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Elasticity of Stiff Biopolymers

, 2007
We present a statistical mechanical study of stiff polymers, motivated by experiments on actin filaments and the considerable current interest in polymer networks.
Abhijit Ghosh, B. Alberts, H. Kleinert, H. Yamakawa, Joseph Samuel, L. D. Landau, L. S. Schulman, O. Kratky, P. Nelson, R. P. Feynman, S. F. Edwards, Stephen Wolfram, Supurna Sinha   +12 more
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Theory of biopolymer stretching at high forces

, 2009
We provide a unified theory for the high force elasticity of biopolymers solely in terms of the persistence length, $\xi_p$, and the monomer spacing, $a$.
Barrat J.-L., Baumann C. G., Bouchiat C., Bustamante C., Caliskan G., Cluzel P., Danilowicz C., de Gennes P.-G., Dessinges M.-N., Dobrynin A. V., Fisher T. E., Flory P., Guttmann A. J., Ha B. Y., Hyeon C., Hyeon C., Ke C., Klimov D., Krawczyk J., Kremer K., Lee G., Li H., Li H., Linke W. A., Livadaru L., Marko J. F., Marszalek P. E., Marszalek P. E., Marszalek P. E., Morrison G., Netz R. R., Odijk T., Pincus P., Rief M., Rief M., Rivetti C., Rosa A., Saleh O. A., Seol Y., Seol Y., Smith S. B., Smith S. B., Storm C., Strick T. R., Toan N. M., Toan N. M., Wang M. D., Wuite G. J.   +47 more
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Fate and impact of organics in an immersed membrane bioreactor applied to brine denitrification and ion exchange regeneration [PDF]

, 2010
The application of membrane bioreactors (MBRs) to brine denitrification for ion exchange regeneration has been studied. The developed culture was capable of complete brine denitrification at 50 gNaCl.l−1.
Judd, Simon J., McAdam, Ewan J., Pawlett, Mark   +2 more
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A comprehensive review on types and properties of biopolymers as sustainable bio‐based alternatives for packaging

Food Biomacromolecules
Biopolymers, derived from renewable resources such as plants, animals, and microorganisms, are emerging as sustainable alternatives to traditional petroleum‐based polymers.
Ditimoni Dutta, Nandan Sit
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Biopolymers as a sustainable solution for the enhancement of soil mechanical properties

Scientific Reports, 2020
Improving soil engineering properties is an inevitable process before construction on soft soil. Increasing soil strength with chemical stabilizing agents, such as cement, raises environmental concerns. Therefore, sustainable solutions are in high demand.
A. Soldo, M. Miletić, M. Auad
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Statics and dynamics of single DNA molecules confined in nanochannels [PDF]

, 2005
The successful design of nanofluidic devices for the manipulation of biopolymers requires an understanding of how the predictions of soft condensed matter physics scale with device dimensions.
C. Bouchiat, Erwin Frey, G. K. Batchelor, James C. Sturm, Keith J. Morton, L. Turban, Michael Rosen, P. G. de Gennes, Robert H. Austin, Robert Riehn, S. B. Smith, Stephen Y. Chou, T. Perkins, Walter Reisner, Yan Mei Wang, Zhaoning Yu   +15 more
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Comparison of the aerobic biodegradation of biopolymers and the corresponding bioplastics: A review.

Science of the Total Environment, 2020
Biodegradable plastics made from biopolymers (made in nature) or from bio-based polymers (made in a factory) are becoming increasingly important in replacing the massive amounts of conventional, non-degradable fossil-based plastics that have been ...
E. Polman, G. Gruter, J. Parsons, A. Tietema   +3 more
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The effect of disorder in the contact probability of elongated conformations of biopolymers

, 2015
Biopolymers are characterized by heterogeneous interactions, and usually perform their biological tasks forming contacts within domains of limited size. Combining polymer theory with a replica approach, we study the scaling properties of the probability ...
Tiana, Guido
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Facile preparation of agarose-chitosan hybrid materials and nanocomposite ionogels using an ionic liquid via dissolution, regeneration and sol-gel transition [PDF]

, 2014
We report simultaneous dissolution of agarose (AG) and chitosan (CH) in varying proportions in an ionic liquid (IL), 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride [C4mim][Cl].
Kumar, Arvind, Rao, K. Srinivasa, Trivedi, Tushar J.   +2 more
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Recent trends in organic coating based on biopolymers and biomass for controlled and slow release fertilizers.

Journal of Controlled Release, 2020
The growth of the human population is causing an exponential increase in the need for food. Fertilizers are one of the most important elements to meet this increased demand and to ensure global food security. Many enhanced efficiency fertilizers, such as
Saloua Fertahi, M. Ilsouk, Y. Zeroual, A. Oukarroum, A. Barakat   +4 more
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