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Specific viscosity of polymer solutions with large thermal blobs
Literature viscosity data are reviewed in both entangled solutions and semidilute unentangled solutions, with several examples of using de Gennes’ thermal blob to rationalize observations for flexible polymers...
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Open AccessErythropoietin-PLGA-PEG as a local treatment to promote functional recovery and neurovascular regeneration after peripheral nerve injury
Traumatic peripheral nerve injury (TPNI) is a major medical problem with no universally accepted pharmacologic treatment. We hypothesized that encapsulation of pro-angiogenic erythropoietin (EPO) in amphiphili...
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Magnetic field effects on cellulose nanocrystal ordering in a non-aqueous solvent
Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) are rod-shaped particles that can self-assemble into a chiral nematic phase at certain contents. Due to their negative diamagnetic susceptibility and high aspect ratio, the struct...
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Harvesting silica nanoparticles from rice husks
Biogenic silica nanoparticles were synthesized using rice husks (RHs) as the raw material via controlled pyrolysis. The characterization results showed that the morphology of the synthesized silica was highly ...
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Open AccessEffects of addition of potassium chloride and ethylene glycol on nanofluidic behaviors
Infiltration and defiltration behaviors of liquids modified by potassium chloride and ethylene glycol in a nanoporous silica are investigated through a high-pressure experiment. At the first loading, infiltrat...
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Nanofluidic behavior on potassium chloride solution in zeolite Y
Nanofluidic behavior has been an active area of research for the past decade. In addition to modifying nanopore size and surface properties, another important way to adjust system performance is to control the...
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Ion repelling effect of nanopores in a hydrophobic zeolite
By measuring the ion concentration in a pressure-induced infiltration experiment on a hydrophobic Zeolite Socony Mobil-5, it is found that the nanopore wall has a strong ion repelling effect. When the initial ...
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Temperature Variation in Energy Absorption System Functionalized by Nanomaterials
The thermal effect on the nanofluidic behaviors in a nanoporous silica gel is investigated experimentally. When a nanoporous silica gel is modified by silyl groups, its surface becomes hydrophobic. A sufficien...
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A thermally sensitive energy-absorbing composite functionalized by nanoporous carbon
A polypropylene-matrix composite material functionalized by nanoporous particulates was produced. When the temperature is relatively low, the matrix dominates the system behavior. When the temperature is relat...
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Effects of surface charging treatment on outer and inner surfaces of a nanoporous carbon
As the outer surface of a nanoporous carbon is treated with 16-mercaptohexadecanoic acid, the carbon particles can form a stable suspension in water. When the water phase is compressed, the liquid infiltration...
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High-pressure cation-exchange treatment of a ZSM-5 zeolite
Under ambient pressure, an aqueous solution may not enter the nanopores of a hydrophobic ZSM-5 zeolite, which imposes difficulties to cation-exchange treatment. In the current study, a high-pressure cation-exc...
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Heat generation associated with pressure-induced infiltration in a nanoporous silica gel
As a liquid moves in the nanopores of a silica gel, because of the hysteresis of sorption behavior, significant energy dissipation can take place. Through a calometric measurement, the characteristics of assoc...
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The Upper Limit of Energy Density of Nanoporous Materials Functionalized Liquid
In this article, we report the experimental result of energy dissipation of a mobil crystalline material (MCM) 41 in mercury. The MCM41 contains a large volume fraction of nanometer-sized pores. As the applied...
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Infiltration of liquid water in an acid-leached zeolite
Through acid-leaching treatment, the degree of hydrophobicity of a zeolite β can be controlled in a broad range. As the treatment time increases, the nanopore surface can change from hydrophilic to hydrophobic...
