This article presents the complementary data regarding compatibilization of chitosan/κ-carrageenan polyelectrolyte complex for synthesizing of a soft film using ascorbic acid. It includes the thermal-theory for estimating the degradation of κ-carrageenan, as reflected in alteration of the structural properties of the blend. The data has been provided to demonstrate that the blend solution based...

introduction : one of the most important problems of synthetic packaging of materials had been the time consuming process of their decomposition. therefore, they have the potential to contaminate the environment. during the recent years, the above-mentioned problem has paved the way for developing biodegradable biopolymers. one group of these polymers is films and edible coatings. soy protein i...

PURPOSE To examine tear film, contact lens, medical, and patient-related factors associated with self-reported contact lens-related dry eye. METHODS Four hundred fifteen contact lens wearers were recruited and enrolled in this phase of a larger cross-sectional study. A variety of tear film (e.g., interferometry, osmolality, phenol red thread, meibography, fluorescein, and lissamine green stai...

BACKGROUND Cellulose acetate phthalate (CAP) has been used for several decades in the pharmaceutical industry for enteric film coating of oral tablets and capsules. Micronized CAP, available commercially as "Aquateric" and containing additional ingredients required for micronization, used for tablet coating from water dispersions, was shown to adsorb and inactivate the human immunodeficiency vi...

Density functional theory (DFT) molecular dynamics simulations of a thin (approximately 15 A) water film on NaCl(001) have been performed, with the aim of understanding the structural and dynamic properties of this important interfacial water system. The interaction of the water film with the surface orders the water molecules in the immediate vicinity of the interface. This is reflected by osc...

The diffusivity and distribution of water in the butyl methacrylate and methacrylic acid copolymer films swollen in water have been investigated using the NMR relaxation and pulse field gradient (PFG) NMR techniques. The contributions of polymer matrix protons, surface water and bound water have been determined from H NMR spectra and relaxation functions. PFG NMR experiments showed that the ech...

An experimental study is presented for droplets containing an alcohol-resistant aqueous film forming foam (AR-AFFF) impacting and boiling on a heated stainless steel surface. Experiments with solutions of 3% (volume fraction) AR-AFFFldistilled water were compared to ones with distilled water and 3% AR-AFFF/simulated seawater. The latter experiments were motivated by the practice of mixing AR-AF...

The effect of some amphipilic diblock-copolymers and comb-polymers on a balanced Winsor III microemulsion system is investigated with the quaternary system n-octyl-β-d-glucoside/1-octanol/n-octane/D2O as basis system. The diblock-copolymers are polyethyleneoxide-co-polydodecenoxide (PEO x PEDODO y ) and polyethyleneoxide-co-polybutyleneoxide (PEO x PEBU y ), constituted of a straight chain hydr...

This paper describes the fabrication of transparent electrodes based on grids of copper microwires using a non-photolithographic process. The process--"abrasion lithography"--takes two forms. In the first implementation (Method I), a water-soluble commodity polymer film is abraded with a sharp tool, coated with a conductive film, and developed by immersion in water. Water dissolves the polymer ...