Designing efficient membranes for desalination to help reduce the water shortage crisis has been subject of various studies. In this study, first, CuAl LDH nanosheets were prepared and surface some thin-film composite (TFC) was modified by them. Afterward, novel heterostructure nanocomposite consisting WS2 synthesized hydrothermal method, a new kind (TFN) made using All obtained performance stu...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effects of gas flow during insufflation on peritoneal fluid and peritoneal tissue regarding transient thermal behavior and thin-film evaporation. The effects of laparoscopic gas on peritoneal cell desiccation and peritoneal fluid thin-film evaporation were analyzed. METHODS Measurment of tissue and peritoneal fluid and analysis of gas flow dynamics during laparoscopy. ...

Flexible poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate)/polypyrrole/paper (PEDOT:PSS/PPy/paper) thermoelectric (TE) nanocomposite films were prepared by a two-step method: first, PPy/paper nanocomposite films were prepared by an in situ chemical polymerization process, and second, PEDOT:PSS/PPy/paper TE composite films were fabricated by coating the as-prepared PPy/paper nanocomposite ...

We, using LSMO:ZnO nanocomposite films as a model system, have studied the effect of film thickness on the physical properties of nanocomposites. It shows that strain, microstructure, as well as magnetoresistance strongly rely on film thickness. The magnetotransport properties have been fitted by a modified parallel connection channel model, which is in agreement with the microstructure evoluti...

*Correspondence: Mohammed Es-Souni , Institute for Materials and Surface Technology, University of Applied Sciences, Grenzstrasse 3, Kiel, Germany e-mail: [email protected] Supported anodized alumina template films with highly ordered porosity are best suited for fabricating large-area ordered nanostructures with tunable dimensions and aspect ratios. In this paper, we first discuss important issues...

A two-dimensional layers of metal (Me) nanocrystals embedded in SiO2 were produced by pulsed laser deposition of uniformly mixed Si:Me film followed by its furnace oxidation and rapid thermal annealing. The kinetics of the film oxidation and the structural properties of the prepared samples were investigated by Rutherford backscattering spectrometry, and transmission electron microscopy, respec...

In this work, Au-Bi(2)Te(3) nanocomposite thermoelectric film with a hierarchical sub-micron antireflection quasi-periodic structure was synthesized via a low-temperature chemical route using Troides helena (Linnaeus) forewing (T_FW) as the biomimetic template. This method combines chemosynthesis with biomimetic techniques, without the requirement of expensive equipment and energy intensive pro...

This paper presents a study of a square membrane, creased according to theMiura-ori folding pattern.When the membrane is allowed to expand from its packaged configuration, it initially expands elastically under zero corner forces. Starting from this naturally expanded configuration, the paper investigates the stress distribution and the load-displacement relationship when in-plane, diagonal loa...

Hypercrosslinked polymer (HCP) additives were successfully incorporated into two matrices: glassy with intrinsic microporosity comprising ethanoanthracene and Tröger's base (PIM-EA-TB) as well rubbery polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), forming thin-film nanocomposite (TFN) membranes for organic solvent nanofiltration (OSN) applications. The thermal stability surface morphology of TFN characterized by...

this study investigated the effect of different concentrations of nanocrystalline cellulose (ncc) on the physical properties of starch-ncc nanocomposites. the nanoparticle distribution in the polymer matrix was investigated using x-ray diffraction. the heat resistance and mechanical properties of the film were measured by differential scanning calorimetry and tensile testing. investigation of n...