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Optimization, synthesis, and characterization of co-electrospinning cellulose acetate/thermoplastic polyurethanes composite membrane for photodynamic antibacterial application
Photodynamic antibacterial composite membranes were engineered by integrating photosensitizer/antibacterial agent, into the polyurethane adhesive blend and coating the blend on co-electrospinning cellulose ace...
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Open AccessPowering mesoporous silica nanoparticles into bioactive nanoplatforms for antibacterial therapies: strategies and challenges
Bacterial infection has been a major threat to worldwide human health, in particular with the ever-increasing level of antimicrobial resistance. Given the complex microenvironment of bacterial infections, conv...
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Preparation and Kinetics of Thermal Analysis of Inorganic–Organic Composite Modified Carboxymethyl Starch and Its Applicability as Flocculant for Oily Wastewater Treatment
A novel inorganic–organic flocculant (CMS-g-PDMC/PAC) was synthesized by introducing quaternary ammonium and polyaluminum chloride (PAC) onto the backbone of carboxymethyl starch (CMS). The optimal preparation...
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Antifouling Hydrophilic Electrostatic Spinning PAN Membrane Based on Click Chemistry with High Efficiency Oil-water Separation
With the increasingly serious water pollution and human health problems caused by oily wastewater, the task of develo** new and efficient oil-water separation materials is becoming urgent. Electrospun nanofi...
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Analysis of the extrusion pressure of a cylindrical extruder for extruding highly viscous fluids
Extrusion pressure is crucial for the security and performance of a cylindrical extruder during the extrusion process. In this study, a validated CFD model was adopted to evaluate the relationship between the ...
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Metal–organic framework on porous TiO2 thin film-coated alumina beads for fractional distillation of plant essential oils
Fractionation of essential oils is technically challenging due to enormous scaffold diversities and structural complexities as well as difficulties in the implementation of the fractionation in the gas phase. ...
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A facile synthesis of stable titanium carbide-decorated carbon nanofibers as electrocatalytic membrane for high-performance lithium-sulfur batteries
Lithium polysulfide shuttle effect and their sluggish redox kinetics have seriously affected the development of lithium-sulfur (Li–S) batteries. To solve these issues, freestanding titanium carbide-modified ca...
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Sulfuric Acid and Gibberellic Acid (GA3) Treatment Combined with Exposure to Cold Temperature Modulates Seed Proteins during Breaking of Dormancy to Germination in Tilia miqueliana
Tilia miqueliana produces woody seeds that exhibit deep dormancy. In this study, we used cell biology methods, including Paraffin section determination and Coomassie brilliant blue staining, as well as proteomics...
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Computational fluid dynamic analysis of mass transfer and hydrodynamics in a planetary centrifugal bioreactor
Planetary centrifugal bioreactors are promising candidates for cell culture platforms since there is no pollution caused by stirring blades. In this work, the fluid structure in a planetary centrifugal bioreac...
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Synergistic Effect and Flame-retardant Properties of Small Molecular Organic Amines and Phosphates
The flame-retardant finishing of cotton with pentaerythritol phosphate and small molecule organic amine, such as diethylenetriamine, triethylenetetramine, diethanolamine, or isopropanolamine, was studied. The ...
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Numerical investigation of the mixing process in a Twin Cam Mixer: Influence of triangular cam height-base ratio and eccentricity
The twin cam mixer (TCM), as a general-purpose mixer, shares many attributes in common with 3D industrial mixers, like the internal mixer. We investigated the mixing process in a 2D TCM with two identical isos...
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Microporous membranes comprising conjugated polymers with rigid backbones enable ultrafast organic-solvent nanofiltration
Conventional technology for the purification of organic solvents requires massive energy consumption, and to reduce such expending calls for efficient filtration membranes capable of high retention of large mo...
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Influence of Zirconium Modified USY on Coupled Hydrogenation and Ring Opening of Tetralin Over NiW/USY + Al2O3
There is increasing interest in modification USY in hydrotreating catalysts to attain high activity and targeted product selectivity. Zirconium modification on USY (Zr-USY) was designed in this study. Zirconiu...
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Zeolites as Shape-Selective Catalysts: Highly Selective Synthesis of Vanillin from Reimer–Tiemann Reaction of Guaiacol and Chloroform
Reimer–Tiemann reaction of guaiacol and chloroform was carried out in the presence of various zeolites. Vanillin was afforded as major product in a high selectivity. Zeolites played an important role of shape-...
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Mass imaging of ketamine in a single scalp hair by MALDI-FTMS
Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS) coupled with mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) is a rapidly emerging technology that produces distribution maps of small pharmaceutical mo...
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Simultaneous Determination of Anabolic Androgenic Steroids and Their Esters in Hair by LC–MS–MS
A liquid chromatographic-tandem mass spectrometric method for the simultaneous determination of anabolic androgenic steroids and their esters in hair has been developed. The hair sample was treated with methan...
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Tailoring Alumina Support with Crystalline AlPO4-5 for Enhancing Hydrodesulfurization Activity
Crystalline AlPO4-5 modified alumina was firstly developed as support for hydrodesulfurization (HDS). It can promote the reducibility of metal oxides, inhibit inactive nickel spinel formation and facilitate more ...
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ETS-10 Modulation to Alumina Support and its Promotion for Hydrodesulfurization
A composite support with ETS-10 stabilized in alumina, was firstly developed for hydrodesulfurization (HDS). It can impede inactive nickel spinel formation and favor more polymeric tungsten species formation, ...
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Thermal and hydrothermal stability of La-modified ETS-10 and its cracking ability
The ETS-l 0 molecular sieve was modified with lanthanum by ion-exchange method. The lanthanum modified ETS-10 shows best thermal and hydrothermal stability in comparison with the as-synthesized ETS-10 and ammo...