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Effects of the Structure of Benzenesulfonate-Based Draw Solutes on the Forward Osmosis Process

Membranes, 2022
A series of phosphonium-based ionic liquids (ILs) based on benzenesulfonate derivatives (tetrabutylphosphonium benzenesulfonate ([TBP][BS]), tetrabutylphosphonium 4-methylbenzenesulfonate ([TBP][MBS]), tetrabutylphosphonium 2,4-dimethylbenzenesulfonate ([
DaEun Yang, Yeonsu Cho, Hyo Kang
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Modified Flory-Rehner Theory to Describe the Volume Phase Transition of Thermoresponsive Microgels. An approach that accounts for the cooperativity of the volume phase transition of thermoresponsive microgels

, 2022
Friesen S. Modified Flory-Rehner Theory to Describe the Volume Phase Transition of Thermoresponsive Microgels. An approach that accounts for the cooperativity of the volume phase transition of thermoresponsive microgels. Bielefeld: Universität Bielefeld;
Friesen, Simon
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Injectable Composite Systems of Gellan Gum:Alginate Microparticles in Pluronic Hydrogels for Bioactive Cargo Controlled Delivery: Optimization of Hydrogel Composition based on Rheological Behavior

Fluids, 2022
Due to the high complexity of some treatments, there is a need to develop drug-delivery systems that can release multiple drugs/bioactive agents at different stages of treatment.
Henrique Carrêlo, André R. Escoval, Paula I. P. Soares, João P. Borges, Maria Teresa Cidade   +4 more
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Tuning the Gelation of Thermoresponsive Gels [PDF]

, 2016
Thermoresponsive gels are exciting polymeric materials with many biomedical applications in medical devices, drug delivery, tissue engineering and bio-printing.
Georgiou, Constantinou, A
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Thermoresponsive Starch Nanoparticles for the Extraction of Bitumen from Oil Sands

Colloids and Interfaces, 2022
Starch nanoparticles (SNPs) useful for the extraction of bitumen from oil sands were obtained by modification with thermoresponsive poly(di(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate) (PMEO2MA) segments through RAFT (Reversible Addition–Fragmentation ...
Natun Dasgupta, Jun-Zhi Oliver Wang, Vo Thu An Nguyen, Mario Gauthier   +3 more
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A Way to Predict Gold Nanoparticles/Polymer Hybrid Microgel Agglomeration Based on Rheological Studies

Nanomaterials, 2019
In this work, a detailed rheological study of hybrid poly(acrylamide-co-acrylic acid) P(AAm-co-AAc) aqueous microgel dispersions is performed. Our intention is to understand how the presence of gold nanoparticles, AuNP, embedded within the microgel ...
Coro Echeverría, Carmen Mijangos
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Mini-review antimicrobial smart materials: the future’s defense against wound infections

Frontiers in Biomaterials Science, 2023
The overuse of antibiotics to treat bacterial infections along with bacteria’s propensity to form biofilm communities has resulted in an alarming rise in drug-resistant microbes.
Mary Beth Browning Monroe, Mary Beth Browning Monroe, David A. Fikhman, David A. Fikhman   +3 more
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Effect of the Core/Shell Particle Synthesis Method on the Physico–Chemical Properties of Their Shell and Sensory Properties of 3D-Ordered Films

Colloids and Interfaces
In this work, we investigated the influence of the synthetic conditions of core/shell particles on physico–chemical properties of their shells, the process of self-assembly of particles into 3D-ordered structures, and the sensitivity of films based on ...
Olga Iakobson, Elena Ivankova, Svetlana Laishevkina, Natalia Shevchenko   +3 more
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Anisotropic Thermal Expansion in an Anionic Framework Showing Guest-Dependent Phases

Frontiers in Chemistry, 2020
Crystalline materials generally show small positive thermal expansion along all three crystallographic axes because of increasing anharmonic vibrational amplitudes between bonded atoms or ions pairs on heating.
Zhu Zhuo, Zhu Zhuo, You-Gui Huang, You-Gui Huang, Krista S. Walton, Osamu Sato   +5 more
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The influence of a thermoresponsive polymer on the microdynamic phase transition mechanisms of distinctly structured thermoresponsive ionic liquids

, 2017
The study of a ternary solution involving a thermoresponsive polymer, a thermoresponsive ionic liquid (IL), and a solvent will not only help with interpreting their distinct phase transition behavior, but also promote the development of novel ...
Lan Ma, Peiyi Wu, Ge Wang, Shengtong Sun
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