Active agents, biomaterials, and technologies to improve biolubrication and strengthen soft tissues

BG Cooper, C Bordeianu, A Nazarian, BD Snyder… - Biomaterials, 2018 - Elsevier
Normal functioning of articulating tissues is required for many physiological processes
occurring across length scales from the molecular to whole organism. Lubricating …

UV curable stimuli-responsive coatings with antifogging and oil-repellent performances

J Xu, P Lu, L Wang, Y Fan, W Tian, J Xu… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Antifogging coatings prepared by highly hydrophilic/superhydrophilic strategies are
susceptible to general oil contamination, hence readily losing their activities. Herein, a …

Synthesis and photopolymerization of novel UV-curable macro-photoinitiators

L Deng, L Tang, J Qu - Progress in Organic Coatings, 2020 - Elsevier
The design and development of macro-photoinitiators applicable to UV system has been
attracted increasing attention for their excellent performance of low migration and high …

Significantly improved antifouling capability of silicone rubber surfaces by covalently bonded acrylated agarose towards biomedical applications

W Chu, Y Ma, Y Zhang, X Cao, Z Shi, Y Liu… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2023 - Elsevier
Bacteria have the extraordinary ability to adhere to biomaterial surfaces and form
multicellular structures known as biofilms, which have a detrimental impact on the …

Dual functional coatings with antifogging and antimicrobial performances for endoscope lens, via facile adsorption-cross-linking strategy

L Yang, R Huo, B Zhang - Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 2021 - Elsevier
Surface fogging causes various inconvenience for human daily life, especially for clinic
inspection and medical diagnosis, hence the surfaces with reliable antifogging …

Improving the mechanical properties of natural rubber composite with carbon black (N220) as filler

K Sivaselvi, VS Varma, A Harikumar… - Materials Today …, 2021 - Elsevier
Rubber is one of the most commonly employed materials in the whole world. Earlier rubber
obtained from natural resources was widely used. However, as industries grew …

Highly efficient antifogging and frost-resisting acrylic coatings from one-step thermal curing

J Zhao, P Lu, L Song, L Tian, W Ming, L Ren - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2020 - Elsevier
Herein, we report an acrylic coating with both antifogging and frost-resisting performances
via a one-step thermally initiated crosslinking method. This work adopted a facile and easily …

NIR light for initiation of Photopolymerization

C Schmitz, D Oprych, C Kutahya, B Strehmel - 2018 - books.rsc.org
Near-infrared (NIR)-sensitized photopolymerization was born in the graphic industry in the
early 1990s when automatization put the focus on this industrial sector. 1–3 This occurred by …

Eel skin inspired flexible polymeric coating for drag reduction

Y Zhang, X Li, P Li, S Wang, C Zhang, Y Fan… - Progress in Organic …, 2024 - Elsevier
Flexible coatings exhibit great potential for reducing drag force in marine navigation due to
their low cost, simplicity, and no additional energy requirements. However, conventional …

Effect of Morphology/Structure on the Phase Behavior and Nonlinear Rheological Properties of NR/SBR Blends

L Yang, X Shi, S Sun, J Zhong, X Yu, D Wang, Y Song… - Gels, 2022 - mdpi.com
The evolution of the morphology/structure and the nonlinear viscoelasticity of rubber blends
under large amounts of strain are key scientific issues for the design and manufacture of …