Претраживање
Приказ резултата 1-10 од 94
Hemp Fibers: Old Fibers - New Applications
(Textiles: History, Properties and Performance and Applications, 2014)
Hemp (Cannabis sativa) was most likely the first plant cultivated by mankind for its textile use. Currently, the interest in hemp is focused on its use as a raw material for the production of environmentally friendly ...
Functional tissue engineering of cartilage and myocardium: Bioreactor aspects
(Scaffolding in Tissue Engineering, 2005)
Tissue engineering combines the principles of biology, engineering, and medicine to create functional grafts capable of repairing native tissue following a congenital deformity, disease, or trauma. Engineered tissues can ...
Image analysis technique for evaluating damage evolution and predicting mechanical strength of concrete structures under corrosion conditions
(Advances in Image Analysis Research, 2014)
The degradation of concrete structures, which progresses as time passes, is caused by external factors such as chemical, physical and mechanical interferences. In the case of chemical deterioration, various ions penetrate ...
Solid acids as catalysts for biodiesel synthesis
(Heterogeneous Catalysts: Design, Applications and Research Insights, 2016)
Increased environmental concern and awareness of limited reserves of fossil fuels gave a great importance to alternative and renewable energy sources over the past couple decades. An excellent substitute for mineral diesel ...
The corrosion stability of epoxy cataphoretic coatings on steel and steel coated with zinc alloys
(Corrosion Protection: Processes, Management and Technologies, 2009)
An organic coating is frequently deposited on the top of the metallic coating in order to generate a corrosion resistant system by taking advantage of the good properties of the sublayer. In automotive industry steel is ...
Application of an integrated supercritical extraction and impregnation process for incorporation of thyme extracts into different carriers
(Handbook on Supercritical Fluids: Fundamentals, Properties and Applications, 2014)
Supercritical carbon dioxide (sc2) is known as a good solvent for a wide range of bioactive compounds from natural sources. Extraction of bioactive compounds from plant material using sc2 is a favorable technique for ...
Micro- and Nanostructured IPNs based on Thermosetting Resins
(Micro- and Nano-Structured Interpenetrating Polymer Networks: From Design to Applications, 2016)
Different components of interpenetrating polymer networks (IPNs) have different influence on their properties and their behavior in various applications, such as automotive dual curing applications. Dual curing systems, ...
Surface characterization and properties of keratin fibers treated with low-temperature plasmas
(Polymer Surface Modification: Relevance to Adhesion, Volume 3, 2004)
The relation between shrink-resistance properties and surface changes (wettability, atomic chemical composition and topographical or morphological) induced by low-temperature plasmas (LTPs) has been studied in depth. For ...
Chitin and chitosan from microorganisms
(Chitin, Chitosan, Oligosaccharides and Their Derivatives: Biological Activities and Applications, 2010)
Today, a major concern about the use of crustacean chitin/chitosan in the pharmaceutical and biomedical field is still the molecular variability of a natural product, which results in a wide unpredictable range of ...
Antioxidants from lamiaceae herbs
(Food Quality: Control, Analysis and Consumer Concerns, 2011)
One of the important trends in the food industry today is the demand for natural antioxidants from plant material. Synthetic antioxidants such as butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), and butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) now being ...