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surfaceroughness, etc ; cytotoxicity; doxorubicin; nanoparticles; porous media; silica; slurries; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Colloids with rough topography demonstrate more complex interactions and tremendous potential in industrial applications. However, relevant studies suffer from a range of challenges, including cumbersome synthesis, complex characterization, and very limited functionalities. A comprehensive study of rough nanoparticles can not only broaden our understanding of rough colloids, but also help to avoid ...
Peter Serles; Michel Haché; Jason Tam; Alianna Maguire; Tao Li; Guorui Wang; Keith Sebastian; Jun Lou; Charles Jia; Pulickel M. Ajayan; Jane Howe; Yu Zou; Tobin Filleter
surfaceroughness, etc ; carbon; geometry; modulus of elasticity; photons; polymerization; polymers; porosity; pyrolysis; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Rapid production of nanoscale carbon-based designs with complex 3D geometry has been recently enabled by nano-3D printing via two-photon polymerization (2PP) combined with post-pyrolysis of the printed polymer. Upon pyrolysis, the design is converted to predominantly carbon, but it remains critical to select the appropriate 2PP printing parameters to produce a high stiffness and strength carbon ma ...
surfaceroughness, etc ; barns; composts; lighting; optical equipment; portable equipment; roughness; soil; vision; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Knowledge of surface roughness with the consequent presence of crust in the soil is important information for the rational management of environmental resources. Soil surface roughness can be determined by contact and noncontact methods. Contact methods have lower values and precision than noncontact methods. Therefore, the objective of this study was to develop low-cost, portable and robust optic ...
surfaceroughness, etc ; absorption; absorptivity; carbon nanotubes; electromagnetic field; evaporation rate; heat; liquids; nanoparticles; roughness; solar energy; temperature; Show all 12 Subjects
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... Hypothesis: Nanostructured materials are widely used for solar energy harvesting and conversion due to their excellent photothermal properties. It is generally accepted that the better the light absorption ability, the better the photothermal conversion efficiency. Experiment: A series of experiments in solar evaporation of liquid marbles (LMs) by coating the droplets with Fe₃O₄, Ni nanoparticles ...
surfaceroughness, etc ; antibacterial properties; biocompatibility; biodegradability; chitosan; composite films; hydrocolloids; light transmission; lignin; nanogels; oxygen; soy protein isolate; tensile strength; Show all 13 Subjects
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... Chitosan (CS) films have demonstrated strong antibacterial properties, excellent biocompatibility and biodegradability, but poor UV blocking, oxygen and water barrier and mechanical properties limit their application in antimicrobial food packaging. In this study, CS films were incorporated with nanofillers, including lignin nanoparticles (LNP, 1–5 wt %) and acylated soy protein isolate nanogel (A ...
... Super-hydrophilic/underwater super-oleophobic materials composed of biomass show great advantages for the treatment of oily wastewater due to their inherent fouling resistance. However, the development of three-dimensional materials from biomass for oil–water separation is still a challenge. It is universally acknowledged that constructing a rough structure on the surface of hydrophilic substrates ...
surfaceroughness, etc ; absorption; calyx; electron microscopy; endothermy; food chemistry; hydrogen bonding; intestinal absorption; intestines; models; particle size distribution; peptides; sodium; van der Waals forces; zeta potential; Show all 15 Subjects
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... Delivering bioactive peptides orally is hampered by poor absorption across the gastrointestinal barrier. Using the walnut-derived peptide PW5, PPKNW, we explored whether coformulation of peptides with absorption enhancer sodium N-[8-(2-hydroxybenzoyl)aminocaprylate] (SNAC) could improve the intestinal absorption of orally-administered bioactive peptides. Herein, the application of SNAC enhanced th ...
surfaceroughness, etc ; anthocyanins; asymmetric membranes; atomic force microscopy; biocomposites; biodegradability; biopolymers; chitosan; electron microscopy; food chemistry; food packaging; food quality; industry; milk; porosity; spoilage; starch; water solubility; water vapor; Show all 19 Subjects
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... The use of biopolymers is gaining momentum owing to their compatibility with various food commodities and acceptability by the industry and consumers. Biopolymers integrated with natural pigments can be used for assessing the quality of perishable packaged food products. Here, a biodegradable composite membrane of starch and chitosan, integrated with anthocyanin has been developed. The chromogenic ...
... It is critical in today's modern manufacturing era to have a machining system that is both environmentally and economically beneficial. It is therefore necessary in many ways to illustrate a relationship between technological, economic and sustainability measures in the machining of Inconel 718. In present investigation, the experimental studies are incorporated by the use of the dry and MQL (mini ...
