poly(1,4-butadiene) or poly(ethylene)

    Article • Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry, January 2006, Wiley

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  74. Arm Retraction Potential of Branched Polymers in the Absence of Dynamic Dilution

    Article • Physical Review Letters, October 2005, American Physical Society (APS)

    Professor Daniel Alberto vega, Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  75. Viscoelastic properties of networks with low concentration of pendant chains

    Article • Polymer, August 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Daniel Alberto vega, Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  76. Synthesis of polybutadiene‐graft‐poly(dimethylsiloxane) and polyethylene‐graft‐poly(dimethylsiloxane) copolymers with hydrosilylation reactions

    Article • Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry, May 2004, Wiley

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  77. Novel synthesis of polyethylene-poly(dimethylsiloxane) copolymers with a metallocene catalyst

    Article • Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry, April 2004, Wiley

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  78. Thermal and mechanical characterization of linear low-density polyethylene/wood flour composites

    Article • Journal of Applied Polymer Science, September 2003, Wiley

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar, Prof. Norma Esther Marcovich

  79. Bulk hydrosilylation reaction of poly(dimethylsiloxane) chains catalyzed by a platinum salt: Effect of the initial concentration of reactive groups on the final extent of reaction

    Article • Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry, February 2003, Wiley

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  80. Study of oriented block copolymers films obtained by roll-casting

    Article • Polymer, September 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  81. Novel synthesis of cyclic methylvinylsiloxanes by the reaction of methylvinyl diethoxysilane with phosphorous pentachloride

    Article • Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry, August 2002, Wiley

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  82. Linear viscoelastic relaxation modulus of polydisperse poly(dimethylsiloxane) melts containing unentangled chains

    Article • Polymer, May 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  83. Rheological characterization of molten ethylene–α-olefin copolymers synthesized with Et[Ind]2ZrCl2/MAO catalyst

    Article • Polymer, October 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  84. Optical properties of CaCO3-filled poly(ethylene-co-vinyl acetate) films

    Article • Optical Materials, August 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  85. Terminal Relaxation of Model Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Networks with Pendant Chains

    Article • Macromolecules, May 2001, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  86. FTIR, 13C NMR, and GPC analysis of high‐propylene content co‐ and terpolymers with ethylene and higher α‐olefins synthesized with EtInd2ZrCl2/MAO

    Article • Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry, April 2001, Wiley

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  87. Synthesis and rheological characterization of linear and star-shaped polydimethylsiloxanes

    Article • Macromolecular Symposia, March 2001, Wiley

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  88. Influence of polydispersity on the viscoelastic properties of linear polydimethylsiloxanes and their binary blends

    Article • Polymer, August 2000, Elsevier

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  89. Model polydimethylsiloxanes subjected to thermal weathering: effect on molecular weight distributions

    Article • Polymer Degradation and Stability, June 2000, Elsevier

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  90. Rouse's dynamics of networks with pendant chains

    Article • Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer Physics, June 1999, Wiley

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  91. VIBRATION MODES IN A STRING OF THREE BRANCHES

    Article • Journal of Sound and Vibration, February 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  92. Relaxation modes of molten polydimethylsiloxane

    Article • Rheologica Acta, November 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  93. Modification of propylene-ethylene copolymers by reactive extrusion

    Article • Macromolecular Symposia, March 1998, Wiley

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  94. Thermogravimetric analysis of starch-based biodegradable blends

    Article • Polymer Bulletin, August 1996, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Daniel Alberto vega, Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  95. Irradiation-modification of starch-containing thermoplastic blends. II. Rheological studies

    Article • Journal of Applied Polymer Science, July 1996, Wiley

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  96. Irradiation‐modification of starch‐containing thermoplastic blends. I. Modification of properties and microstructure

    Article • Journal of Applied Polymer Science, July 1996, Wiley

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  97. Irradiation-modification of starch-containing thermoplastic blends. I. Modification of properties and microstructure

    Article • Journal of Applied Polymer Science, July 1996, Wiley

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  98. Influence of Pendant Chains on Mechanical Properties of Model Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Networks. 1. Analysis of the Molecular Structure of the Network

    Article • Macromolecules, January 1996, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  99. Influence of Pendant Chains on Mechanical Properties of Model Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Networks. 2. Viscoelastic Properties

    Article • Macromolecules, January 1996, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  100. Permeability and diffusional studies on silicone polymer networks with controlled dangling chains

    Article • Polymer, January 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  101. Influence of the final extent of reaction on the structure of model polydimethylsiloxane networks obtained by the end-linking hydrosilation reaction

    Article • Polymer Bulletin, September 1995, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  102. Rheological properties of thermoplastic starch and starch/poly(ethylene-co-vinyl alcohol) blends

    Article • Polymer, April 1995, Elsevier

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  103. Synthesis and Characterization of Monodisperse α,ω-Divinylpolydimethylsiloxane and ω-Vinylpolydimethylsiloxane

    Article • Journal of Macromolecular Science Part A, April 1992, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  104. Block copolymers: synthesis, properties and application

    Article • SciVee, Inc

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar

  105. Block copolymers: synthesis, properties and application

    Article • SciVee, Inc

    Professor Marcelo A. Villar