The aim of this study was to develop a microemulsion system as a medium for laccase-catalyzed reactions. Phase behavior studies were conducted by constructing partial pseudo-ternary phase diagrams for systems comprising of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), various organic solvents as the oil phase (i.e., hexane, cyclohexane, heptane, octane, isooctane, toluene, isopropyl myristate), two co...

Microemulsions (MEs) are colloidal systems that can be used for drug-delivery and drug-targeting purposes. These systems are able to incorporate drugs modifying bioavailability and stability and reducing toxic effects. The jasmonate compounds belong to a group of plant stress hormones, and the jasmonic acid and its methyl ester derivative have been described as having anticancer activity. Howev...

In this paper, we present a simple one tensor mean field model of biaxial nematic liquid crystals. The salient feature of our approach is that material parameters appear explicitly in the order parameter tensor. We construct the free energy from a mean field potential based on anisotropic dispersion interactions, identify the order parameter tensor and its elements, and obtain self-consistent e...

The ternary perovskite system PbTiO3-Bi(Zn1/2Ti1/2)O3-Bi(Mg1/2Ti1/2)O3 was investigated in an attempt to capture the enhanced tetragonality of the PbTiO3-Bi(Zn1/2Ti1/2)O3 binary system at a morphotropic phase boundary (MPB) to improve piezoelectric performance. Results from the (1 x)[0.75 PbTiO3-0.25Bi(Zn1/2Ti1/2)O3]-(x)Bi(Mg1/2Ti1/2)O3 pseudo-binary solution indicate the formation of an MPB-ty...

8 The isothermal section of the La–B–C phase diagram at 1270 K has been investigated by 9 means of X-ray, neutron powder diffraction, microstructure and EPMA analyses. Eight ternary 10 compounds were found, and for six of them the crystal structures have been established. The 11 phase with the structure type of La5B2C6 has a broad homogeneity range described by the 12 formula La5(BC)x (5.6x8....

This study presents the application of ternary phase diagrams to tropical almond biodiesel components separation and purification at two temperatures. The seed oil was extracted mechanically alkaline transesterified produce biodiesel. were characterized using standard methods. Tie lines binodal solubility curve data determined modified cloud point titration procedures. Gas chromatographic metho...

Abstract Among the many diversity indices in ecologist toolbox, measures that can be partitioned into additive terms are particularly useful as different components related to ecological processes shaping community structure. In this paper, an decomposition is proposed partition structure of a given three complementary fractions: functional diversity, redundancy and species dominance. These sum...