Development of novel rice bran wax/gelatin-based biphasic edible gels and characterization of their microstructural, thermal, and mechanical properties

AC Saffold, NC Acevedo - Food and Bioprocess Technology, 2021 - Springer
The aim of this study was to develop and characterize the mechanical, microstructural, and
thermal behavior of a novel edible biphasic gel system also termed bigel. A combination of a …

Mathematical model of Boltzmann's sigmoidal equation applicable to the spreading of the coronavirus (Covid-19) waves

A El Aferni, M Guettari, T Tajouri - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
Currently, investigations are intensively conducted on modeling, forecasting, and studying
the dynamic spread of coronavirus (Covid-19) new pandemic. In the present work, the …

[HTML][HTML] Aging characteristics and lifespan prediction for composite insulator silicone rubber in a mountainous region environment

K Ning, J Lu, Z Jiang, P Xie, T Feng, J Hu, Z Fu, Z Tang - Polymer Testing, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, the aging process of composite insulator silicone rubber in a mountainous
region environment was studied and a lifespan prediction model was constructed. Silicone …

Temperature-dependent yield stress and wall slip behaviour of thermoresponsive Pluronic F127 hydrogels

SN Sangitra, RK Pujala - RSC advances, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
This study explores the temperature-dependent dynamic yield stress of a triblock
thermoresponsive polymer, Pluronic F127, with chemical structure (PEO) 100 (PPO) 65 …

Predicting percolation threshold value of EMI SE for conducting polymer composite systems through different sigmoidal models

M Rahaman, P Gupta, M Hossain… - Journal of Electronic …, 2022 - Springer
Like electrical conductivity, the electromagnetic interference shielding effectiveness (EMI
SE) of carbon-containing polymeric composites also goes through a transition phase known …

Substantial drop of plasticizer migration from polyvinyl chloride catheters using co-extruded thermoplastic polyurethane layers

M Polaskova, T Sedlacek, V Kasparkova… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
The flexibility and required softness of polyvinyl chloride (PVC)-one of the most widely used
polymeric materials for medical device production-is achieved by the addition of an …

Counterion Specificity of Polyelectrolyte Brushes: Role of Specific Ion‐Pairing Interactions

R Kou, J Zhang, Z Chen, G Liu - ChemPhysChem, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
We demonstrate here that the properties of poly (2‐(methacryloyloxy) ethyl
trimethylammonium chloride) brushes can be tuned by counterion species. When the …

An effective mathematical method to achieve calibrated zinc oxide nanoparticle based gas sensor

A Gangopadhyay, A Sarkar, B Jana, P Sarkar… - Applied Physics A, 2023 - Springer
ZnO nanoparticle-based gas sensors were prepared and investigated to detect two different
hazardous gases like SO 2 and NH 3. ZnO nanoparticles of two different sizes were …

Co-sputtering of thin films on Pt(111): a characterization by Raman and IR spectroscopies

D Solonenko, C Lan, C Schmidt, C Stoeckel… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - Springer
In this work, aluminium scandium nitride (Al _ 1-x Sc _ x N Al 1-x Sc x N) thin films are
deposited by reactive DC magnetron co-sputtering on Pt (111) layers. The sputtering power …

Correlation between mechanical and thermal properties of human hair

C Kunchi, KC Venkateshan, NVND Reddy… - … Journal of Trichology, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Aims: The aim of this study is to correlate the mechanical properties such as tensile yield
stress and tensile modulus of single hair fibers with thermal properties such as melting …