Characteristics of Thermoplastic Potato Starch/Bentonite Nanocomposite Film

Nanocomposite film of recycled silk powder and polypropylene

Characteristics of denture thermoplastic resins for non-metal clasp dentures.

Six thermoplastic resins and conventional acrylic resin were examined to characterize their mechanical and physical properties, water sorption, solubility, flexural strength, modulus of elasticity, tensile strength and color stability. Thermoplastic resins for non-metal clasp dentures exhibiting low water sorption and solubility offer hygienic advantages. Since they have a low modulus of elasti...

Organic-Inorganic Hydrophobic Nanocomposite Film with a Core-Shell Structure

A method to prepare novel organic-inorganic hydrophobic nanocomposite films was proposed by a site-specific polymerization process. The inorganic part, the core of the nanocomposite, is a ternary SiO₂-Al₂O₃-TiO₂ nanoparticles, which is grafted with methacryloxy propyl trimethoxyl silane (KH570), and wrapped by fluoride and siloxane polymers. The synthesized samples are characterized by transmis...

Sequence characteristics of potato virus Y recombinants.

Potato virus Y (PVY) is one of the most economically important plant pathogens. The PVY genome has a high degree of genetic variability and is also subject to recombination. New recombinants have been reported in many countries since the 1980s, but the origin of these recombinant strains and the physical and evolutionary mechanisms driving their emergence are not clear at the moment. The replic...

Polymer nanocomposite thin film mirror for the infrared region.

Thin film metal oxide coatings have been used commercially as electromagnetic filters from the UV to infrared regions for over half a century. Deposition onto a substrate has typically been accomplished using vapor deposition techniques and more recently sol–gel methods. These coatings provide very good optical and mechanical performance when applied to substrates with similar thermal and mecha...