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Miguel Suffo, Celia Pérez-Muñoz, Gonzalo Alba and María Pilar Villar
In the wine bottling process, thermoplastics are commonly used to manufacture the crown of cork stoppers. The production of agglomerated cork stoppers generates a type of waste called cork powder (CoP) in large volumes with known properties but which are...
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Yoohan Ma, Geon Woo Sim, Sungjin Jo, Dong Choon Hyun, Jae-Seung Roh, Dongwook Ko and Jongbok Kim
Flexible transparent electrodes are integral to the advancement of flexible optoelectronic devices such as flexible displays and solar cells. However, indium tin oxide (ITO), a traditional material used in transparent electrodes, exhibits a significant i...
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Yeng-Fong Shih, Chun-Wei Chang, Teng-Hsiang Hsu and Wei-Yi Dai
Wood?plastic composites (WPCs), abbreviated as WPCs, are typically composite materials made by mixing wood flour and thermoplastic resins, and then shaped through processes such as extrusion or compression. They have emerged as a viable and advanced alte...
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Toni Utech, Tobias Neef, Viktor Mechtcherine and Christina Scheffler
Nature provides various templates for integrating organic and inorganic materials to create high-performance composites. Biological structures such as nacre and the structural elements of the glass sponge are built up in layers, leading to remarkable fra...
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Gabriela Toader, Daniela Pulpea, Aurel Diacon, Edina Rusen, Raluca Elena Ginghina, Traian Rotariu, Alice Ionela Podaru, Andreea Elena Moldovan, Maria Gavrilescu, Ana-Mihaela Gavrila and Bogdan Trica
This study presents the formulation and application of strippable coatings for the entrapment and removal of heavy metals (HMs) and radio nuclides (RNs). The ?green? formulations involve the use of a water-based solution consisting of a synthetic biodegr...
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Michele Pierigé, Francesca Nerli, Francesca Nardelli, Lucia Calucci, Mattia Cettolin, Luca Giannini, Marco Geppi and Francesca Martini
The tackifying effect of resins used in the tire industry highly depends on the compatibility and interaction strength with the rubber matrix. Here, uncured and cured styrene/butadiene rubber compounds, either in the presence or absence of a hydrocarbon ...
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Izabela M. Domanska, Ramona Figat, Aldona Zalewska, Krystyna Ciesla, Sebastian Kowalczyk, Karolina Kedra and Marcin Sobczak
The effect of ionizing radiation (?-rays and electron beam) on anticancer drug delivery systems (DDSs) properties was evaluated concerning potential sterilization. For this purpose, paclitaxel (PTX)-loaded nanoparticles were obtained using a biodegradabl...
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Zaid Abdulhamid Alhulaybi, Muhammad Ali Martuza and Sayeed Rushd
Polylactic acid (PLA), the second most produced biopolymer, was selected for the fabrication of mixed-matrix membranes (MMMs) via the incorporation of HKUST-1 metal?organic framework (MOF) particles into a PLA matrix with the aim of improving mechanical ...
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Hongsheng Yu, Xiaodong Yu, Hongwei Gao, Luigi T. DeLuca, Wei Zhang and Ruiqi Shen
The slow regression rate induced by the high pyrolysis difficulty has limited the application and development of hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene (HTPB)-based fuels in hybrid rocket propulsion. Nickel oxide (NiO) shows the possibility of increasing the ...
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Meylí Valin Fernández, José Luis Valin Rivera, Frank Pérez Rodríguez, Henry Figueredo Losada, María Elena Fernández Abreu, Francisco Rolando Valenzuela Diaz, Angel Rodríguez Soto, Alexander Alfonso Alvarez, Roberto Quinteros, Cristobal Galleguillos Ketterer and Gilberto García del Pino
A characterization of composite materials of a polyester matrix reinforced with natural fibers of Cuban henequen and organophilized Cuban bentonite was carried out, the experimental results of which are used to formulate, implement, and validate a scalar...
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