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A Predictive Instrument for Sensitive and Expedited Measurement of Ultra-Barrier Permeation
Engineering, 2021 The reliable operation of flexible display devices poses a significant engineering challenge regarding the metrology of high barriers against water vapor.
Jianfeng Wanyan +7 more
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Tungsten nitride as tritium permeation barrier
Nuclear Materials and Energy, 2020 The development and application of robust tritium permeation barrier coatings is crucial for a safe and economic fusion reactor operation. Three different tungsten and tungsten nitride layers on Eurofer97 substrates were investigated by deuterium ...
A. Houben +3 more
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Purinergic signaling: A gatekeeper of blood-brain barrier permeation
Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2023 This review outlined evidence that purinergic signaling is involved in the modulation of blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability. The functional and structural integrity of the BBB is critical for maintaining the homeostasis of the brain microenvironment.
Yuemei Wang +6 more
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THIN NITRIDE LAYERS AS PERMEATION BARRIERS
Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings, 2018 Permeation barriers represent one of the crucial fields in materials development for thermonuclear fusion. Primary objective of the barriers is to suppress the permeation of hydrogen isotopes (mainly tritium) from future thermonuclear fusion facilities ...
Jakub Veverka +5 more
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In silico analysis of sodium ion permeation mechanisms in transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 [PDF]
Scientific ReportsTransient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) is a non-selective cation channel activated by heat, acidity and chemical ligands. While molecular dynamics simulations have shed some light on the cation permeation processes of TRPV1, the mechanisms in ...
Yuki Nagasato +6 more
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Simulating the Permeation of Toxic Chemicals through Barrier Materials
MembranesChemical warfare agents that are liquids with low vapor pressure pose a contact hazard to anyone who encounters them. Personal protective equipment (PPE) is utilized to ensure safe interaction with these agents. A commonly used method to characterize the
Alex Bicket, Vivian Lau, Jules Thibault
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Cells, 2022 Significant advancements in the field of preclinical in vitro blood-brain barrier (BBB) models have been achieved in recent years, by developing monolayer-based culture systems towards complex multi-cellular assays.
Leopold Koenig +11 more
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Pharmaceutics, 2022 Various types of artificial biomimetic barriers are widely utilized as in vitro tools to predict the passive “transcellular” transport of drug compounds.
Jonas Borregaard Eriksen +4 more
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Permeation Protection by Waterproofing Mucosal Membranes
Pharmaceutics, 2023 The permeability of the oral or nasal mucosa is higher than that of the skin. Mucosa permeability depends mainly on the thickness and keratinization degree of the tissues. Their permeability barrier is conditioned by the presence of certain lipids.
Luisa Coderch +6 more
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Nuclear Materials and Energy, 2022 Functional ceramic coatings have been investigated for several decades to mitigate tritium permeation through structural materials in a fusion reactor blanket.
Sota Miura +6 more
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