Fabric flammability is a surface-confined phenomenon: in fact, the fabric surface represents the most critical region, through which the mass and heat transfers, responsible for fueling the flame, are controlled and exchanged with the surroundings. More specifically, the heat the fabric surface is exposed to is transferred to the bulk, from which volatile products of thermal degradation diffuse...

Citation: Hofmann UG and Krüger J (2015) The chronic challenge—new vistas on long-term multisite contacts to the central nervous system. This Special Research Topic at hand is a collection of contributions from eminent research groups shedding light on several aspects of the still unresolved problem of a truly chronic cortical interface to enable long term brain-machine interfacing to human pat...

he wide use of nickel coatings is T due to their valuable properties.l-2 Nickel coatings are used primarily for decorative and industrial purposes. The uses of nickel in the decorative field are. numerous including automobile parts, fumiture, general hardware and fasteners, bicycles, as undercoats in low-cost jewelry, sporting equipment, toys, cutlery, lamps and plumbing fixtures. Most of the d...

The radiogenic neodymium (Nd) isotope composition of foraminiferal shells provides a powerful archive to investigate past changes in sources and mixing of water masses. However, seawater Nd isotope ratios extracted from foraminiferal shells can be biased by contaminant phases such as organic matter, silicates, or ferromanganese coatings, the removal of which requires rigorous multiple step clea...

This review paper provides the basic background and underlying theory behind Auger electron spectroscopy (AES). Among the many surface analytical tools, AES has been shown to be very effective for surface composition analysis. These analyses are critically needed to better understand the interactions between the host and implant. The use of AES for titanium (Ti) and hydroxyapatite (HA) biomater...

Electrochemical techniques are mainly known in the field of cultural heritage conservation as a tool for the elimination of corrosion layers or the removal of chlorides. However, these techniques are also a valuable tool for assessing the anti-corrosive efficiency of protective coatings. The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of different coatings for their use in metallic herita...

We report a one-pot synthesis of silver nanoparticle-polymer composites (Ag-PNCs) in water by a novel finding involving the polycondensation of methoxybenzyl chlorides (MeO-BzCl) directly on Ag nanoparticle surfaces at room temperature, leading to highly soluble antimicrobial nanocomposites. The composites, which are soluble in a range of organic solvents, precipitate in the reaction vessel, ma...

Detection of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) at parts-per-billion (ppb) level is one of the most challenging tasks for miniature gas sensors because of the high requirement on sensitivity and the possible interference from moisture. Herein, for the first time, we present a novel platform based on a hybrid photonic cavity with metal-organic framework (MOF) coatings for VOCs detection. We have ...

ToF-SIMS has been used in the analysis of latent fingerprints (dactyloscopy) with a view to use in forensic and biomedical applications. Szynkowska et al have demonstrated that SIMS can be employed to produce images of whole fingerprints on inorganic surfaces such as steel, brass and glass (1). We demonstrate the detection of a range of exogenous materials in fingerprints including industrial l...