This is a review of the concepts of purpose, direction, and objective in the discipline of thermodynamics, which is a pillar of physics, natural sciences, life science, and engineering science. Reviewed is the relentless evolution of this discipline toward accounting for evolutionary design with direction, and for establishing the concept of purpos...
Published in Environmental technology
In this article, the biosorption of Holmium(III) from aqueous solution was carried out using both raw and acid-treated bark powder of Mangifera indica as bio-sorbents and the results are being compared. Batch experiments were conducted by varying different reaction parameters such as metal concentration, biomass dosage, pH of the metal solution and...
One major hindrance that alloy design for additive manufacturing (AM) faces nowadays is hot tearing. Contrary to the previous works which either try to reduce solidification range or introduce grain refinement, the current work presents a new approach of employing segregation engineering to alter the residual stress states at the interdendritic and...
Published in Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
There is mounting evidence that lipid bilayers display conductive properties. However, when interpreting the electrical response of biological membranes to voltage changes, they are commonly considered as inert insulators. Lipid bilayers under voltage-clamp conditions display current traces with discrete conduction-steps, which are indistinguishabl...
Published in ChemistryOpen
The conventional way to fit ionic liquid parameters of equations of state to density is compared using a new method. The experimental vapor pressures as well as the density have been used as input to the model parameter estimation. The work was performed within the framework of the EOS PC‐SAFT (perturbed‐chain statistical associating fluid theory)....
Published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Methylated cytosine within CpG dinucleotides is a key factor for epigenetic gene regulation. It has been revealed that methylated cytosine decreases DNA backbone flexibility and increases the thermal stability of DNA. Although the molecular environment is an important factor for the structure, thermodynamics, and function of biomolecules, there are...
Refractory metal high-entropy superalloys (RSA), which possess a nanoscale microstructure of B2 and bcc phases, have been developed to offer high temperature capabilities beyond conventional Ni-based alloys. Despite showing a number of excellent attributes, to date there has been little consideration of their microstructural stability, which is an ...
Published in Entropy
Refractory metal high-entropy superalloys (RSA), which possess a nanoscale microstructure of B2 and bcc phases, have been developed to offer high temperature capabilities beyond conventional Ni-based alloys. Despite showing a number of excellent attributes, to date there has been little consideration of their microstructural stability, which is an ...
Published in AAPS PharmSciTech
In order to better explain and predict the dissolution characteristics of binary drug delivery systems (BDDSs), the dissolution behaviors of co-crystal (CC) and co-amorphous (CA) systems of sacubitril (SCB) and valsartan (VST) were evaluated in vitro and in vivo by thermodynamic and kinetic methods. The CCs of SCB and VST were prepared into a CA st...
The use of adsorbent materials derived from agro-industrial residues represents a simple, easy and low-cost process for the removal of dyes from aqueous solutions. In this context, this study aimed to evaluate the use of a solid residue from the apple juice industry in the removal of methylene blue (MB) dye. Several different analytical techniques,...
