Topic: Advanced Materials for Engineering Applications
Polysulfone membrane reactors for derivatization of carbon nanotubes
Voicu S.I., Muhulet A., Miculescu F., Miculescu M., Miculescu F., Miculescu M., Vizireanu S., University Politehnica from Bucharest, RO
We propose a new method for derivatization of amino carbon nanotubes with enzymes (carbonic anhydrase, invertase, and diastase) and crown ethers amino derivatives using a polysulfone membrane reactor. The principle of method consist in the [...]
Reduction in HDPE geomembrane thermal expansion using nanoclay particles
Polymer membranes have progressively replaced traditional building materials to perform waterproofing functions and control the advective migration of pollutants in civil engineering structures. Either during deployment or in service, geomembranes, 50% of which being made [...]
PLA-PEG nanoparticles are suitable for effective maturation and uptake by dendritic cells for Chlamydia trachomatis outer membrane peptide-based vaccine
Chlamydia trachomatis is considered an important human pathogen because it is the most reported sexually transmitted bacterial infection globally. We showed that M278 (a peptide derived from the major outer membrane protein of C. trachomatis) [...]
Preparation of GO/PVA composite as an adsorbent for the removal of Cr(VI) from water
Cr(VI) is a known toxic heavy metal and has been considered as a priority pollutant in water [1]. The effluent of various industries including electroplating, anodizing baths, leather tanning, steel industry and chromium based catalyst [...]
Facile Spray Coating in Preparing Anisotropic Composites
Anisotropy has been taken advantage in composites to achieve specific mechanical, electrical, magnetic and other functional properties. In composite mechanics, orientation of fiber in polymer matrix will reinforce the composites to the greatest potential along [...]
Durable Hydrophobic Coatings for Corrosion Protection of Metallic Materials
Luna has developed an exceptionally durable, transparent, fluid resistant coating for corrosion mitigation on selected metals and alloys. There have been many recent research and commercial efforts in the area of superhydrophobic or water repellent [...]
Nanofiller-modified microfibrillar composites: origin of complex effect of nanoparticles with different geometry
Kelnar I., Kratochvíl J., Padovec Z., Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, CZ
Microfibrillar composites (MFCs) are polymer – polymer composites prepared by drawing of suitable polymer blends, where application of various nanofillers have strong potential to eliminate basic disadvantage of MFC arising from limited parameters of polymer [...]
Properties of Multifunctional Hybrid Carbon Nanotube/ Carbon Fiber Polymer Matrix Composites
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been studied extensively since their discovery and demonstrated at the nanoscale to have superior mechanical, electrical and thermal properties in comparison to micro and macro scale properties of conventional engineering materials. [...]