Surface modification of biomaterials is a way to tailor cell responses whilst retaining the bulk properties. In this work, chitosan membranes were prepared by solvent casting and treated with nitrogen or argon plasma at 20 W for 10-40 min. AFM indicated an increase in the surface roughness as a result of the ongoing etching process. XPS and contact angle measurements showed different surface el...

Our long-term goal is to develop a hybrid cellulose-copper nanoparticle material as a functional nanofiller to be incorporated in thermoplastic resins for efficiently improving their antimicrobial properties. In this study, copper nanoparticles were first synthesized through chemical reduction of cupric ions on TEMPO nanofibrillated cellulose (TNFC) template using borohydride as a copper reduci...

The novel oriented electrospun nanofiber membrane composed of MOFs and SPPESK has been synthesized for proton exchange membrane fuel cell operating at high temperature and anhydrous conditions. It is clear that the oriented nanofiber membrane displays the higher proton conductivity than that of the disordered nanofiber membrane or the membrane prepared by conventional solvent-casting method (wi...

The freeze-casting of porous materials has received a great deal of attention during the past few years. This simple process, where a material suspension is simply frozen and then sublimated, provides materials with unique porous architectures, where the porosity is almost a direct replica of the frozen solvent crystals. This review focuses on the recent results on the process and the derived p...

We present a method where epsilon-cobalt nanoparticles with an average diameter of 4.5 nm can be synthesized in a controlled process and in significantly larger quantities than previously reported in the literature, based on the thermal decomposition of dicobaltoctacarbonyl in the presence of oleic acid and trioctylphosphine oxide (TOPO). Moreover, since the resulting particles are coated with ...

We present a study on thin deposits and patterning of 1-D spin-crossover compounds Fe(II)-(L)(2)H](ClO(4))(3)·MeOH [L = 4'-(4'''-pyridyl)-1,2':6'1''-bis- (pyrazolyl) pyridine] (1) that exhibit a reversible, thermally driven spin transition at room temperature. Micrometric rodlike crystals of 1 on silicon surfaces are achieved by drop casting and solvent annealing. We observed that the crystalli...

Ondansetron is a highly selective serotonin (5-HT3) receptor blocker which inhibits serotonin to bind with serotonin 5-HT3 receptors and hence prevent the vomiting reflex induced by serotonin. This work aimed to develop rapid dissolving films of ondansetron for the treatment of chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting. Rapid dissolving films were prepared by solvent casting method using pullula...

The aim of the present study is to develop a novel biomaterial from natural resources which can be used for various biomedical applications. In this work, composite films containing soya protein (SY) and sago starch (SG) were prepared by solvent casting methodology; these films were cross linked with glutaraldehyde to improve their mechanical properties. The films prepared were characterized fo...

A binary blend of polycaprolactone and starch in 70:30 weight ratio (known under the tradename “Envar”) was blended in various weight ratios with organosolv lignin (L) and organosolv lignin butyrate (LB) by solvent casting and melt blending. The thermal transitions observed by DSC revealed behavior resembling that of native polycaprolactone (PCL). Depression in melting temperatures obtained by ...

A series of poly(ethylene-co-vinyl alcohol)/poly(?-caprolactone) blends with different compositions were prepared using solvent casting. The miscibility this pair polymers was investigated differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and proved by a negative Flory interaction parameter value calculated from the Nishi–Wang equation. blend also confirmed electronic microscopy (SEM). thermal behaviors...