Alpha-Galactosidase production by the fungus Humicola lutea 120-5 immobilized in a hybrid sol-gel matrix, consisting of tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) as a precursor and a mixture of polyethyleneglycol (PEG) and polyvinylalcohol (PVA), was investigated under semicontinuous shake flask cultivation and compared to the enzyme secretion by free cells. The influence of the carrier weight on the alph...

Europium(III) ions containing mesoporous silica coatings have been prepared via a solvent evaporation-induced self-assembly (EISA) approach of different single-source precursors (SSPs) in the presence of Pluronic P123 as a structure-directing agent, using the spin-coating process. A deliberate tailoring of the chemical composition of the porous coatings with various Si:Eu ratios was achieved by...

Colloidal particles can assemble into ordered crystals, creating periodically structured materials at the nanoscale without relying on expensive equipment. The combination of small size and high order leads to strong interaction with visible light, which induces macroscopic, iridescent structural coloration. To increase the complexity and functionality, it is important to control the organizati...

This work studies osteoinduction and bone conduction in polyvinyl alcohol-tetraethylorthosilicate-alginate-calcium oxide (PTAC) biocomposite cryogels along with the synergistic effect of electrical stimulation. In vitro osteoinduction of C2C12 myoblast towards osteogenic lineage is demonstrated through alkaline phosphatase assay, scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray spectros...

A siliceous porous material containing nickel was synthesized by means of an intercalation treatment method using a layered sodium octosilicate ilerite as a starting base material. The sodium ions between the crystalline silicate sheets in the octosilicate were exchanged for hydrogen ions in dilute hydrochloric acid, and then the basal spaces between the silicate sheets were extended by introdu...

In the article, in order to evaluate effect of various factors on oxidation process n-butane, a series experiments were conducted at temperature 170 ℃ for 58 hours with mixing reactants reactor speed 0.05 m amplitude 2s-1. Infrared spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and powder X-ray diffraction data reported. According infrared when ratio tetra-Npropylammonium hydroxide/tetraethoxy...

Magnetic nanoparticles for applications in separation and purification processes must satisfy several basic requirements. They should be superparamagnetic, i.e. possess low coercivity (H c ) and low retentivity (M r ), to enable re-dispersion after magnetic capture. In this study, the synthesis of SiO 2 coated γ-Fe 2 O 3 nanocomposite particles has been attempted to achieve the above magnetic p...

For wafer sizes in state-of-the-art semiconductor manufacturing ranging up to 300 mm, the uniformity of processes across the wafer becomes a very important issue. We present a fully three-dimensional model for the feature scale simulation of continuum transport and reaction determined high-pressure chemical vapor deposition processes suitable for the investigation of such nonuniformities. The n...

Methylated microporous silica with high thermal stability and tuneable hydrophobicity was obtained by acid-catalysed sol–gel hydrolysis and condensation of mixtures of tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) and methyltriethoxysilane (MTES). The gels exhibited a trend towards smaller ultramicropores with increasing methyl content, while in addition some supermicropores were formed with sizes of around 2...

Covalently bound organic silicate aluminum hybrid coagulants were synthesized by employing two silane coupling agents [diethoxydimethylsilane (DEDMS), gamma-aminopropylmethyldiethoxysilane (APDES)] as silicon sources. An additional coagulant was synthesized using anothersilane-tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) for comparison. Both the coagulant with DEDMS and that with APDES as the silicon source ...