2020 / Journal of Membrane Science
Zwitterionic modifications have been widely investigated to endow surfaces of membranes with fouling resistance. However, the approaches reported are mostly… Continue reading Zwitterionic PMMA-r-PEGMA-r-PSBMA copolymers for the formation of anti-biofouling bicontinuous membranes by the VIPS process
2020 / Composite Interfaces
Fiber treatments to enhance interfacial adhesion in natural fiber-reinforced composites generally induce the use of many chemicals. To address this… Continue reading PLA/flax fiber bio-composites: effect of polyphenol-based surface treatment on interfacial adhesion and durability
2020 / ACS Omega
Rare-earth (RE) phosphates often appear as an accessory phase in igneous or metamorphic rocks; however, these rocks are composed of… Continue reading Spectroscopic Studies of Mössbauer, Infrared, and Laser-Induced
Luminescence for Classifying Rare-Earth Minerals Enriched in IronRich Deposits
2019 / Journal of Membrane Science
Zwitterionic copolymers, poly(glycidyl methacrylate-sulfobetaine methacrylate) [poly(GMA-SBMA)], was incorporated into graphene oxide (GO) to form a GO–poly(GMA-SBMA) framework. This compound was… Continue reading Graphene oxide functionalized with zwitterionic copolymers as selective layers in hybrid membranes with high pervaporation performance
2019 / Carbon Letters
A carbon fber reinforced thermoplastic (CFRTP) was irradiated with a high energy electron-beam. As a result, the tensile strength of… Continue reading Synergetic effect of cross-linking and interfacial interaction in carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic to enhance its tensile strength by electron-beam irradiation
2019 / Journal of Membrane Science
Although widely used in blood-contacting devices, polypropylene (PP) membranes are prone to biofouling by plasma proteins and blood cells. The… Continue reading A zwitterionic interpenetrating network for improving the blood compatibility of polypropylene membranes applied to leukodepletion
2019 / Biotechnology Reports
Background aims Fourier Transform Infrared Micro-spectroscopy (FTIRM) is an emerging tool that obtains images with biochemical information of samples that… Continue reading Biochemical similarity between cultured chondrocytes and in situ chondrocytes by chemometric analysis from FTIR microspectroscopy
2019 / Journal of Membrane Science
In what follows, we functionalized chitosan soft membranes using zwitterionic copolymers of glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) units and sulfobetaine methacrylate (SBMA)… Continue reading Zwitterionized chitosan based soft membranes for diabetic wound healing
2020 / The Journal of Physical chemistry. B
Salts containing the merocyanine form of a pyridinium-fused spiropyran ([6′-MC]X; X = I and PF6) were prepared, and their crystal… Continue reading Synthesis, Photochromic Properties, and Crystal Structures of Salts Containing a Pyridinium-Fused Spiropyran: Positive and Negative Photochromism in the Solution and Solid State
2020 / Food and Bioproducts Processing
The water diffusion coefficients in highly concentrated ε-poly-l-lysine (PLL) and the disaccharides trehalose and sucrose were obtained by measuring the… Continue reading Measurement of the diffusion coefficient and hydrogen bonds of water in a dry-protective solution by microscopic near-infrared spectroscopy
2020 / Icarus
Simple molecules such as formaldehyde and ammonia were expected to be incorporated into small bodies with water ice in the… Continue reading Molecular evolution during hydrothermal reactions from formaldehyde and ammonia simulating aqueous alteration in meteorite parent bodies
2020 / Earth, Planets and Space
We report a chemical assessment of the explosive chamber in the projector system used during the sampling operation of the… Continue reading Chemical assessment of the explosive chamber in the projector system of Hayabusa2 for asteroid sampling
2020 / Journal of Membrane Science
This works describes the formation of nanofibers made of poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) and a zwitterionic copolymer prepared from the reaction… Continue reading Zwitterionic electrospun PVDF fibrous membranes with a well-controlled hydration for diabetic wound recovery
2020 / Journal of Membrane Science
This work scrutinizes a versatile process during which amphiphilic copolymers (made of styrene and sulfobetaine methacrylate, ethylene glycol methacrylate or… Continue reading Simultaneous amphiphilic polymer synthesis and membrane functionalization for oil/water separation
2020 / Environmental Pollution
Plastic pollution presents a global environmental concern with potentially widespread ecological, socio-economic and health implications. Methodological advances in microplastic extraction,… Continue reading Microplastic identification and quantification from organic rich sediments: A validated laboratory protocol
2020 / nature communications
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease in which insulin-producing pancreatic β-cells are destroyed. Intestinal helminths can cause asymptomatic… Continue reading CD8+ regulatory T cells are critical in prevention of autoimmune-mediated diabetes
2019 / Plasma and Fusion Research
We studied how the deposition of SiH3 radicals, higher-order silane molecules, and clusters contributed to the bond configuration of hydrogenated… Continue reading Effect of Higher-Order Silane Deposition on Spatial Profile of Si-H2/Si-H Bond Density Ratio of a-Si:H Films
2020 / Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Some xenolithic clasts in meteorites may have originated from unique primitive Solar System bodies. These clasts would provide novel insights… Continue reading Primordial organic matter in the xenolithic clast in the Zag H chondrite: Possible relation to D/P asteroids
2018 / Applied Spectroscopy, Volume: 72 issue: 7, page(s): 1074-1079 Article first published online: April 20, 2018; Issue published: July 1, 2018
Amino acids, except for glycine, have two types of molecular structures, L- and D-forms, which are enantiomers. As the L-… Continue reading Infrared Evaluation of Enantiometric Amount and Application to Racemization at the Interface Between L- and D-Alanine
2019 / Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Protein secondary structures are frequently assessed using infrared and circular dichroism spectroscopies during drug development (e.g. during product comparability and/or… Continue reading Determining Spectroscopic Quantitation Limits for Misfolded Structures
