Polymeric materials are used for personal protective equipment (PPE), which is mandatory for clinicians to use when handling coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients. The development of diagnostic tools and vaccines for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is also dependent on polymer technology. This current report aims to provide readers with the trend of polymer research regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, by employing bibliometric analysis. A literature search on the Scopus database (31 January 2022) was carried out using predetermined terms. Using Scopus database features, the publications were filtered based on the year of publication (2020–2022), types of articles (original research and review), and language (English). The metadata were extracted in a CSV (.csv) file, to be later used in VOSviewer software. The data were presented in a table, graph, and network visualization. As many as 512 publications were included, consisting of 66.4% original research articles and 33.6% review articles. Most of the publications were written by authors whose affiliation was in the United States (n = 118, 23%) and covering the Materials Science subject area (n = 142, 27.7%). The Ministry of Education of China was the most productive organization, publishing 11 articles. The National Science Foundation of China was the top funding source, supporting 45 publications. Heinz C. Schröder was the most prolific author, publishing nine articles. Science of the Total Environment was the leading journal publishing the included studies. The trend of polymer technology related to COVID-19 mostly covers PPE and waste-management themes. The use of polymer technology as a delivery system for the anti-SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 vaccine is also among the frequently researched areas. We encourage more research in the field of polymer technology be carried out, to overcome the global pandemic.

In this study, new nitrogen-doped carbon dots (N-CDs) were prepared by utilizing rambutan seed waste and l-aspartic acid as dual precursors (carbon and nitrogen sources) through a hydrothermal treatment method and applied as a fluorescent sensor toward Congo red.

Essential oils are oils derived from plants that are aromatic. Numeg leaves are part of plant that containing essential oil. Each of essential oils from different plants will have different physical properties. In this study, the essential oil is produced using steam distillation method. The purpose of this study was to determine the physical properties of essential oils of nutmeg leaves South Aceh. The physical properties of essential oils can be evaluated from the percentage of moisture content, ash content, aroma, color, and rendemen. The results showed that the essential oil of nutmeg leaves are pale yellow, has a characteristic smell of nutmeg, the percentage of moisture content and ash, viscosity, density is respectively 6.8%, 2.1%, 0.4% yield density, 3.8 P, 0576 g/cm3. The essential oil of nutmeg leaves South Aceh can be used as pharmaceuticals. But the density of leaf nutmeg oil does not comply with ISO Standard.

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