Materials Science & Technology: Recent submissions
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Date palm fibre filled recycled ternary polymer blend composites with enhanced flame retardancy
( Elsevier Ltd , 2017 , Article)Flammability of recycled polypropylene (PP)/low density polyethylene (LDPE)/high density polyethylene (HDPE) ternary blends containing date palm fibres is investigated in this study. Melt blending is used for the composite ... -
Facile Synthesis of Uniform Virus-like Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for Enhanced Cellular Internalization
( American Chemical Society , 2017 , Article)The low-efficiency cellular uptake property of current nanoparticles greatly restricts their application in the biomedical field. Herein, we demonstrate that novel virus-like mesoporous silica nanoparticles can easily be ... -
Ordered Mesoporous Alumina with Ultra-Large Pores as an Efficient Absorbent for Selective Bioenrichment
( American Chemical Society , 2017 , Article)Alumina has recently turned out to be effective in enrichment of biomacrolecules like phosphopeptides due to its good affinity to phosphor groups. Ordered mesoporous alumina (OMA) materials with high surface areas, regular ... -
Structural properties, crystal quality and growth modes of MOCVD-grown AlN with TMAl pretreatment of sapphire substrate
( Institute of Physics Publishing , 2017 , Article)The growth of high quality AlN epitaxial films relies on precise control of the initial growth stages. In this work, we examined the influence of the trimethylaluminum (TMAl) pretreatment of sapphire substrates on the ... -
Mesoporous Silica Thin Membranes with Large Vertical Mesochannels for Nanosize-Based Separation
( Wiley-VCH Verlag , 2017 , Article)Membrane separation technologies are of great interest in industrial processes such as water purification, gas separation, and materials synthesis. However, commercial filtration membranes have broad pore size distributions, ... -
Facile Assembly of Aligned Magnetic Nanoparticle Chains in Polymer Nanocomposite Films by Magnetic Flow Coating
( American Chemical Society , 2017 , Article)Magnetic nanoparticle chains are found in biosystems, such as in the brain of migratory birds. Inspired by natural assemblies, in a novel approach, the facile assembly of magnetically aligned polymer grafted cobalt ... -
Natural aging of shape stabilized phase change materials based on paraffin wax
( Elsevier Ltd , 2017 , Article)Natural aging of shape-stabilized phase change materials containing linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE), paraffin wax and expanded graphite (EG) in Qatari climate has been studied. It was found that expanded graphite ... -
Nanoengineering of Core-Shell Magnetic Mesoporous Microspheres with Tunable Surface Roughness
( American Chemical Society , 2017 , Article)Functional core-shell mesoporous microspheres with integrated functions, controlled structure, and surface properties and morphologies have received increasing attention due to their excellent physicochemical properties. ... -
Plasmolysis-Inspired Nanoengineering of Functional Yolk-Shell Microspheres with Magnetic Core and Mesoporous Silica Shell
( American Chemical Society , 2017 , Article)Yolk-shell nanomaterials with a rattle-like structure have been considered ideal carriers and nanoreactors. Traditional methods to constructing yolk-shell nanostructures mainly rely on multistep sacrificial template strategy. ... -
Influence of TMAl preflow on AlN epitaxy on sapphire
( American Institute of Physics Inc. , 2017 , Article)The trimethylaluminum (TMAl) preflow process has been widely applied on sapphire substrates prior to growing Al-polar AlN films by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition. However, it has been unclear how the TMAl preflow ... -
Cellulose nanofibers to assist the release of healing agents in epoxy coatings
( Elsevier B.V. , 2017 , Article)Epoxy monomer and amine curing agents were immobilized on cellulose nanofibers (CNF). Obtained epoxy immobilized CNF (EiCNF) and amine curing agent immobilized CNF (AiCNF) were characterized using Fourier transform infrared ... -
Dual Imprinted Polymer Thin Films via Pattern Directed Self-Organization
( American Chemical Society , 2017 , Article)Synthetic topographically patterned films and coatings are typically contoured on one side, yet many of nature's surfaces have distinct textures on different surfaces of the same object. Common examples are the top and ... -
Stepwise construction of Pt decorated oxygen-deficient mesoporous titania microspheres with core-shell structure and magnetic separability for efficient visible-light photocatalysis
( Elsevier B.V. , 2019 , Article)Solid photocatalysts with high specific surface area, superior photoactivity and ease of recycling are highly desired in chemical process, water treatment and so on. In this study, a facile stepwise sol-gel coating approach ... -
Effect of flow-induced shear stress in nanomaterial uptake by cells: Focus on targeted anti-cancer therapy
( MDPI , 2020 , Article)© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Recently, nanomedicines have gained a great deal of attention in diverse biomedical applications, including anti-cancer therapy. Being different from normal tissue, ... -
Sputtering of electrospun polymer-based nanofibers for biomedical applications: A perspective
( MDPI AG , 2019 , Article Review)Electrospinning has gained wide attention recently in biomedical applications. Electrospun biocompatible scaffolds are well-known for biomedical applications such as drug delivery, wound dressing, and tissue engineering ... -
Investigation of antimicrobial properties and in-vitro bioactivity of Ce3+-Sr2+dual-substituted nano hydroxyapatites
( Blackwell Publishing Inc. , 2019 , Article)Dual doped calcium apatite has been widely focused as it enhances the osteoconductive property for the possible applications in orthopedic and dental implants. In this work, we investigate the antimicrobial and bioactive ... -
Synthesis of uniform ordered mesoporous TiO 2 microspheres with controllable phase junctions for efficient solar water splitting
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2019 , Article)As a benchmark photocatalyst, commercial P25-TiO 2 has been widely used for various photocatalytic applications. However, the low surface area and poorly porous structure greatly limit its performance. Herein, uniform ... -
A perspective on magnetic core–shell carriers for responsive and targeted drug delivery systems
( Dove Medical Press Ltd. , 2019 , Article Review)Magnetic core–shell nanocarriers have been attracting growing interest owing to their physicochemical and structural properties. The main principles of magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) are localized treatment and stability ... -
Oxidative degradation of tannic acid in aqueous solution by UV/S2O8 2- and UV/H2O2/Fe2+ processes: A comparative study
( MDPI AG , 2019 , Article)Tannic acid (TA) is a major pollutant present in the wastewater generated from vegetable tanneries process and food processing. This work studied TA degradation by two advanced oxidation processes (APOs): UV irradiation ... -
Flexible, biodegradable and recyclable solar cells: a review
( Springer New York LLC , 2019 , Article)Solar energy is conceivably the largest source of renewable energy at our disposal, but vital advances are expected to make solar cells economically viable. Biodegradable and flexible solar cells are currently under extensive ...
