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Materials Sciences and Applications (MSA) is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancements in materials. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of material…
A. Ramsaroop, K. Kanny, T. P. Mohan
In this paper, a comparative study on the fracture toughness of woven glass fibre reinforced polypropylene, chopped glass fibre reinforced polypropylene and nanoclay filled polypropylene composites is presented. Nanoclays (Cloisite 15A) of 1 wt. % to 5 wt. %…
Issa Katime, Jesús Arellano, Eduardo Mendizábal, Jorge Flores
Here we present the polymerization of n-butyl acrylate (BA), ethyl acrylate (EA) and methyl acrylate (MA) in tri-component microemulsions, using a cationic surfactant such as dodecyl trimetyl ammonium bromide in water, as a function of temperature, initiator…
S. Grandi, P. Mustarelli, A. Carollo, C. Tomasi, E. Quartarone, A. Magistris
Sol-gel is a promising technique for the synthesis of organic-inorganic hybrid materials of class II. One of the most interesting applications for these hybrid materials is as solid polymer electrolytes (SPEs). In particular, when doped with proton species th…
Adriana Veloso Maciel, Wagner da Nova Mussel, Vânya Márcia Duarte Pasa
ZnO nanowires were synthesised in a green and novel, two-step process: (1) the production of Zn nanowires by carbo-thermal reduction of a mixture of ZnO/biopitch (Eucalyptus sp. tar pitch) at 900°C for 1 h in a quartz tube placed in an electric furnace in a N…
Ramasamy Indumathy, Kalarical Janardhanan Sreeram, Muralidharan Sriranjani, Cheravathoor Poulose Aby, Balachandran Unni Nair
Conventional synthesis of silver nanoparticles employs a reducing agent and a capping agent. Surfactants are effec-tive capping agents as they prevent the aggregation of nanoparticles during storage and use. However, the biocompatibility of several of the sur…
T. N. Orlova, I. P. Terenetskaya, A. M. Eremenko, N. I. Surovtseva
The original technologies of growing silica films, impregnated with 7-dehydrocholesterol (provitamin D3) on quartz substrates and free transparent films on the basis of polyvinyl alcohol and polyvinyl butyral have been developed. Provitamin D photoisomerizati…
Yusilawati Ahmad Nor, Nurul Hafizah Sulong, Maizirwan Mel, Hamzah Mohd Salleh, Iis Sopyan
The fact of microcarrier (MC) culture introduces new possibilities and makes possible the practical high-yield culture of anchorage-dependent cells has generated a considerable focus in this study. The objective of this research was to study the comparison of…
Amelia Carolina Sparavigna, Luca Florio, Jamshid Avloni, Arthur Henn
Polypyrrole can be chemically synthesized on PET fabrics, giving rise to textiles with high electric conductivity. These textiles are suitable for several applications from antistatic films to electromagnetic interference shielding devices. Here we discuss th…
Lígia Maria Manzine Costa, Rosário Elida Suman Bretas, Rinaldo Gregorio
A study was conducted regarding the effect of concentration of poly (vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF)/N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) and PVDF/DMF/acetone solutions on the transition between electrospray and electrospinning and on the formation of the ? and ? crystall…
Levan Chkhartishvili, Ivane Murusidze
Molar binding energy of the boron nitride single-walled zigzag and armchair nanotubes is calculated within the qua-si-classical approach. We find that, in the range of ultra small radii, the binding energy of nanotubes exhibit an oscil-latory dependence on tu…
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