... The influence of roughness, aperture and asperity irregularity on fluid flow regimes in rough rock fractures was investigated by performing coupled triaxial water flow tests and fluid dynamic computation. Ten sets of fabricated curved wedges were developed to obtain different fracture surface roughness by splitting under compression. Three fluid flow regimes were identified in mated rock fractures ...
surfaceroughness, etc ; microstructure; nanocomposites; thermosensitivity; Show all 4 Subjects
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... Yield-stress support bath-enabled three-dimensional (3D) printing has been widely used in recent years for diverse applications. However, current yield-stress fluids usually possess single microstructures and still face the challenges of on-demand adding and/or removing support bath materials during printing, constraining their application scope. This study aims to propose a concept of stimuli-res ...
... Orientated-type flow channels of proton exchange membrane fuel cells having baffles increase the cell performance, however, the higher power loss accounted by baffles, is a non-ignorable disadvantage. Previous literature proves that the baffles in channels cause the increase in power losses, while how the baffles affect the power losses, including the frictional losses and local losses, are still ...
surfaceroughness, etc ; probability; roughness; technology; Show all 4 Subjects
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... Although hydrocyclone has been extensively used in various separation processes, there is a lack of systematic analysis on the wear mechanism. Herein, we did the flow experiment under four valve openings of 23°, 30°, 36° and 41°, and the results showed that there were few depressions at the overflow port and the wear was not serious compared with the inlet. The increase of inlet velocity would inc ...
surfaceroughness, etc ; delamination; flax; jute; vibration; Show all 5 Subjects
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... The usage area of natural fiber reinforced composite materials has been increasing day by day, due to their attaining to not only ecological benefits but also high mechanical properties with their low weight. After the fabrication of natural fiber reinforced composites, they need to be subjected to secondary processes such as milling, drilling and turning processes according to their field of use. ...
surfaceroughness, etc ; anisotropy; energy; surface tension; Show all 4 Subjects
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... The solution-based synthesis in a confined space between two parallel plates has been demonstrated to be a potential approach to grow single-crystal perovskite films of large sizes, such as CH₃NH₃PbX₃ (X = Br and I) single-crystal films. In this work, we study the effects of surface roughness on the separation between two parallel, rough plates, and heterogeneous nucleation of an embryo in the sha ...
surfaceroughness, etc ; absorption; azulene; polymers; transistors; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Two poly(2,6-azuleneethynylene)s (PAzE-1 and PAzE-2) were designed and synthesized. The 2,6-azulene units are head-to-tail-arranged in PAzE-1, while there are three types of orientations of 2,6-azulene units in PAzE-2: head-to-tail, head-to-head, and tail-to-tail segments, of which the head-to-tail one accounts for about 27% (determined from ¹H NMR spectra). Such a structural distinction endows th ...
... The prevention and control of natural gas explosion accidents in utility tunnels have drawn great concern due to the unexpected severe consequence. In this study, put forward an explosion suppression measure apply to utility tunnels. An experimental platform for simulating the process of the natural gas explosion in utility tunnels is set up to study the flame propagation law and pressure dynamics ...
surfaceroughness, etc ; cohesion; friction; people; roughness; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Compared with large amount of work on the powder layer characteristics in powder-bed-based additive manufacturing (AM) under different operating conditions and powder properties, the significant effects of powder surface chemistry on the quality of the powder layer were less investigated. To further enhance people's insights in this aspect so as to obtain superior powder layer for subsequent proce ...
Stefania Aivali; Peisen Yuan; Julianna Panidi; Dimitra G. Georgiadou; Themis Prodromakis; Joannis K. Kallitsis; Panagiotis E. Keivanidis; Aikaterini K. Andreopoulou
surfaceroughness, etc ; absorption; energy; molecular conformation; solubility; Show all 5 Subjects
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... A route toward processable n-type terpolymers is presented herein based on the random donor–acceptor–donor–acceptor (D–A1)-(D–A2) molecular configuration. Carbazole is utilized as the electron donating unit (D) combined with perylene diimide (PDI) as the first electron acceptor (A1) and either one of two different benzothiadiazole (BTZ) derivatives (di-thienyl substituted-BTZ and di-3,4-ethylenedi ...
surfaceroughness, etc ; geology; geometry; lidar; roughness; scanners; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Evaluating topographical roughness along exposed rock surfaces is to a large extent subjective to the intended application and the related measurement scale. In tunneling and mining applications, topographical roughness of rock surfaces is a key factor in assessing the performance of extractive processes such as blasting backbreak, haulage surface condition and excavation geometry. The scale used ...