Personal & Home Care, Food & Agriculture – Page 13

Micromechanical Analysis of Polypropylene-Nanofiber Composites

Locker C.R., Bergstrom J., Liu X., Tsou A.H., Buchholz V.B., Mehta A.K., ExxonMobil Research and Engineering, US

Nanofiber-reinforced polymer-based compounds have the potential to be the next generation light-weight structural plastic materials. In this work, micromechanical models of polymer-nanofiber and polymer-rubber-nanofiber systems have been developed to compute the thermal, mechanical, and thermo-mechanical [...]

Amorphous and semicrystalline phases in ultrathin films of poly(3-hydroxybutirate)

Bagrov D.V., Bonartsev A.P., Bonartseva G.A., Zhuikov V.A., Boskhomdzhiev A.P., Myshkina V.L., Makhina T.K., Zharkova I.I., Yakovlev S.G., Voinova V.V., Ivanov P.V., Bonartseva G.A., Shaitan K.V., Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Biology, RU

Poly(3-hydroxybutirate) (PHB) is a bacterial polyester, which shows a high potential as a material for biotechnology and medicine, including drug delivery and production of biodegradable implants. Being a semicrystalline polymer, PHB is able to form [...]

Synthesis and electrical conductivity studies of PEO + LiClO4 + TiO2 + MoO3 nanocomposite solid polymer electrolyte

Kumar P.R., Venkateswerlu M., Satyanarayana N., Pondicherry University, IN

The preparative methods have been devised avoid the crystallinity and to improve the conductivity in the PEO polymer solid electrolyte. Recently, enhancement of both electrical and mechanical properties are obtained by adding the various types [...]

Electrical conductivity studies of ZnO dispersed PVdF-HFP nanocomposite solid polymer electrolyte for Lithium batteries

Padmaraj O., Venkateswarlu M., Satyanarayana N., Pondicherry University, IN

Polymer electrolytes are widely used in lithium batteries, since these have better advantages compared to other electrolytes such as low cost, light weight, no leakage, high energy density, improved safety and flexible design. Polymer electrolytes [...]

Polymer Nanotechnology

Estimate effective interaction potentials from the static structure factor in pure fluids and nanocolloids

Oprisan A., Oprisan S.A., Oprisan A., Oprisan S.A., Teklu A., Hegseth J., College of Charleston, US

The direct visualization and analysis of critical fluctuations in pure fluids in microgravity, and concentration-driven interface fluctuations in nanocolloids provide invaluable information about cooperative phenomena and the role played by fluctuations in mixing, phase separation, [...]

Fast gelation of self-assembling peptide nanofibres triggered by electromagnetic radiation heating

Mazza M., Gaisford S., McCharty D., Uchegbu I.F., The School of Pharmacy, University of London, UK

We report a method for the preparation of peptide nanofibre gels prepared by a rapid heating/cooling cycle employing electromagnetic radiation heating. An amphiphilic peptide having a C16 chain attached via an esteric link was used [...]

Nanostructured Organogel Networks Self-Assembled from Alkylated Isophthalic Acid and Benzimdizalone Compounds

Makeiff D.A., Carlini R., Xerox Research Center of Canada, CA

Organogel networks from low molecular weight components are a fascinating class of functional nanomaterials, with tremendous potential for a wide variety of commercial applications ranging from medicine, electronics, printing, personal care, and environmental remediation [1]. [...]

New Generation Hybrid Plastics Functionalised by Nanogold and Nanosilver

Pobedinsky M., Johnston J.H., Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, NZ

This paper reports on the synthesis of a new generation of hybrid plastics comprising polyurethane and nylon with gold or silver nanoparticles respectively, in a synergistic way. The gold and silver nanoparticles are prepared in-situ, [...]

Density Functional Theory calculations of the ferroelectric poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) and poly(vinylidene fluoride-chlorotrifluoroethylene) copolymers

Cuán A., Cortés-Romero C.M., Wang Q., Noreña L., Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana-Azcapotzalco, MX

The quantum mechanics calculations of the energetic and structures corresponding to the different structural conformations for the poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) and poly(vinylidene fluoride-chlorotrifluoroethylene) copolymers show that the Tp conformation is energetically stabilized even with a chlorine [...]