19-06-2013 | Hang Lu; Huanfeng Ju; Qiao Yang; Ziran Li; Huaying Ren; Xia Xin; Guiying Xu, CrystEngComm, 2013

A water-in-oil microemulsion was prepared by using nonionic surfactant Triton X-100, 1-hexanol, cyclohexane and AgNO3 aqueous solution with a concentration of 0.2 molL-1. Successive addition of sodium borohydride (NaBH4), ammonium hydroxide (NH3·H2O) and tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) to ...

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14-06-2013 | Sreenath Bolisetty; Jijo J. Vallooran; Jozef Adamcik; Raffaele Mezzenga, ACS Nano, 2013

We report on the synthesis and magnetic-responsive behavior of hybrids formed by dispersing negatively charged iron oxide (Fe3O4) magnetic nanoparticles in positively charged β-lactoglobulin protein solutions at acidic pH, followed by heating at high temperatures. Depending on the pH used, ...

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14-06-2013 | Ian Johnson et al., PLoS ONE, 2013

by Ian Johnson, Huinan Liu Controlling degradation of magnesium or its alloys in physiological saline solutions is essential for their potential applications in clinically viable implants. Rapid degradation of magnesium-based materials reduces the mechanical properties of implants ...

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13-06-2013 | Mohsen Hajibeygi, Meisam Shabanian, Polymer International, 2013

Abstract In the present study, new functional poly(amide‐imide)/organoclay nanocomposite films were successfully fabricated through the solution intercalation technique. New poly(amide‐imide) (PAI) containing glycine was synthesized via solution polycondensation of ...

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13-06-2013 | Yang Yang, DongSheng Fu, GuoFa Li, Yun Zhang, ChemInform, 2013

Abstract Colorless block crystals of the title compound are prepared by addition of boric acid to a solution of 4,4′‐bipyridine in water (90 °C, 68% yield).

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13-06-2013 | Melissa B. Agustin, Bashir Ahmmad, Enna Richel P. De Leon, Jerico L. Buenaobra, Joel R. Salazar, Fumihiko Hirose, Polymer Composites, 2013

The study was conducted to reinforce starch‐based biocomposite films using cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) from garlic stalks. An average yield of 4.6% by mass based from air‐dried garlic stalks was obtained through alkali delignification, acid hydrolysis and sonication. The isolated CNCs are ...

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13-06-2013 | Valerija Majetić Germek; Olivera Koprivnjak; Bojan Butinar; Lorena Pizzale; Milena Bučar-Miklavčič; Lanfranco S. Conte, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2013

The influence of the phenolic content in olive paste of cv. Buža increased by the addition of an aqueous solution of phenolic extract of freeze-dried olive pulp (cv. Istarska bjelica) on the final products of the lipoxygenase pathway in oil was studied. Increases by 12, 38, and 56% for ripe ...

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12-06-2013 | Tetsuya Iizuka, Hideki Sezutsu, Ken‐ichiro Tatematsu, Isao Kobayashi, Naoyuki Yonemura, Keiro Uchino, Kenichi Nakaji ..., Advanced Functional Materials, 2013

Abstract Silk is a protein fiber used to weave fabrics and as a biomaterial in medical applications. Recently, genetically modified silks have been produced from transgenic silkworms. In the present study, transgenic silkworms for the mass production of three colors of fluorescent silks, ...

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12-06-2013 | Atsushi Hirano; Tomoshi Kameda; Daisuke Shinozaki; Tsutomu Arakawa; Kentaro Shiraki, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2013

We have previously demonstrated that arginine increases the solubility of aromatic compounds that have poor water solubility, an effect referred to as the “arginine-assisted solubilization system (AASS)”. In the current study, we utilized a molecular dynamics simulation to examine the ...

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12-06-2013 | Massimiliano Borgogna; Gudmund Skjåk-Bræk; Sergio Paoletti; Ivan Donati, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2013

The initial binding of calcium ions by alginate chains was investigated in dilute solution. The use of viscometry, light scattering, circular dichroism, and fluorescence quenching performed on both Ca2+ and Mg2+ alginate systems allowed collecting new experimental data in addition to those ...

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