Filtration performance of geotextiles strongly depends on their pore structure parameters, i.e. percent open area (POA), pore opening size distribution (PSD) and constriction size distribution (CSD). Current methods of determination of pore structure parameters contain inherent disadvantages whereas image analysis can be used effectively for this purpose. Two new image-based PSD and CSD determi...

Earthworms affect macro-pore structure of soils. However, some studies suggest that earthworm burrow walls and casts themselves differ greatly in structure from surrounding soils, potentially creating habitat for microbivorours nematodes which accelerate the decomposition and C and N mineralization. In this study aggregates were sampled from the burrow walls of the anecic earthworm Lumbricus te...

MCM-48 and SBA-1 samples were characterized using powder X-ray diffraction and nitrogen adsorption in a wide range of relative pressures. X-ray diffraction provided direct evidence for the high degree of pore structure ordering for the materials under study. Nitrogen adsorption showed that highly ordered MCM-48 materials exhibited sharp steps of capillary condensation and narrow pore size distr...

The recent crystal structure of Orai, the pore unit of a calcium release-activated calcium (CRAC) channel, is used as the starting point for molecular dynamics and free-energy calculations designed to probe this channel's conduction properties. In free molecular dynamics simulations, cations localize preferentially at the extracellular channel entrance near the ring of Glu residues identified i...

Porosity and pore structure are important characteristics of tablets, since they influence mechanical strength and many other properties. This paper proposes an alternative method for the characterization of pore structure based on image analysis of SEM micrographs. SEM images were made of sodium chloride tablets made with three different particle sizes. The pore size distribution in these imag...

1. Introduction For many applications in chromatography and separation, porous materials with a structure-in-structure fashion are desirable. For such applications, silica monoliths were synthesized which have a trimodal, hierarchical pore structure [1]. It consists of three different interconnected pore domains with pore diameters (measured by Hg-porosimetry) in the range of a few microns (mac...

Transport and transformation processes of solid, liquid and gaseous compounds/components in soils are intimately connected and strongly dependent on the state of soil structure and pore space geometries. Soil structure in turn is inherently dynamic due to changes in pore water pressure resulting in shrinking and swelling and/or soil compaction and shear deformation by applying external loads an...