Chemical treatment of cotton fabric by eco-friendly carbon quantum dots-chitosan nanocomposites [PDF]
The current research aims to synthesize carbon quantum dots-chitosan nanocomposites (CQDs-CS) and investigate the effects of its adding on the various properties of cotton fabric like color fastness, color features and antimicrobial activity.
Abbas Madhi, Behzad Shirkavand Hadavand
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Study on the Synthesis of Water-dispersible Acrylic Resin Containing Hydroxyl Group` [PDF]
Hydroxy acrylic resin is a long-chain polymer material formed by cleavage and recombination of double bonds of various acrylates and methacrylates under the action of initiators.
Jing Ma +7 more
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Targeting the Gut Mucosal Immune System Using Nanomaterials
The gastrointestinal (GI) tract is one the biggest mucosal surface in the body and one of the primary targets for the delivery of therapeutics, including immunotherapies.
Jacob McCright +5 more
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Parameter Study for the Ice Adhesion Centrifuge Test
In this study, we assessed the effects of ice types, test parameters, and surface properties on measurement data of the ice adhesion centrifuge test. This method is often used for the evaluation of low ice adhesion surfaces, although no test standard has
Nadine Rehfeld +2 more
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A simple method to align cells on 3D hydrogels using 3D printed molds
Vascular smooth muscle cells align circumferentially around the vessel lumen, which allows these cells to control vascular tone by contracting and relaxing.
Jesse Vo +3 more
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Combinatorial microRNA Loading into Extracellular Vesicles for Increased Anti-Inflammatory Efficacy
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) have emerged as promising therapeutic entities in part due to their potential to regulate multiple signaling pathways in target cells.
Alex Eli Pottash +6 more
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Assisting classical paintings restoration : efficient paint loss detection and descriptor-based inpainting using shared pretraining [PDF]
In the restoration process of classical paintings, one of the tasks is to map paint loss for documentation and analysing purposes. Because this is such a sizable and tedious job automatic techniques are highly on demand.
Devolder, Bart +7 more
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Self‐Assembly of Immune Signals to Program Innate Immunity through Rational Adjuvant Design
Recent clinical studies show activating multiple innate immune pathways drives robust responses in infection and cancer. Biomaterials offer useful features to deliver multiple cargos, but add translational complexity and intrinsic immune signatures that ...
Michelle L. Bookstaver +12 more
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Localization-assisted stimulated Brillouin scattering spectroscopy
Brillouin spectroscopy has emerged as a promising modality to noninvasively probe the mechanical properties of biologically relevant materials. Stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) has the potential to improve measurement speed and resolution by ...
Giulia Zanini, Giuliano Scarcelli
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Methods for the detection and characterization of boat paint microplastics in the marine environment
Microplastics in the marine environment have been the focus of intense research recently, however little attention has been given to boat paint sources, despite its direct influence on the marine ecosystem.
Andreas Gondikas +3 more
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