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Prediction of alpaca fibre quality by near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy

Animal, 2013
Rapid and efficient methods to evaluate variables associated with fibre quality are essential in animal breeding programs and fibre trade. Near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) combined with multivariate analysis was evaluated to predict textile ...
A.W. Canaza-Cayo, D. Alomar, E. Quispe
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Bioinspired Co‐Assembly Enables Multiscale Architected Hydrogels for 3D Printing With Integrated Antibacterial and Bioactive Functions

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A multicomponent supramolecular hydrogel integrating cell‐adhesive and antibacterial peptides within an alginate‐cellulose nanofibril matrix is developed. Peptide co‐assembly simultaneously strengthens the hydrogel network, improves extrusion printability, and imparts cell‐adhesive and antibacterial functions, offering a versatile platform for ...
Mor Tsuriano‐Zernichov, Francesca Netti, Sigal Rencus‐Lazar, Moran Aviv, Lihi Adler‐Abramovich   +4 more
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Bone‐Inspired Recyclable Composites for Damage‐Tolerant Circular Materials

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Bone‐inspired architected composites are developed by combining osteon‐like reinforcements with a recyclable Elium thermoplastic matrix. The hierarchical architecture redirects cracks and promotes energy dissipation, while enabling recovery of intact, aligned, load‐bearing reinforcement units that retain their original stiffness, revealing a route ...
Alessandro Stagni, Nastaran Bahrami Novin, Luigi Benvenuto, Enrico Lertora, Flavia Libonati   +4 more
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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
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The Influence of Breed and Body Region on the Wool Fibre Diameter

Poljoprivreda
To investigate the influence of a breed and body region on the wool fibre diameter, the wool samples were taken from the three body regions (shoulder, rib, and rump) of the three sheep breeds: the Merinolandschaf (ML – closed fleece), Pag sheep (PS ...
Boro Mioč, Ana Džaja, Ivan Širić, Ante Kasap, Zvonko Antunović, Valentino Držaić   +5 more
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Variability, heritability and genetic association in vegetable amaranth (Amaranthus tricolorL.)

Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, 2015
Forty three vegetable amaranth (Amaranthus tricolor L.) genotypes selected from different eco-geographic regions of Bangladesh were evaluated during 3 years (2012-2014) for genetic variability, heritability and genetic association among mineral elements ...
Umakanta Sarker, Md Tofazzal Islam, Md Golam Rabbani, Shinya Oba   +3 more
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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
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Weibull parameters determined from a comprehensive dataset of tensile testing of single carbon fibres

Data in Brief
This data article presents tensile properties of about 1200 single carbon fibres (PYROFIL™ TRW40 50L) tested at eight different gauge lengths in the range of L0∈ [20; 80] mm with approximately 150 tested fibres for each length.
Rajnish Kumar, Lars P. Mikkelsen, Hans Lilholt, Bo Madsen   +3 more
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Upcycling Keratin‐Based Textile Waste Into High‐Performance Hybrid Fibers Via Tuning the Interfacial Interactions

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Keratin recovered from animal‐hair textile waste is fractionated and blended with cellulose to produce continuously spun hybrid fibers. Selecting the high‐molecular‐weight keratin fraction enables 30 wt.% keratin incorporation while maintaining high strength in dry and wet states.
Mian Zhai, Daniel Van Opdenbosch, Inge Schlapp‐Hackl, Teemu Välisalmi, Markus Linder, Michael Hummel, Wenwen Fang   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

An analysis of the wool characteristics that determine wool price for Merino wool in South Africa

Scientific African
Globally, wool characteristics determine wool price. As a result, wool that does not match the standards for fibre diameter, clean yield and staple length at auctions are sold at cheaper prices. At global level, very few studies in the literature of wool
M. Zenda, P.J. Malan, A.C. Geyer
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