Background: Collagen, the most abundant protein in the human body, and as an extracellular matrix protein, has an important role in the fiber formation. This feature of the collagen renders  establishment of the structural skeleton in tissues. Regarding specific features associated with the collagen, such as, formation of the porous structure, permeability and hydrophilicity, it can also be use...

We study the fluid inclusion of both Lennard-Jones (LJ) particles and particles with competing interaction ranges--short range attractive and long range repulsive (SALR)--in a disordered porous medium constructed as a controlled pore glass in two dimensions. With the aid of a full two-dimensional Ornstein-Zernike approach, complemented by a Replica Ornstein-Zernike integral equation, we explici...

Porous volumetric capture elements in microfluidic sensors are advantageous compared to planar capture surfaces due to higher reaction site density and decreased diffusion lengths that can reduce detection limits and total assay time. However a mismatch in refractive indices between the capture matrix and fluid within the porous interstices results in scattering of incident, reflected, or emitt...

*Correspondence: Petra Granitzer , Institute of Physics, Karl-Franzens-University Graz, Universitaetsplatz 5, A-8010 Graz, Austria e-mail: [email protected] In this review, the fabrication of porous silicon/magnetic nanocomposite materials and their physical properties are elucidated. Especially, the investigation of the presented systems with respect to their magnetic properties is r...

A new temperature-profile method was recently developed for analyzing perturbed flow conditions in superheated porous media. The method uses high-resolution temperature data to estimate the magnitude of the heat-driven liquid and gas fluxes that form as a result of boiling, condensation, and recirculation of pore water. In this paper, we evaluate the applicability of this new method to the more...

The conversion between seismic and electromagnetic energies was discovered in a fluidfilled porous formation. When seismic waves propagate through a fluid-saturated porous formation, relative motion between the pore fluid and the solid matrix is generated and cation motion in the fluid is formed. The streaming electric current induces electromagnetic waves in the formation. There is an opposite...

In this paper, a numerical study of heat and mass transfer with phase change in porous materials is performed. The problem is modelled by a system of transient inter-coupled equations governing the twodimensional multiphase transport process in porous media. The solution algorithm allows full simulation without any significant simplifications. The variations and the interrelationship between th...

The fabrication of porous Si-based Er-doped light-emitting devices is a very promising developing field for all-silicon light emitters. However, while luminescence of Er-doped porous silicon devices has been demonstrated, very little attention has been devoted to the doping process itself. We have undertaken a detailed study of this process, examining the porous silicon matrix from several poin...

Lithium metal is the ideal anode for the next generation of high-energy-density batteries. Nevertheless, dendrite growth, side reactions and infinite relative volume change have prevented it from practical applications. Here, we demonstrate a promising metallic lithium anode design by infusing molten lithium into a polymeric matrix. The electrospun polyimide employed is stable against highly re...

In this paper we use a double-porosity/double-permeability approach to study transient, saturated flow in heterogeneous, fractured porous media. The spatial variabilities in both the fracture and matrix continua motivate us to treat some of the fracture and matrix medium properties as stochastic processes. Hence flow through heterogeneous, fractured porous media is also amenable to stochastic a...