Membranes, 2021 Forward osmosis (FO) membrane process is expected to realize energy-saving seawater desalination. To this end, energy-saving water recovery from a draw solution (DS) and effective DS regeneration are essential.
Eiji Kamio +6 more
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Glutathione-triggered disassembly of isothermally responsive polymer nanoparticles obtained by nanoprecipitation of hydrophilic polymers [PDF]
, 2013 The encapsulation and selective delivery of therapeutic compounds within polymeric nanoparticles offers hope for the treatment of a variety of diseases. Traditional approaches to trigger selective cargo release typically rely on polymer degradation which
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Synthesis and characterization of PIL/pNIPAAm hybrid hydrogels
Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering, 2016 In this study, varying amounts of NIPAAm and an ionic liquid (IL), namely 1-vinyl-3-isopropylimidazolium bromide ([ViPrIm]+[Br]−), have been used to synthesize hybrid hydrogels by radical emulsion polymerization. Amounts of 70/30%, 50/50%, 30/70%, 15/85%
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Thermally Responsive Hydrogels for Passive Temperature Regulation under Direct Sunlight
Advanced Photonics Research, 2023 By spontaneously emitting midinfrared radiation to outer space through the atmospheric window and reflecting sunlight, daytime radiative coolers achieve notable passive cooling performance.
Dajie Xie +9 more
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Phase Behavior and Heat Capacity of {DPnP + Water} Mixtures at the Temperature Range of 273.15–338.15 K [PDF]
, 2015 Research ArticleThe differential scanning calorimetry method (DSC) was used to examine the miscibility in the {dipropylene glycol propyl ether (DPnP) + water ...
Góralski, Paweł +2 more
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Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2023 The kinetics of water transfer between the lower critical solution temperature (LCST) and upper critical solution temperature (UCST) thermoresponsive blocks in about 10 nm thin films of a diblock copolymer is monitored by in situ neutron reflectivity ...
Neng Hu +10 more
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Tunable Thermo-Responsive Properties of Hydroxybutyl Chitosan Oligosaccharide
Frontiers in Chemistry, 2022 In this study, a simple method was used to synthesize novel thermosensitive hydroxybutyl chitosan oligosaccharide (HBCOS) by introducing hydroxybutyl groups to C6–OH of chitosan oligosaccharide (COS) chain.
Chong Chen +6 more
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Artificial Extracellular Matrix Proteins Containing Phenylalanine Analogues Biosynthesized in Bacteria Using T7 Expression System and the PEGylation [PDF]
, 2011 In vivo incorporation of phenylalanine (Phe) analogues into an artificial extracellular matrix protein (aECM-CS5-ELF) was accomplished using a bacterial expression host that harbors the mutant phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase (PheRS) with an enlarged binding
Furukawa, Yuya +6 more
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Soluplus solutions as thermothickening materials for topical drug delivery. [PDF]
, 2019 Soluplus is a pharmaceutical excipient used primarily in the manufacture of solid dispersions. The polymer also exhibits interesting rheology in aqueous solution, increasing in viscosity as the solution is warmed.
Abou Shamat, Mohamad, Cook, Michael
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Creation of Coatings by Temperature-Controlled Polymer Deposition
Eurasian Chemico-Technological Journal, 2009 In this paper, the results of the recent studies on application of lower critical solution temperature (LCST) phenomena of polymer solutions to the surface modification of flat and spherical substrates are reported. It was found that a controlled polymer
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