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Chitin‐Derived Carbon‐Metal Functional Materials

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Functional carbon materials are synthesized from combination of biopolymer (chitin) and iron precursors. The resultant material exhibits superior surface area and adsorptive properties compared to carbon materials synthesized directly from pure chitin.
Herry Fang, Chao Hsuan (Joseph) Sung, Haitao Yu, Ezra Sarmiento, Katarina Kotanchek, Ryan Christopher Lee, Michelle Chan, David Kisailus   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chitosan-bound pyridinedicarboxylate Ni(II) and Fe(III) complex biopolymer films as waste water decyanidation agents

, 2016
Chitosan is a biopolymer with immense structural advantage for chemical and mechanical modifications to generate novel properties, functions and applications.
Oluwatoyin Omolola Olaleye, Tayo, Jubril Ayopo, Oladoyinbo, Fatai Oladipupo, Sheriff Adewuyi, Jacob, Julianah Modupe, Abdulraheem, Taofiq Olanrewaju, Jubril Ayopo Tayo, Taofiq Olanrewaju Abdulraheem, Adewuyi, Sheriff, Julianah Modupe Jacob, Olaleye, Oluwatoyin Omolola, Fatai Oladipupo Oladoyinbo   +11 more
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Advancing SafeWax, A Bio‐Inspired Superhydrophobic Coating, Toward Sustainable and Climate‐Resilient Crop Protection

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study advances SafeWax, a bio‐inspired, fatty‐acids‐based superhydrophobic coating, by identifying an agriculturally compliant solvent and revealing how solvent‐controlled Fatty acid crystallization governs the coating's microscopic structure and performance.
Niv Ben‐Arie, Iryna Polishchuk, Franziska Tauber, Coralie Schneider, Elena Prudnikov, Alessia Calora, Silvia Milita, Simona Fermani, Mireia Alejandra Ibanez Revert, Ilaria Filippetti, Claudio Ratti, Matthias Kellermeier, Markus Rueckel, Boaz Pokroy   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enhancing Textile Cotton Yarn Sizing: Investigating Factors Impacting Breaking Strength, Pick-Up Percentage, and Elongation Loss

Journal of Natural Fibers
The paper investigates the effect of machine setting on breaking strength, breaking elongation, and pick-up percentage of sized yarn properties. The factors considered are concentration of size solution, squeezing pressure and counts of yarn, the aim to ...
Derseh Yilie Limeneh, Million Ayele, Mesfin Shiferaw Wubie, Addisu Ferede Tessema, Noureddine Abidi, Zelalem Adane Alemar   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

2D Skeletal Muscle Thin Film Actuators Enhance Efficiency of Biohybrid Robots

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
2D skeletal muscle thin film actuators generate millinewton‐scale forces and millimeter‐scale strokes while remaining functional for over 30 days. Their force density is 20‐fold higher than 3D skeletal muscle actuators, enabling multi‐fin robots with tunable speed and multidirectional steering.
Maheera Bawa, Arielle Berman, Laura Schwendeman, Ferdows Afghah, Seanbiron Johnson, Ritu Raman   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Melanin's Role in Balancing Mechanical Strength and Reproductive Output in Environmentally Stressed Fungal Spores

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Melanin content directly controls fungal spore mechanical properties, with pigmented spores achieving rupture forces two orders of magnitude higher than hyaline spores. Environmental stress drives this quantity‐quality tradeoff; stressed species invest energy in melanin‐reinforced, mechanically superior thick‐walled, super‐hydrophobic spores, while ...
Atul Agrawal, Steven E. Naleway
wiley   +1 more source

Soil burial-induced degradation of cellulose films in a moisture-controlled environment

Scientific Reports
In this study, the biodegradability of cellulose films was evaluated in controlled-moisture soil environments. The films were prepared from low-quality cotton fibers through dissolution in DMAc/LiCl, casting, regeneration, glycerol plasticization, and ...
Shaida S. Rumi, Sumedha Liyanage, Noureddine Abidi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mutation in a PHD-finger protein MS4 causes male sterility in soybean

BMC Plant Biology, 2019
Background Male sterility has tremendous scientific and economic importance in hybrid seed production. Identification and characterization of a stable male sterility gene will be highly beneficial for making hybrid seed production economically feasible ...
Sandi Win Thu, Krishan Mohan Rai, Devinder Sandhu, Alex Rajangam, Vimal Kumar Balasubramanian, Reid G. Palmer, Venugopal Mendu   +6 more
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Cooperation of N- and C-terminal substrate transmembrane domain segments in intramembrane proteolysis by γ-secretase

Communications Biology, 2023
Deuterium/hydrogen exchange shows that conformational flexibility of the hybrid transmembrane domains (TMD) of amyloid precursor proteins plays a role in TMD cleavability by γ-secretase in vitro and in cellulo.
Nadine T. Werner, Philipp Högel, Gökhan Güner, Walter Stelzer, Manfred Wozny, Marlene Aßfalg, Stefan F. Lichtenthaler, Harald Steiner, Dieter Langosch   +8 more
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A biopolymer-like metal enabled hybrid material with exceptional mechanical prowess

, 2015
The design principles for naturally occurring biological materials have inspired us to develop next-generation engineering materials with remarkable performance.
Ren XB, Cui LS, Hao SJ, Ren Y, Zhang JS, Zheng YJ, Liu ZY, Zhao XQ, Liu YN, Xu HB, Li XD, Han XD, Cui, LS (reprint author), China Univ Petr, State Key Lab Heavy Oil Proc, Beijing 102249, Peoples R China., Yu C, Jiang DQ, Huan Y(郇勇), Wang YZ   +16 more
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