Chlorella cell envelopes were isolated by a mechanical procedure. The obtained morphological structure shown in an EM-picture has a mean density of rho=1.42. A characteristic chemical property of the envelope is the percentage of mono- and di-unsaturated C18-fatty acids which is considerably higher than that of intact cells. With 14C labelled sugars a selectivity of the hexose uptake could be s...

Whiskers have recently received an increasing interest as touch sensors capable of providing rich information about the close environment of an agent. Many different animal species – especially rodents – heavily rely on them for tasks as varied as short-range navigation and object exploration. For roboticists, whiskers are not only interesting because of the unique physical process on which the...

This work reviews the use of porous silicon (PS) as a nanomaterial which is extensively investigated and utilized for various applications, e.g., in the fields of optics, sensor technology and biomedicine. Furthermore the combination of PS with one or more materials which are also nanostructured due to their deposition within the porous matrix is discussed. Such nanocompounds offer a broad aven...

Porous cellulose beads were prepared through a simple, facile, and inexpensive method. The resultant microspheres exhibited good spherical shape with a diameter of 1 to 2 mm. Their morphology, pore structure, and physical properties were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and nitrogen adsorption. The regenerated cellulose was shown by scanning electron microscopy ...

This study was aimed to investigate possible harmful effects of formaldehyde (FA) exposure on the morphology of fetus liver and kidney development during pregnancy and also to determinate possible protective role of chrysin (CH) against these harmful effects. For this aim, after pregnancy was induced, 58 female rats were divided into 6 groups. Serum physiologic (SF) was injected to the Group I ...

As an ideal anode material, silicon has the highest lithium-ion capacity in theory, but the broader application is limited by the huge volumetric strain caused by lithium insertion and extraction. To better understand the physical process and to resolve the related reliability issue, enormous efforts have been made. Recent experiments observed sharp reaction fronts in both crystalline and amorp...

Small-scale morphology of gas hydrate is important for understanding the formation of gas hydrate deposits, for estimating the concentrations of gas hydrate from geophysical data, and for predicting their response to climate change or commercial production. The recent use of borehole pressure coring tools has allowed marine gas-hydrate-bearing sediments to be recovered with centimeter to sub-mi...

*Correspondence: Petra Granitzer , Institute of Physics, Karl-Franzens-University Graz, Universitaetsplatz 5, A-8010 Graz, Austria e-mail: [email protected] In this review, the fabrication of porous silicon/magnetic nanocomposite materials and their physical properties are elucidated. Especially, the investigation of the presented systems with respect to their magnetic properties is r...

Aims. We investigate the relationships between three main optical galaxy observables (spectral properties, colors, and morphology), exploiting the data set provided by the COSMOS/zCOSMOS survey. The purpose of this paper is to define a simple galaxy classification cube, with a carefully selected sample of ≈1000 galaxies. Methods. Using medium resolution spectra of the first 1k zCOSMOS-bright sa...

Background: The deposition of layers within the north polar layered deposits (NPLD) is thought to be controlled by changing climate influencing the relative proportions of ice and dust accumulated in the polar regions; thus the NPLD are considered to contain the record of recent climate change on Mars and are important targets for future exploration. The physical properties and history of these...