Center for Advanced Materials: Recent submissions
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Prediction of the mechanical properties of copper powder-filled low-density polyethylene composites. A comparison between the ANN and theoretical models
( Begell House , 2015 , Article)In the present study, the mechanical properties of copper (Cu) powder-filled low-density polyethylene (LDPE) composites are predicted by using artificial neural networks (ANNs) as a function of the filler concentration. ... -
Positron annihilation study on polyaniline nanocomposite used for Pb(II) ion removal
( Taylor & Francis , 2016 , Article)Nanocomposites of polyaniline (PANI) with three different concentrations of micrometre-sized sawdust are prepared in aqueous media via chemical casting method at room temperature. Thereafter, the removal efficiency of the ... -
TiO2 nanotubes and mesoporous silica as containers in self-healing epoxy coatings
( Nature Publishing Group , 2016 , Article)The potential of inorganic nanomaterials as reservoirs for healing agents is presented here. Mesoporous silica (SBA-15) and TiO2 nanotubes (TNTs) were synthesized. Both epoxy-encapsulated TiO2 nanotubes and amine-immobilized ... -
Glycoprofiling as a novel tool in serological assays of systemic sclerosis: A comparative study with three bioanalytical methods
( Elsevier , 2015 , Article)Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease seriously affecting patient’s quality of life. The heterogeneity of the disease also means that identification and subsequent validation of biomarkers of the disease is ... -
Graphene as a signal amplifier for preparation of ultrasensitive electrochemical biosensors
( Springer-Verlag , 2015 , Article)Early diagnostics of diseases performed with minimal money and time consumption has become achievable due to recent advances in development of biosensors. These devices use biorecognition elements for selective interaction ... -
Glycoprofiling of cancer biomarkers: Label-free electrochemical lectin-based biosensors
( De Gruyter , 2015 , Article)Glycosylation of biomolecules is one of the most prevalent post- and co-translational modification in a human body, with more than half of all human proteins being glycosylated. Malignant transformation of cells influences ... -
Carboxybetaine Modified Interface for Electrochemical Glycoprofiling of Antibodies Isolated from Human Serum
( American Chemical Society , 2015 , Article)Impedimetric lectin biosensors capable of recognizing two different carbohydrates (galactose and sialic acid) in glycans attached to antibodies isolated from human serum were prepared. The first step entailed the modification ... -
Hydrocarbon-based fuel cell membranes: Sulfonated crosslinked poly(1,3-cyclohexadiene) membranes for high temperature polymer electrolyte fuel cells
( Elsevier , 2015 , Article)High temperature fuel cell membranes based on poly(1,3-cyclohexadiene) were prepared by a Polymerization-Crosslinking-Sulfonation (PCS) approach, and a broad range of membrane compositions were achieved using various ... -
Preparation and Preliminary Dielectric Characterization of Structured C60-Thiol-Ene Polymer Nanocomposites Assembled Using the Thiol-Ene Click Reaction
( MDPI AG , 2015 , Article)Fullerene-containing materials have the ability to store and release electrical energy. Therefore, fullerenes may ultimately find use in high-voltage equipment devices or as super capacitors for high electric energy storage ... -
The mechanical and adhesive properties of electrically and thermally conductive polymeric composites based on high density polyethylene filled with nickel powder
( Elsevier, Ltd , 2013 , Article)Electrically and thermally conductive composites made using high density polyethylene (HDPE) matrix blended with a special grade of branch-structured nickel particles were studied. Composites with high filler content were ... -
Effect of chain structure on the properties of Glass fibre/polyethylene composites
( Elsevier, Ltd , 2013 , Article)Three types of polyethylenes (low density: LDPE, medium density: MDPE, and high density: HDPE) were used to investigate the effect of chain branching on the dispersion and adhesion in Glass fibre reinforced polymer composites. ... -
Characterization of untreated and treated male and female date palm leaves
( Elsevier, Ltd , 2013 , Technical Report)This paper describes the characterization of male and female date palm leaves from two different cultivars, Sheshi female and unknown male leaves. Characterization was done for both untreated and NaOH treated date palm ... -
Thermal and mechanical properties of injection molded recycled high density polyethylene blends with virgin isotactic polypropylene
( Elsevier, Ltd , 2013 , Article)Polymer blending has become an important field in polymer research and especially in the area of recycling. In this research the target was to reduce the polymer waste problem. Therefore, recycled high density polyethylene ... -
Improved mechanical properties of recycled linear low-density polyethylene composites filled with date palm wood powder
( Elsevier, Ltd , 2014 , Article)Recycled linear low-density polyethylene (RLLDPE) was blended with date palm wood powder to prepare composites in which the concentration of the filler ranged from 10 to 70wt.%. The cross-linking of composites was performed ... -
Improvement of ternary recycled polymer blend reinforced with date palm fibre
( Elsevier, Ltd , 2014 , Article)This paper investigates the study and preparation of date palm fibre reinforced recycled polymer blend composites. This is the first paper which describes the recycled polymer ternary blends of (1) recycled low density ... -
Anisotropy in CNT composite fabricated by combining directional freezing and gamma irradiation of acrylic acid
( Elsevier, Ltd , 2016 , Article)A novel fabrication process for composite consisting of organized modified carbon nanotubes (CNT) in the polyacrylic acid (PAA) matrix has been developed. The CNT were organized along crystallite domains during a directional ... -
Polymer chain dynamics in epoxy based composites as investigated by broadband dielectric spectroscopy
( Elsevier B.V. , 2016 , Article)Epoxy networks of the diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A (DGEBA) were prepared using 3,3′- and 4,4′-diaminodiphenyl sulfone isomer crosslinkers. Secondary relaxations and the glass transitions of resultant networks were probed ... -
Molecular scale cure rate dependence of thermoset matrix polymers
( Elsevier B.V. , 2016 , Article)This manuscript demonstrates the molecular scale cure rate dependence of di-functional epoxide based thermoset polymers cured with amines. A series of cure heating ramp rates were used to determine the influence of ramp ... -
Effect of waste wax and chain structure on the mechanical and physical properties of polyethylene
( Elsevier B.V. , 2015 , Article)The influence of adding waste wax, produced as a by-product of the low density polyethylene manufacturing process, on the thermal and mechanical properties of three types of polyethylene (PE), high-density polyethylene ... -
Effects of aniline concentrations on the electrical and mechanical properties of polyaniline polyvinyl alcohol blends
( Elsevier , 2015 , Article)Abstract In this work, we present an exclusive study on the effect of the feeding ratio of the monomer (aniline) on the structural, thermal, mechanical and electrical properties of polyaniline (PANI) polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) ...
