The activity of thermo-transient receptor potential (TRP) channels is highly dependent on temperature, and thus thermo-TRP reactions have a high temperature coefficient Q 10. In thermodynamics, a high value of Q 10 indicates the existence of a large activation energy (i.e., a large enthalpy) over a short period during the transition process between the closed and open states of the channels. Th...

Many remarkable properties of graphene are derived from its large energy window for Dirac-like electronic states and have been explored for applications in electronics and photonics. In addition, strong electron-phonon interaction in graphene has led to efficient photo-thermo energy conversions, which has been harnessed for energy applications. By combining the wavelength independent absorption...

The aim of this work is the investigation of the effect of ultrasound treatment on the structural characteristics of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and the consequent influence that the shortening induced by sonication exerts on the morphology, rheological behaviour and thermo-oxidative resistance of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE)-based nanocomposites. First, CNTs have been subjecte...

The present work aims to demonstrate that colloidal dispersions of magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles stabilized with dextran macromolecules placed in an alternating magnetic field can not only produce heat, but also that these particles could be used in vivo for local and noninvasive deposition of a thermal dose sufficient to trigger thermo-induced gene expression. Iron oxide nanoparticles were...

Thermo-responsive brush copolymers poly(methyl methacrylate (MMA)-co-2-(2-bromoisobutyryloxy) ethyl methacrylate (BIEM)-graft-(N-isopropyl-acrylamide) (NIPAAm)) were synthesized using Cumediated “living” radical polymerization (LRP) approach. Varied grafting densities of the brushes were obtained through adjusting backbone structure as random, gradient and block respectively. The effect of graf...

The thermo-optic effect of Si nanocrystals in silicon-rich silicon oxide (SRSO) thin films at 1530 nm is investigated. SRSO thin films, which consist of nanocrystal Si (nc-Si) embedded inside the SiO2 matrix, were prepared by electron-cyclotron-resonance plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition of SiH4 and O2 followed by a 30 min anneal at 1150 °C. The refractive indices of all SRSO films incr...

The objective of this study was to manufacture new biodegradable fiberboards by thermo-pressing. The starting material was deoiled cake (only 0.9% oil content), generated during the biorefinery of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) whole plant in a co-rotating twin-screw extruder. All fiberboards were cohesive mixtures of proteins and lignocellulosic fibers, acting respectively as binder and rein...

Headspace solid-phase microextraction was used to extract low-molecular mass degradation products formed during thermo-oxidation of virgin and inplant recycled polyamide 6.6 at 100°C for up to 1200 hours. A total of 20 degradation products were identified using GC-MS. The identified degradation products shared some common structural features and were categorised into four different groups: cycl...

Purpose: This study aimed to analyze the fracture resistance of denture base resins relined with either a conventional rigid resin or a new resilient resin. Materials and Methods: Two types of test plates were fabricated by relining the base resin (Acron) with a conventional rigid resin (Tokuso Rebase, TR) or a newly developed relining resin (Tokuyama Rebase II, RII). The specimens were divided...

The effects of synchronous photo (16 h daylength) and thermo (2 degrees C daily fluctuation) cycles on flowering time were compared with constant light and temperature treatments using two barley mapping populations derived from the facultative cultivar 'Dicktoo'. The 'Dicktoo'x'Morex' (spring) population (DM) segregates for functional differences in alleles of candidate genes for VRN-H1, VRN-H...