Optimum sol viscosity for stable electrospinning of silica nanofibres [PDF]
, 2013 Silica nanofibres have, due to their excellent properties, promising characteristics for multiple applications such as filtration, composites, catalysis, etc. Silica nanofibres can be obtained by combining electrospinning and the sol–gel process.
De Buysser, Klaartje +4 more
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Fabrication, characterisation and performance of hydrophilic and super-hydrophilic silica as cell culture surfaces [PDF]
, 2012 We demonstrate a straightforward procedure for the controlled formation of silica films on tissue culture polystyrene (PS) surfaces. The films were formed by sequentially treating PS with polyaniline, glutaric dialdehyde and protein prior to silica ...
Boocock, DJ +4 more
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Designing hollow nano gold golf balls. [PDF]
, 2014 Hollow/porous nanoparticles, including nanocarriers, nanoshells, and mesoporous materials have applications in catalysis, photonics, biosensing, and delivery of theranostic agents.
Anzenberg, Paula +11 more
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AgronomyGlobal climate change and persistent droughts lead to soil desertification, posing significant challenges to food security. Desertified lands, characterized by high permeability, struggle to retain water, thereby hindering ecological restoration. Sand, a
Xiaoyan Ma +4 more
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Mid-infrared transmission properties of step index and large mode area ZnSe microstructured optical fibers [PDF]
, 2012 ZnSe microstructured fibers have been designed and fabricated using silica capillaries and an air-silica photonic band-gap optical fiber as high-pressure microfluidic templates for semiconductor growth via chemical fluid deposition.
Badding, J.V. +6 more
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Elimination of cracks in self-assembled photonic band gap crystals
, 2003 Thin colloidal crystals (or synthetic opals) composed of Stober silica spheres typically develop cracks when they are utilized to obtain photonic band gap crystals (or inverted opals). We find that by sintering the silica spheres prior to assembly of the
Chabanov, A. A., Jun, Y., Norris, D. J.
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ADSORPTION ESSAYS OF PALLADIUM IN MODIFIED SILICA GEL WITH THIOURONIUM GROUPS: EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORICAL STUDIES [PDF]
, 2011 Indexación: Web of Science; ScieloThe silylant 3-cloropropyltriethoxysilyl was anchored over silica gel in anhydrous conditions in order to react with thiourea to obtain modified silica gel with thiouronium. The aim to obtain an inorganic support that is
ARRATIA-PEREZ, RAMIRO +7 more
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Synthesis and Characterization of Polymer/Nanosilicagel Nano-composites [PDF]
Mechanics of Advanced Composite Structures, 2017 In this study, a polymer-silica nanocomposite using the sol-gel method was synthesized in three steps at room temperature. The nanocomposite material was formed with an organic compound (polyethylene glycol) and inorganic silica nanoparticles ...
F. Shakooeea +2 more
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Silica in Protoplanetary Disks
, 2008 Mid-infrared spectra of a few T Tauri stars (TTS) taken with the Infrared Spectrograph (IRS) on board the Spitzer Space Telescope show prominent narrow emission features indicating silica (crystalline silicon dioxide).
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The synthesis and the catalytic (catalase and tyrosinase) activities of amino acid copper complexes covalently grafted onto silica gel [PDF]
, 2006 In this work the synthesis, structure and certain catalytic properties of amino acid copper complexes covalently grafted onto silica gel are described.
Hernádi, Klára +3 more
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