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The aging and color development of writing in paper archives
The most important value of archives lies in the handwritten information they record. However, during the storage process, handwriting may change color or fade due to the influence of the storage environment, ...
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Open AccessChanges in color and iron ions of commercial iron gall inks after artificial aging
Iron gall inks consist of vitriols (sulphates of certain metals), gall nut extracts; and gum Arabic: after exposure to oxygen, dark-colored compounds of the inks are formed. As the complexity of the compositio...
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Alkyl ketene dimer grafted cationic cellulose stabilizing nano magnesium oxide for efficient protection of acidic paper
Alkyl ketene dimer grafted cationic cellulose (AKD-g-CMCC) was designed to stabilize nano magnesium oxide (MgO) in low-polarity mixed solution of hexamethyldisiloxane (HMDSO) and isopropanol (IPA) for protecti...
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Enhancing the HSV-1-mediated antitumor immune response by suppressing Bach1
In 2015, herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1)-derived talimogene laherparepvec (T-VEC) was the first oncolytic virus approved by the US Food and Drug Administration as a therapeutic agent for cancer treatment. Howev...
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Combined polyhexamethylene guanidine and nanocellulose for the conservation and enhancement of ancient paper
Here we propose a new reinforcement and mold-resistant method for ancient books based on the suspension of nanocellulose (CNC) and polyhexamethylene guanidine (PHMG). The paper documents were treated with the ...
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Open AccessSmall RNA zippers lock miRNA molecules and block miRNA function in mammalian cells
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) loss-of-function phenotypes are mainly induced by chemically modified antisense oligonucleotides. Here we develop an alternative inhibitor for miRNAs, termed ‘small RNA zipper’. It is design...
