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Water vapour sorption and moisture transport in and across fibre direction of wood
Water vapour sorption experiments are frequently used to characterise the absorption and desorption of water in wood. To evaluate whether water...
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Effect of acetylation on wood-water interactions studied by sorption calorimetry
Sorption of water has a profound effect on the material properties of wood. The uptake of water vapour in wood and other materials releases more heat...
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Sorbents, processes and applications beyond water production in sorption-based atmospheric water harvesting
Growth in the global population and the modernization of human society, along with ever-worsening climate change, is pushing already scarce...
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Water Vapour Transport in Biopolymeric Materials: Effects of Thickness and Water Vapour Pressure Gradient on Yeast Biomass-Based Films
Biopolymer-based films are hydrophilic biodegradable matrices that exhibit poor water vapour barrier. Ideally, water vapour permeability does not...
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Thermal modelling and performance evaluation of a low-grade heat-driven sorption-based atmospheric water generator under various weather conditions
Drinking water is scarce in many regions of the world despite the omnipresence of water in the form of vapour in large quantities in the atmosphere....
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Selective sorption of oxygen and nitrous oxide by an electron donor-incorporated flexible coordination network
Incorporating strong electron donor functionality into flexible coordination networks is intriguing for sorption applications due to a built-in...
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Thermodynamics of Moisture Vapor Sorption and Mechanical Characterization of Methylcellulose and Ethylcellulose Based Films
The thermodynamic parameters of moisture sorption isotherms and the mechanical behavior of ethylcellulose and methylcellulose based films were...
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Insights into the interfacial transfer impedance behavior of moisture and dynamics of sorption diffusion in dried tobacco leaves surface
Moisture sorption and diffusion processes of plant fiber materials have a significant impact on their properties and product quality in healthcare,...
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Water sorption in wood cell walls–data exploration of the influential physicochemical characteristics
The material properties of wood are intimately tied to the amount of moisture contained in the wood cell walls. The moisture content depends on the...
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Polyvinyl alcohol-phytic acid polymer films as promising gas/vapor sorption materials
In this paper, we present the studies on gas/vapor sorption properties of polyvinyl alcohol/phytic acid (PVA/PA) composite polymeric films. To...
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Biomimetic surface engineering for sustainable water harvesting systems
Freshwater scarcity is becoming a global issue due to changing climatic conditions, which has stimulated the development of all-weather water...
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Comparative Study on Quality Attributes of Vacuum and Atmospheric Fried Bitter Gourd Chips
The correlation between increased vegetable consumption and protection against chronic diseases as well as a shift towards sustainable and...
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A New Method for Measuring Water Vapour Transfers Through Fabrics
The Skin Model is modified with a frame in order to model the microclimate which is present between the skin and the clothing. The aim of the study...
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Impact of humidity on HKUST-1 performance for the removal of acetaldehyde in air: an experimental study
In this study, HKUST-1 metal-organic framework was used for the purification of indoor air against acetaldehyde at 460 ppmv under ambient conditions...
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Water Activity
The shelf life of food is strongly dependent on water activity. Water activity is linked to moisture content by use of a sorption isotherm, which...
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Efficient sequestration of plutonium from aqueous medium using nitrogen doped graphene nano walls
Nitrogen doped graphene nanowall(s) deposited on carbon paper is employed in sequestration of trace-level plutonium from aqueous solution using batch...
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Scalable and efficient solar-driven atmospheric water harvesting enabled by bidirectionally aligned and hierarchically structured nanocomposites
Extracting water from air is a promising route to address the global challenge of water scarcity. Sorption-based atmospheric water harvesting (SAWH)...
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Phase and Reaction Equilibrium, and Phase Transitions
Whilst avoiding discussions on basic thermodynamic functions which can be found in many other chemistry and engineering textbooks, this chapter...
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Going beyond efficiency for solar evaporation
Interfacial solar evaporation, which captures solar energy and localizes the generated heat for evaporating water molecules, is regarded as an...
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Solar-driven scalable hygroscopic gel for recycling water from passive plant transpiration and soil evaporation
In the face of escalating global water scarcity, intensified by population growth and agricultural demands, there is an urgent need to improve water...
