Propolis: A natural biomaterial for dental and oral healthcare [PDF]
The field of health has always emphasised on the use of natural products for curing diseases. There are varieties of natural products (such as silk, herbal tea, chitosan) used today in the biomedical application in treating a large array of systemic ...
Zohaib Khurshid+4 more
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A shape-deformable and thermally stable solid-state electrolyte based on a plastic crystal composite polymer electrolyte for flexible/safer lithium-ion batteries [PDF]
A solid-state electrolyte with reliable electrochemical performance, mechanical robustness and safety features is strongly pursued to facilitate the progress of flexible batteries.
Alarco+28 more
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The influence of ultrasonic treatment, applied during the impregnation of carbon fiber bundle by epoxy resin system, on thermal behavior of carbon fiber/epoxy resin composites in the course of crosslinknetwork formation has been analyzed by differential ...
Gordana Bogoeva-Gaceva+2 more
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Mechanical performance of glass-based geopolymer matrix composites reinforced with cellulose fibers [PDF]
Glass-based geopolymers, incorporating fly ash and borosilicate glass, were processed in conditions of high alkalinity (NaOH 10-13 M). Different formulations (fly ash and borosilicate in mixtures of 70-30 wt% and 30-70 wt%, respectively) and physical ...
Bernardo, Enrico+2 more
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Sequential curing of amine-acrylate-methacrylate mixtures based on selective aza-Michael addition followed by radical photopolymerization [PDF]
Dual curing systems find various uses in industry with the process flexibility they provide which allows tailoring properties at different curing stages in accordance with application requirements. A safe and efficient dual curing scheme is proposed here
Fernández Francos, Xavier+3 more
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Systematic coarse-graining of epoxy resins with machine learning-informed energy renormalization
A persistent challenge in molecular modeling of thermoset polymers is capturing the effects of chemical composition and degree of crosslinking (DC) on dynamical and mechanical properties with high computational efficiency.
Andrea Giuntoli+5 more
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Freeform Fabrication of Biological Scaffolds by Projection Photopolymerization [PDF]
This article presents a micro-manufacturing method for direct, projection printing of 3- dimensional (3D) scaffolds for applications in the field of tissue engineering by using a digital micro-mirror-array device (DMD) in a layer-by-layer process ...
Chen, Shaochen+3 more
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Environmental sustainability in industrial processing is one of the most fundamental requirements for sustainable development. The leather industry is known for its vast environmental pollution.
Md. Mokarom Hossain, Uttam Kumar Roy
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Sequential curing of thiol-acetoacetate-acrylate thermosets by latent Michael addition reactions [PDF]
Thiol-acetoacetate-acrylate ternary dual-curing thermosets were prepared by a sequential process consisting of thiol-Michael addition to acrylates at room temperature followed by Michael addition of acetoacetates to acrylates at moderately elevated ...
Fernández Francos, Xavier+5 more
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The concrete/mortar durability performance depends mainly on the environmental conditions, the microstructures, and its chemistry. Cement structures are subject to deterioration by the ingress of aggressive media.
Daniel Karanja Mutitu+5 more
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