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Solid State Joining of Thin Hybrid Sandwiches Made of Steel and Polymer: a Feasibility Study
2020
Abstract The growing demand for more environmentally friendly vehicles has led to an increased use of light materials in the transportation industry with the aim to reduce structural weight, fuel consumption, and gas emissions, thereby boosting cost-effectiveness and recyclable properties. Complex multi-material steel-based components would allow to improve mechanical properties and minimize weight even further. In particular, new sandwich materials made by steel outer skins and a polymeric internal layer seems very promising for obtaining mechanical performance and lightness at the same time. Unfortunately, traditional welding techniques, like arc welding, laser welding, and resistance spo…
Speciation of polyelectrolytes in natural fluids Protonation and interaction of polymethacrylates with major components of seawater.
2002
Acid–base properties of two sodium polymethacrylates (W= 4000 and 5400 Da) were studied potentiometrically in aqueous solution at 25 °C. Measurements were made in different salt solutions: LiCl 0.1–1.5, NaCl 0.1–2, KCl 0.1–2, Et4NI 0.1–0.75 mol l − 1 , and in artificial seawater in the salinity range 10 S 45. Protonation data were analysed by two different models and the dependence of the relative parameters on ionic strength were calculated. Measurements performed in interacting media (alkali metal chlorides and artificial seawater) were interpreted in terms of complex formation, and the relative formation parameters are reported. Previous data on the interaction of a higher molecular weig…
Langmuir-Blodgett films of biocompatible poly(HPMA)-block-poly(lauryl methacrylate) and poly(HPMA)-random-poly(lauryl methacrylate): influence of pol…
2010
Membranes based on functional biocompatible polymers can be regarded as a useful model system to study biological interactions, e.g. antibody-antigen interactions or protein polymer interactions. These model systems may give a better insight into these processes and may help to find suitable polymeric structures offering biocompatibility as well as reduced polymer protein interaction. In this respect, Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) layer formation at the air/water (A/W) interface is studied in respect to polymer architecture in this article. For this purpose, narrowly distributed N-(2-hydroxypropyl)-methacrylamide (HPMA) random and block copolymers have been prepared by the RAFT polymerization meth…
Speciation of Low Molecular Weight Carboxylic Ligands in Natural Fluids: Protonation Constants and Association with Major Components of Seawater of O…
1999
Abstract The interaction of oxydiacetate and citrate with the major components of seawater has been studied potentiometrically, at 25°C, in an artificial seawater (containing Na+, K+, Ca2+, Mg2+, Cl− and SO42−) at different salinities (5–45‰). Apparent protonation constants were calculated, from potentiometric data, and estimated, using an appropriate complex formation model. Formation constants of complexes formed by oxydiacetate and citrate and the cation of seawater (the inorganic content of seawater being considered as a single 1 : 1 salt) were determined. The single salt approximation for the major inorganic components of seawater, which is a good tool in estimating the mean strength o…
Equilibrium studies in natural fluids: interactions of -PO43−, -P2O74−and -P3O105−with the major constituents of sea water
1998
AbstractThe interaction of PiO(i+2)−(3i+1) (i = 1,2,3) with the major components of seawater has been studied potentiometrically, at 25°C, in an artificial seawater (Na+, K, Ca2+, Mg2+, Cl− and SO42−) at different salinities (5—45%o). Apparent protonation constants have been calculated, from potentiometric data, and estimated, using an appropriate complex formation model. Formation constants of complexes formed by phosphates and the cation of seawater (the inorganic content of seawater being considered as a single 1:1 salt) have been determined. The comparison between experimental and estimated results showed that a suitable complexation model can be used with a fairly good accuracy in pred…
Modelling of natural synthetic polyelectrolyte interactions in natural waters by using SIT, Pitzer and Ion Pairing approaches
2006
Abstract In this paper SIT and Pitzer models are used for the first time to describe the interactions of natural and synthetic polyelectrolytes in natural waters. Measurements were made potentiometrically at 25 °C in single electrolyte media, such as Et 4 NI and NaCl (for fulvic acid 0.1 − 1 S single salt ” BA, with cation B and anion A representing all the major cations (Na + , K + , Mg 2+ , Ca 2+ ) and anions (Cl − , SO 4 2− ) in natural sea water, respectively. The ion pair formation model was also applied to fulvate and alginate in artificial sea water by examining the interaction of polyanions with the single sea water cation. Results were compared with those obtained from previous sp…
Enzyme class identification in cleaning products by hydrolysis followed by derivatization with o-phthaldialdehyde, HPLC and linear discriminant analy…
2008
The enzymes present in raw materials of the cleaning industry (enzyme industrial concentrates) and in household cleaners were isolated by precipitation with acetone and hydrolyzed with HCl. The resulting amino acids were derivatized with o-phthaldialdehyde, and the derivatives were separated by HPLC. The peaks of 14 amino acids were observed using a C18 column and a multi-segmented gradient of acetonitrile-water in the presence of a 5 mM citric/citrate buffer of pH 6.5. Using either normalized peak areas (divided by the sum of the peak areas of the chromatogram) or ratios of pairs of peak areas as predictor variables, linear discriminant analysis models, capable of predicting the enzyme cla…
A Solution to the Problem of the Maximal Number of Symbols for Biomolecular Computer
2019
The authors present a solution to the problem of generating the maximum possible number of symbols for a biomolecular computer using restriction enzyme BbvI and ligase as the hardware, and transition molecules built of double-stranded DNA as the software. The presented solution offers an answer to the open question, in the algorithm form, of the maximal number of symbols for a biomolecular computer that makes use of the restriction enzyme BbvI.
Langmuir–Blodgett films based on inorganic molecular complexes with magnetic or optical properties
2005
Langmuir and Langmuir–Blodgett (LB) films of a great variety of molecular metal complexes with interesting magnetic or optical properties have been prepared in the last few years. Some of the results obtained by our group and others are summarized in this article. (i) LB films of polyoxometalates (POM) were first prepared taking advantage of the adsorption properties of these cluster anions along a positively charged monolayer of an organic surfactant spread in water. A correct choice of the POM allowed the preparation of LB films with magnetic, electrochromic, or luminescent properties. Besides this semiamphiphilic method, two new methods to prepare LB films of POMs have been developed by …