Published in Biomolecules
Bile acids (BAs) are hydroxylated steroids derived from cholesterol that act at the intestinal level to facilitate the absorption of several nutrients and also play a role as signaling molecules. In the liver of various vertebrates, the trafficking of BAs is mediated by bile acid-binding proteins (L-BABPs). The ability to host hydrophobic or amphip...
Published in Materials
Electrical energy storage systems (EESSs) with high energy density and power density are essential for the effective miniaturization of future electronic devices. Among different EESSs available in the market, dielectric capacitors relying on swift electronic and ionic polarization-based mechanisms to store and deliver energy already demonstrate hi...
Published in Materials
The research was aimed at checking the effect of monoperoxy derivative of epoxy resin (PO) on the possibility of rubber crosslinking and a subsequent adhesion of the modified rubber to silver wires. Three of the commonly industrially used rubbers were selected for the study: styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR), acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber (NBR) and c...
Published in Materials
Published in Materials
A screen printing process was used to substitute dry molding to solve the uneven compaction problem in the coil center column during molding in this study. FeSiCr alloy powders (FSC) with a large particle size were mixed with fine spherical carbonyl iron powder to increase the compaction density. FSC to carbonyl iron powder (CIP) mixing ratio effec...
Published in Materials
The potential application of silicon oxycarbonitride (SiOCN), silicon oxycarbide (SiOC) and silicon oxycarbide–SiC (SiOC–SiC) for photothermal devices such as volumetric solar absorbers has been studied evaluating the response to thermal shock from a Fresnel lens. The accelerated ageing test comprises fast heating (32 °C min−1) and cooling rates (2...
Published in Materials (Basel, Switzerland)
The microstructure and properties of laser welding lap joints with different assembly gap sizes are experimentally investigated. The laser weld joint is composed of γ-austenite and δ-ferrite, and the strip ferrite phase is mainly distributed at the austenite grain boundary. The weld metal presents the austenitic-ferritic (AF) solidification mode. W...
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This study probes into the root cause of split in thermally modified bamboo culm by investigating the underlying effect of thermal contraction with respect to its orthotropic nature by experimental and numerical methods while concurrently monitoring the chemical variation of its structure by Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). In firs...
Published in Materials
Defectively manufactured and deliberately damaged composite laminates fabricated with different continuous reinforcing fibres (respectively, carbon and glass) and polymer matrices (respectively, thermoset and thermoplastic) were inspected in magnetic resonance imaging equipment. Two pulse sequences were evaluated during non-destructive examination ...
Published in Materials
This paper presents a comparative assessment of Cu(acac)2 and {[Cu(μ- O,O ′-NO3) (L-arg)(2,2′-bpy)]·NO3}n as potential precursors for the electroless metallization of laser activated polymer materials. Coatings consisting of polyurethane resin, one of the two mentioned precursor compounds, and antimony oxide (Sb2O3), as a compound strongly absorbin...
