Svetovna poraba lepil za les se vsako leto veča. Ker so najpogosteje uporabljana sintetična lepila, ki obremenjujejo okolje in so lahko zdravju škodljiva, je iskanje okoljsko primernejših alternativ predmet raziskav že nekaj desetletij. Tanini in lignini, kot najizdatnejši obnovljivi viri polifenolnih spojin, se nakazujejo kot najprimernejša altern...
Published in The FEBS journal
Folding stability is a crucial feature of protein evolution and is essential for protein functions. Thus, the comprehension of protein folding mechanisms represents an important complement to protein structure and function, crucial to determine the structural basis of protein misfolding. In this context, thermal unfolding studies represent a useful...
Published in International Journal of Materials Research
The crystallization kinetics of an amorphous magnesium-rich Mg80Cu10Y10 alloy has been determined by isothermal and isochronal differential scanning calorimetry combined with ex-situ X-ray diffraction for phase analysis. Microstructure analysis has been performed by means of transmission electron microscopy. Complete crystallization of Mg80Cu10Y10 ...
Published in International Journal of Materials Research
A 1441 Al –Li –Cu–Mg– Zr alloy was subjected to retrogression treatment and the retrogressed states were immediately reaged to various tempers. Hardness measurement, tensile testing, and SEM fractography have been carried out to conventional peak-aged, retrogressed, retrogressed and reaged (RRA), and overaged tempers of the alloy. Retrogression tre...
Published in International Journal of Materials Research
The precipitation behavior in an Al –Cu alloy isothermally annealed at 463 K was studied using Vickers microhardness tests, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). An additional endothermic peak found in the DSC measurements may be attributed to the θ″-phase, independent of the dissolution of the G. P. (I...
The curing process of two biobased adhesives: pine tanninhexamine (TH) and organosolv lignin non-isocyanate polyurethane (NIPU), suitable for interior nonstructural use, were compared with commercial urea-formaldehyde (UF) adhesive. Changes in chemical structure before and after the curing process were observed with Fouriertransform infrared spectr...
Published in Food chemistry
The impact of endogenous wheat lipids on thermal characteristics, mixing behavior, non-linear rheological properties of gluten was studied to explore the contribution of wheat lipids to viscoelastic behavior of gluten under large processing deformations. Thermal analysis indicated higher denaturation temperature for vital wheat gluten (VWG) (69.2 ±...
Published in International Journal of Thermophysics
High-density polyethylene (HDPE) composite has been synthesized with promising characteristics. WO3 of different particle sizes were obtained through a high speed ball milling techniques at different milling times (15 min, 30 min, 60 min, and 120 min). The resulted particle size was identified using X-ray diffraction and transmission electron micro...
Published in Heritage Science
In this study we used an analytical approach based on complementary techniques that targets all structural levels of collagen in leather to investigate how vegetable-tanned leather deteriorates during soil burial tests. For the first time, a group of deterioration markers specific to molecular, fibrillar and fibrous structure of collagen in leather...
Canvas paintings are prone to environmental ageing. Hence, the structural conservation of canvas paintings may require lining, a process in which a secondary canvas is adhered to the reverse of the damaged original canvas to provide additional support. Choosing the optimum adhesive in combination with a lining method is crucial and yet challenging,...
