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Design of Friction, Morphology, Wetting, and Protein Affinity by Cellulose Blend Thin Film Composition

Frontiers in Chemistry, 2019
Cellulose derivate phase separation in thin films was applied to generate patterned films with distinct surface morphology. Patterned polymer thin films are utilized in electronics, optics, and biotechnology but films based on bio-polymers are scarce ...
Caterina Czibula, Caterina Czibula, Gundula Teichert, Maximilian Nau, Mathias Hobisch, Chonnipa Palasingh, Markus Biesalski, Stefan Spirk, Stefan Spirk, Christian Teichert, Christian Teichert, Tiina Nypelö, Tiina Nypelö   +12 more
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Programmable Shape Morphing Metasponge

Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2023
Smart materials respond to environmental signals by changing their microstructure and physical properties. Programming multiple behaviors and functions into a single material could increase its utility and adaptability to ever‐changing environmental ...
Fernando Soto, Annie Tsui, Sushruta Surappa, Rajib Ahmed, Jie Wang, Ufuk Kılınç, Demir Akin, Utkan Demirci   +7 more
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Swelling of PDMS Networks in Solvent Vapours; Applications for Passive RFID Wireless Sensors [PDF]

, 2015
The relative degree of swelling of a poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) network in organic vapours is demonstrated to be related to the chemical and physical properties of the organic compounds.
Abbasi, Altenberend, Balasubramanian, Barton, Barton, Benesi, Cazeca, Chatterjee, Clarson, Dissanayake, Dvornic, Fiddes, Finkenzeller, George, Graiver, Hansen, Hansen, Huang, Kataoka, Kim, Lee, Lindvig, Mark, Masaro, Oprea, Patel, Potyrailo, Potyrailo, Potyrailo, Potyrailo, Rakibet, Rao, Saleem, Sanchez, Seethapathy, Spietelun, Virtanen   +36 more
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Influence of Post‐Treatment Temperature on the Stability and Swelling Behavior of Casein Microparticles

Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, 2023
This study investigates the influence of exposure time and post‐treatment temperature on the stability and swelling of casein microparticles prepared by depletion flocculation and film drying.
Md Asaduzzaman, Ronald Gebhardt
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Physical disruption of intervertebral disc promotes cell clustering and a degenerative phenotype [PDF]

, 2019
© 2019, The Author(s). To test the hypothesis that physical disruption of an intervertebral disc disturbs cell-matrix binding, leading to cell clustering and increased expression of matrix degrading enzymes that contribute towards degenerative disc cell ...
Adams, M.A., Claireaux, H., Dolan, T., Flower, L., Harding, I.J., Lama, P., Le Maitre, Christine   +6 more
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Swelling of polymer networks with topological constraints: Application of the Helmis-Heinrich-Straube model

eXPRESS Polymer Letters, 2018
For the first time since its formulation in 1986, the theoretical approach proposed by Helmis, Heinrich and Straube (HHS model), which considers the contribution of topological restrictions from entanglements to the swelling of polymer networks, is ...
B. Basterra-Beroiz, R. Rommel, F. Kayser, S. Westermann, J. L. Valentin, G. Heinrich   +5 more
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Charge-controlled swelling gradients at 200-µm resolution in an open-porous polymeric structure for compliance modulation

Frontiers in Materials, 2023
Plants combine active and passive liquid-mediated mechanisms across broad spatial and temporal scales, inspiring technological developments, in particular involving variable stiffness.
Yauheni Sarokin, Alvo Aabloo, Indrek Must   +2 more
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A Diagnostic Dilemma: Two Case Reports of Rare Presentations of Swelling in the Medial End of Clavicle [PDF]

Journal of Orthopedics and Joint Surgery
Aim and background: Patients presenting with swellings in the medial end of the clavicle are rare. The most common differential diagnoses include trauma and, less likely, osteomyelitis, arthritis, or neoplasms.
Joseph S Pittappillil, Thyagarajan Umasankar, Raghavendran Balasubramanian, Pradeep Purushothaman, Rayeez Ahmed   +4 more
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Stimuli response of polysoap hydrogels in aqueous solution and DC electric fields [PDF]

, 2000
Novel types of polysoap hydrogels based on hydrophobically-modified polyelectrolytes crosslinked with N,N-methylenebisacrylamide have been prepared by free radical polymerization at 70–80°C in aqueous solution with ammonium persulfate as initiator.
Abe, Blokzijl, Chen, De Rossi, Freitas, Freitas, Gong, Grimshaw, Hariharan, Hoffman, Ilavsky, Kaneko, Katayama, Kudo, Kwon, Mukae, Osada, Peppas, Ricka, Sekimoto, Shiga, Siberberg, Tanaka, Tanaka, Vazquez, Wang, Wang, Yang, Yang   +28 more
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Pictorial Quiz

Annals of Abbasi Shaheed Hospital and Karachi Medical & Dental College, 2021
A 12 year old female child came with c/o swelling at outer canthus of right eye, for 10 years. It does not cause her pain, no discharge and its size remained same.
Sobia Majeed, Muhammad Jamaluddin
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