The widespread application of calcium carbonate is determined by its high availability in
nature and simplicity of synthesis in laboratory conditions. Moreover, calcium carbonate …

Controlled permeabilization of mammalian cell membranes is fundamental to develop gene
and cell therapies based on macromolecular cargo delivery, a process that emerged against …

This book was written with the aim of widening the reader's spectrum of knowledge
regarding the uses of shock waves in medicine and biology, as well as to contribute to safer …

The interaction of shock waves with bubbles is of interest in a variety of areas, such as shock
wave lithotripsy, cavitation erosion, and sonoluminescence. For these, the spatial …

Phenolic compounds, obtained from plants are important in the food, biomaterial and
pharmaceutical industries; however current extraction methods, such as Soxhlet (solid …

Fucoxanthin, a carotenoid found in Sargassum spp., possesses essential applications in the
food and pharmaceutical industries. However, conventional methods for extracting …

Shock waves are known to permeabilize eukaryotic cell membranes, which may be a
powerful tool for a variety of drug delivery applications. However, the mechanisms involved …

Density gradients aligned at an angle to pressure gradients result in baroclinic torque in fluid
flows, generating vorticity. In this work, we study the vorticity generated by the baroclinic …

SBS (styrene–butadiene–styrene block copolymer) is currently the most widely used asphalt
modifier, and SBS modified asphalt is usually prepared by high-speed shearing. This paper …

We have developed a new ionization approach for matrix-assisted ionization with high
temporal resolution using an electrically actuated pulsed valve. Matrix and analyte samples …