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Upcycling Keratin‐Based Textile Waste Into High‐Performance Hybrid Fibers Via Tuning the Interfacial Interactions

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Keratin recovered from animal‐hair textile waste is fractionated and blended with cellulose to produce continuously spun hybrid fibers. Selecting the high‐molecular‐weight keratin fraction enables 30 wt.% keratin incorporation while maintaining high strength in dry and wet states.
Mian Zhai   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pressure Drop Characteristics on Gas/Liquid Two-Phase Flow in A Curved Mini-Channel Affected by The Wall Wettability

open access: yesJournal of Fluid Science and Technology, 2007
In the present investigation, detailed observation on the pressure drop characteristics affected by the wall wettability in a curved mini-channel were carried out. The test channel is the serpentine channel with six straight sections and curved sections.
Toru SUKAWA   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of Adding Nanosilica on Acrylic and Siloxane Hydrophobic Coatings to Protect Calcite Stones [PDF]

open access: yesعلوم و تکنولوژی پلیمر, 2019
Hypothesis: Both acrylic and siloxane polymers show good water-repellency when applied on the surface of mineral materials, such as bricks and stones. This property makes them an option to protect the porous surfaces of mineral, such as stone artworks ...
Amir Ershad-Langroudi, Nasim Azadi
doaj   +1 more source

The effectiveness of commercially available wetting agents for combating on-site soil water repellency in sandy soil [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Soil hydrophobicity reported to be a worldwide problem throughout the world and Australia affecting diverse soil types particularly soil with high sand content.
Nowbakht, Maryam
core  

Advancing Human Skin Equivalents: The Crucial Role of Neurovascular Integration

open access: yesAdvanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This review discusses the importance of integrating vascular and peripheral nerve systems into human skin equivalents (HSEs) to better recapitulate native skin physiology. Recent advances in vascularized, innervated, and neurovascularized HSEs are highlighted, together with emerging bioengineering strategies, current challenges, and future ...
Hao Wu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Thermodynamic Limits to Molecular Doping in Conjugated Polymers: A Perspective on Phase Behavior and Miscibility

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
Molecular doping of conjugated polymers is fundamentally constrained by thermodynamic phase behavior. This Perspective reframes doping efficiency and stability in terms of miscibility limits, binodals, and solvus boundaries, highlighting the role of effective interaction parameters and charge transfer.
Somayeh Kashani   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Phase Engineering of Nanomaterials (PEN): Evolution, Current Challenges, and Future Opportunities

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review summarizes the synthesis, phase transition, advanced characterization spanning ex situ to in situ and operando techniques, and diverse applications of phase engineering of nanomaterials (PEN). It further outlines key challenges and future opportunities, such as phase stability, architecture control, and artificial intelligence (AI)‐driven ...
Ye Chen   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bioinspired Adaptive Surfaces for Intelligent Liquid Manipulation: Progressing From Passive and Active to Hybrid Strategies

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review examines passive, active, and hybrid liquid manipulation strategies, highlighting hybrid approaches as an emerging route to reconcile energy efficiency with adaptive control. By actively reconstructing passive surfaces to store programmable interfacial energy, hybrid systems enable flexible yet low‐power liquid transport, with perspectives ...
Jiaqi Miao   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Efecto repelente del aceite de las semillas de Jatropha curcas L. en larvas de Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Canestrini, 1887) (Acari: Ixodidae)

open access: yesPastos y Forrajes, 2022
Objective: To evaluate the repellent activity of the oil from Jatropha curcas L. seeds with different storage periods on larvae of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus.
Alberto Rizo-Borrego   +4 more
doaj  

Polymeric Sorbents as Energy‐Efficient Alternative to Cryogenic Distillation for Light Hydrocarbon Purification

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
The transition from cryogenic distillation to polymeric sorbents for light hydrocarbon purification is crucial for energy and environmental sustainability. The polymeric sorbents are engineered to separate gas mixtures based on their specific properties.
Kelechi Festus   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

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