03-05-2013 | J. Jayaramudu, G. Siva Mohan Reddy, K. Varaprasad, E. R. Sadiku, S. Sinha Ray, A. Varada Rajulu, Advances in Polymer Technology, 2013

ABSTRACT The newly identified natural fabric from the tree of Cordia dichotoma was coated with polycarbonate. Tensile parameters, such as, tensile strength, Young's modulus, and percentage of elongation at the break of the fabrics were determined using a universal testing machine. The ...

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02-05-2013 | Yongkwan Dong, Pooja Puneet, Terry M. Tritt, George S. Nolas, physica status solidi (RRL) - Rapid Research Letters, 2013

Abstract Partially filled polycrystalline p‐type skutterudites of nominal compositions Ybx Co3FeSb12 were synthesized and their thermoelectric properties characterized. The compositions and filling fractions were confirmed with a combination of Rietveld refinement and elemental analysis. ...

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02-05-2013 | Ke Sun; Jie Jin; Mingjie Kang; Zheyun Zhang; Zezhen Pan; Ziying Wang; Fengchang Wu; Baoshan Xing, Environmental Science & Technology, 2013

Four humic acids (HAs) including de-ashed HAs (D-HAs), two humins (HMs), nonhydrolyzable carbons, and demineralized fraction (DM) were isolated separately from two soils and characterized detailedly; then their sorption of phenanthrene (Phen) was examined. The sequence of removal of HAs and ...

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01-05-2013 | Ann Gibbons, Science , 2013

Paleoanthropologists announced a modern feature in a rare, 1.4-million-year-old hand bone from Kenya, filling a 1-million-year gap in the fossil record and showing when key adaptations to toolmaking arose.

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01-05-2013 | Carey, M. F., Peterson, C. L., Smale, S. T., CSH Protocols, 2013

The generation of a uniquely 32P-end-labeled DNA fragment is essential for DNA-binding experiments such as DNase I footprinting and ethylation interference. We describe here a protocol for end-labeling a restriction fragment. For a plasmid DNA bearing a region containing the binding site of ...

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29-04-2013 | Author(s): M. Lacroix , R. Khan , M. Senna , N. Sharmin , S. Salmieri , A. Safrany, Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 2013

Publication date: Available online 24 April 2013Source:Radiation Physics and Chemistry Author(s): M. Lacroix , R. Khan , M. Senna , N. Sharmin , S. Salmieri , A. Safrany Different methods of polymer grafting using gamma irradiation are reported in the present study for the ...

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29-04-2013 | Catalina, Mercedes ; Cot, Jaume ; Borras, Miquel ; Lapuente, Joaquín de; González, Javier ; Balu, Alina M.; Luque, R ..., Materials, 2013

The biomedical properties of a porous bio-collagenic polymer extracted from leather industrial waste residues have been investigated in wound healing and tissue regeneration in induced wounds in rats. Application of the pure undiluted bio-collagen to induced wounds in rats dramatically ...

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27-04-2013 | Shanshan Huang, Wancheng Zhou, Fa Luo, Dongmei Zhu, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2013

ABSTRACT Heat resistant microwave absorbing coatings were prepared by brushing and thereafter heat treatment, using epoxy modified organic silicone resin as binding material, short carbon fibers (Csf) as absorbers, talcum powder and glass powder as filling materials. The mechanical and ...

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24-04-2013 | Klaus Draenert, Yvette Draenert, Miriam Draenert, Microscopy Research and Technique, 2013

ABSTRACT  Background: Polymethylmethacrylate used in surgery is one of the first biomaterials. Conventional histology dissolves the resin; one of the reasons that only few complete histology is published. Objectives and Purpose: The question is, whether a complete histology changes the ...

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12-04-2013 | Ion Ion; Florinela Sirbu; Alina Catrinel Ion, Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, 2013

The density and refractive index of diluted binary mixtures of active carbon and exfoliated graphite nanoplatelets dispersed in N,N-dimethylformamide were measured at different temperatures, and the ultrasound speed through these materials was determined. From the experimental results, ...

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