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Overview

Juan C. Ronda is affiliated with Rovira i Virgili University in Spain, focusing primarily on research within the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry. Their scholarly work spans a range of topics related to polymers, including advanced polymer synthesis and characterization, biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, dendrimers and hyperbranched polymers, synthetic organic chemistry methods, polymer surface interaction studies, lignin and wood chemistry, and polymer composites and self-healing.

The scientist's publication record includes research articles published across various journals. Frequent venues for their work include:

  • European Polymer Journal
  • Small
  • Green Chemistry
  • Macromolecules
  • Biomacromolecules

Recent papers by Juan C. Ronda highlight their contributions to polymer chemistry and materials science:

  • Programming Self-Assembly and Stimuli-Triggered Response of Hydrophilic Telechelic Polymers with Sequence-Encoded Hydrophobic Initiators, 2020, Macromolecules
  • Breathable Lignin Nanoparticles as Reversible Gas Swellable Nanoreactors, 2022, Small
  • Bio-based ABA triblock copolymers with central degradable moieties, 2021, European Polymer Journal
  • Biosourced All-Acrylic ABA Block Copolymers with Lactic Acid-Based Soft Phase, 2020, Molecules
  • Dual Biochemically Breakable Drug Carriers from Programmed Telechelic Homopolymers, 2020, Biomacromolecules

Collaboration has been an element of their research activity, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Marina Galià
  • Gerard Lligadas
  • Virgínia Cádiz
  • Adrián Moreno
  • Virgil Percec

Their work is situated within several subfields of study such as organic chemistry, biomaterials, polymers and plastics, mechanical engineering, and surfaces, coatings and films. The breadth of their research reflects a multidisciplinary approach, with a strong emphasis on polymer chemistry and material applications.

Best Publications

  • Renewable polymeric materials from vegetable oils: A perspective

    Gerard Lligadas;Juan C. Ronda;Marina Galià;Virginia Cádiz

  • Plant oils as platform chemicals for polyurethane synthesis: current state-of-the-art.

    Gerard Lligadas;Juan C. Ronda;Marina Galià;Virginia Cádiz

  • Vegetable oils as platform chemicals for polymer synthesis

    Juan Carlos Ronda;Gerard Lligadas;Marina Galià;Virgínia Cádiz

  • Synthesis and characterization of polyurethanes from epoxidized methyl oleate based polyether polyols as renewable resources

    G. Lligadas;J. C. Ronda;M. Galià;U. Biermann

  • Steric communication of chiral information observed in dendronized polyacetylenes.

    Virgil Percec;Emad Aqad;Mihai Peterca;Jonathan G. Rudick

  • Boron-containing novolac resins as flame retardant materials

    C. Martín;J.C. Ronda;V. Cádiz

  • Synthesis of novel benzoxazines containing glycidyl groups: A study of the crosslinking behavior

    R. Andreu;M. A. Espinosa;M. Galià;V. Cádiz

  • Preparation, thermal properties and flame retardancy of phosphorus-and silicon-containing epoxy resins

    M. Spontón;L.A. Mercado;J.C. Ronda;M. Galià

  • Polybenzoxazines: new players in the bio-based polymer arena

    Gerard Lligadas;Alev Tüzün;Juan C. Ronda;Marina Galià

  • A renewable approach to thermosetting resins

    Juan C. Ronda;Gerard Lligadas;Marina Galià;Virginia Cádiz

  • Polybenzoxazines from renewable diphenolic acid

    C. Zúñiga;M. S. Larrechi;G. Lligadas;J. C. Ronda

  • Development of a DOPO-containing benzoxazine and its high-performance flame retardant copolybenzoxazines

    M. Spontón;G. Lligadas;J.C. Ronda;M. Galià

  • Cone calorimetry studies of benzoxazine–epoxy systems flame retarded by chemically bonded phosphorus or silicon

    Marisa Elisabet Spontón;J. Ronda;M. Galià;V. Cádiz

  • Oleic and Undecylenic Acids as Renewable Feedstocks in the Synthesis of Polyols and Polyurethanes

    Gerard Lligadas;Juan C. Ronda;Marina Galià;Virginia Cádiz

  • Renewable benzoxazine monomers from “lignin‐like” naturally occurring phenolic derivatives

    Marc Comí;Gerard Lligadas;Juan C. Ronda;Marina Galià

  • A new route to acrylate oils: Crosslinking and properties of acrylate triglycerides from high oleic sunflower oil

    L. Montero de Espinosa;J. C. Ronda;M. Galià;V. Cádiz

  • Development of novel phosphorus‐containing epoxy resins from renewable resources

    G. Lligadas;J. C. Ronda;M. Galià;V. Cádiz

  • Self-foaming diphenolic acid benzoxazine

    Camilo Zúñiga;Gerard Lligadas;Juan Carlos Ronda;Marina Galià

  • A Green Approach Toward Oleic- and Undecylenic Acid-Derived Polyurethanes

    R. J. González-Paz;C. Lluch;G. Lligadas;J. C. Ronda

  • Monomers and polymers from plant oils via click chemistry reactions

    Gerard Lligadas;Juan C. Ronda;Marina Galià;Virginia Cádiz

  • Novel silicon-containing polyurethanes from vegetable oils as renewable resources. Synthesis and properties.

    Gerard Lligadas;Juan C Ronda;Marina Galià;Virginia Cádiz

Frequent Co-Authors

Virginia Cádiz
Virginia Cádiz Rovira i Virgili University
Marina Galià
Marina Galià Rovira i Virgili University
Virgil Percec
Virgil Percec University of Pennsylvania
Michael A. R. Meier
Michael A. R. Meier Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Cesar Rodriguez-Emmenegger
Cesar Rodriguez-Emmenegger RWTH Aachen University
Philippe Dubois
Philippe Dubois University of Mons
Gianluca Ciardelli
Gianluca Ciardelli Polytechnic University of Turin
Alain Celzard
Alain Celzard University of Lorraine
Roberto Lazzaroni
Roberto Lazzaroni University of Mons
David Beljonne
David Beljonne University of Mons

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