Composites based on high density polyethylene (HDPE), pine flour, and organic clay were made by melt compounding and then injection molding. The influence of clay on crystallization behavior, mechanical properties, water absorption, and thermal stability of HDPE/pine composites was investigated. The HDPE/pine composites containing exfoliated clay were made by a two-step melt compounding procedu...

In this work is presented a general architecture for a multi physical agent network system based on the coordination and the behaviour management. The system is organised in a hierarchical structure where are distinguished the individual agent actions and the collective ones linked to the whole agent network. Individual actions are also organised in a hybrid layered system that take advantages ...

rotavirus, a triple-layered non-enveloped member of the reoviridae family, obtained a transient membrane envelope when newly synthesized subviral particles bud into the endoplasmic reticulum (er). as rotavirus particles mature, they lose their transient membrane and obtain outer layer. it is mostly believed that only double layered particles bud into the er. the present study describes that the...

– Microscopy observations show that suspensions of synthetic and natural nanolayered smectite clay particles submitted to a strong external electric field undergo a fast and extended structuring. This structuring results from the interaction between induced electric dipoles, and is only possible for particles with suitable polarization properties. Smectite clay colloids are observed to be parti...

In the last years, several methods have been used to enhance bone repair and new bone formation. Numerous researches have been focused on possibilities of healing bone defect by using biomaterial implants. Clay cement may represent an important bone substitute and could be used for the treatment of multiple fractures and after bone tumor resection. The aim of this study is to investigate biocom...

-A new chemical mass balance technique has been developed for simultaneous mineralogical quantification and chemical characterization of soil clays. The procedure includes separation of the whole clay (<2 ~tm fraction) into six particle size fractions (<0.02, <0.06, <0.2, 0.02-0.06, 0.06-0.2, and 0.22 um fractions), chemical analysis of the whole clay and each of the six fractions, and fitting ...

Synthetic saponite clay was impregnated with either linear saturated or unsaturated aldehydes through an incipient-wetness deposition approach. To increase the aldehyde loading, also intercalated positively charged cetyltrimethylammonium (CTA+) species, aiming to expand gallery and hydrophobic character of host solid. A multitechnique, physicochemical investigation performed on organic–inorgani...