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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
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Chemoselective Sequential Polymerization: An Approach Toward Mixed Plastic Waste Recycling

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Inspired by biological protein metabolism, this study demonstrates the closed‐loop recycling of mixed synthetic polymers via ring‐closing depolymerization followed by a chemoselective sequential polymerizations process. The approach recovers pure polymers from mixed feedstocks, even in multilayer formats, highlighting a promising strategy to overcome a
Gadi Slor, Youwei Ma, Hyunwoo Park, Tae‐Lim Choi, Damien Guironnet, Francesco Stellacci   +5 more
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

Laser‐Based Sculpturing of Embedded Ultrathin Metal‐Oxide Nanopores for Enhanced Biomolecular Sensing

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Controlled laser‐drilling of embedded HfO2 membranes creates three layer nanopores with Gaussian‐shaped cavities sculptured in the supporting layers. These embedded solid‐state nanopores slow DNA translocation by 12‐fold compared to SiNx pores, enabling high‐resolution, label‐free detection of short DNAs, RNAs, and proteins.
Jostine Joby, Yulia Marom, Guocong Lin, Aleksandra Baron‐Wiechec, Amit Meller   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Microplastics from Wearable Bioelectronic Devices: Sources, Risks, and Sustainable Solutions

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Bioelectronic devices (e.g., e‐skins) heavily rely on polymers that at the end of their life cycle will generate microplastics. For research, a holistic approach to viewing the full impact of such devices cannot be overlooked. The potential for devices as sources for microplastics is raised, with mitigation strategies surrounding polysaccharide and ...
Conor S. Boland
wiley   +1 more source

DNA‐Templated 2D Heterostructures as Phototriggered Dynamic Nanohybrids: From Releasing Molecular Loads to Controlling Enzyme Biocatalytic Function

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
DNA strands are employed both as dynamic linkers and nanoscale templates for the integration of Ag2S nanoparticles on MoS2, which in turn imparted photothermal responsiveness; this feature permits the selective cargo (fluorophore, quantum dots or an enzyme) release from the MoS2 surface in response to local heat induced by light irradiation.
Kai Chen, Haosen Miao, Weiying Hong, Matteo Palma   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mechanism of Plant Growth Promotion and Disease Suppression by Chitosan Biopolymer

Agriculture, 2020
The chitosan (CHT) biopolymer is a de-acetylated chitin derivative that exists in the outer shell of shrimp, shellfish, lobster or crabs, as well as fungal cell walls.
M. Chakraborty, M. Hasanuzzaman, Mahfuzur Rahman, Md. Arifur Rahman Khan, P. Bhowmik, N. Mahmud, Mohsin Tanveer, Tofazzal Islam   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Fully Bio‐Based Gelatin Organohydrogels via Enzymatic Crosslinking for Sustainable Soft Strain and Temperature Sensing

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Enzymatically crosslinked gelatin‐based organohydrogels, fabricated through a fully bio‐based and scalable process, exhibit exceptional strain and temperature sensing capabilities with minimal interference from environmental humidity. These transparent, stretchable, and ionically conductive materials operate without synthetic fillers or dopants.
Pietro Tordi, Adrián Tamayo, Yeonsu Jeong, Bin Han, Tamer Al Kayal, Aida Cavallo, Massimo Bonini, Paolo Samorì   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Interfacial Shearing Behavior along Xanthan Gum Biopolymer-Treated Sand and Solid Interfaces and Its Meaning in Geotechnical Engineering Aspects

Applied Sciences, 2020
Recently, environment-friendly microbial biopolymer has been widely applied as a new construction material in geotechnical engineering practices including soil stabilization, slope protection, and ground injection.
Minhyeong Lee, Jooyoung Im, Gye-Chun Cho, Hee Hwan Ryu, Ilhan Chang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Interconnected Porous Hydrogels with Tunable Anisotropy Through Aqueous Emulsion Bioprinting

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A 3D bioprintable microporous bioink is developed using an aqueous two‐phase system (ATPS) composed of extracellular matrix (ECM) mimetic biopolymers. The ATPS bioink enables the fabrication of interconnected porous architectures with up to 70% porosity, supporting long‐term cell viability and 3D cell alignment, enabling a simultaneous generation of ...
Hugo Edgar‐Vilar, Francisca P. Correia, Inês M. Freitas, Vítor M. Gaspar, João F. Mano   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source