A universal surface modification for glass and fused silica microchannels has been developed. The method allows for the formation of catalytic surfaces within a channel after channel closure. These surfaces can contain ligand systems or functionalities of choice covalently attached to the robust surface modification. The utility of the system is demonstrated by the formation of Jacobsen and Gla...

Bi2O3-based glasses are very attractive from the viewpoints of low-melting, high refractive index, and crystallization, and the research on their glasses and glass-ceramics is at the frontiers of glass science and technology. Non-linear optical Bi2ZnB2O7 crystal lines with a high orientation were patterned in 3Sm2O3-30.3Bi2O3-33.3ZnO-33.3B2O3 glass by using a laser-induced crystallization techn...

Surface coatings of the albumin-heparin conjugates were developed to improve the blood compatibility of polymeric materials. Glass, PVC, Biomer and cellulose acetate were coated with albumin-heparin conjugate and its adsorption and desorption behavior on glass in particular was studied using 3H and 51Cr radiolabeled conjugates. Precoated materials showed a significant prolongation of the Lee-Wh...

Hydrophobic glass beads with well characterized physical properties were used as a model system to study at the amphiphilic interface the properties of apolipoproteins A-I and A-II from human serum high density lipoproteins. In this study, spherical glass beads with known diameter were coated covalently with a film of silicone to varying surface density. The decrease in surface tension induced ...

In the present work, we used the (CR–LR) difference technique for retrospective radon progeny measurements in 17 dwellings based on implanted 210Po activities in glass objects. A total of 48 glass objects were examined, but only 19 objects gave results which were sufficiently reliable due to the sensitivity of the method. From these 19 data, an increase in the surface 210Po activities in the gl...

Silicon and aluminum sources are most important reactants in the synthesis of zeolite. The use of the silicon source has an important effect on the crystallization of zeolites. Also, it can change the properties of the end product. This work reports the influence of three common commercial silica sources such as colloidal silica (Ludox AM-30), fumed silica and water glass on the crystallinity o...

This paper reports on the direct ability of two positively charged organic polyelectrolytes (natural-based and synthetic) to reduce the atrazine concentration in water. The adsorption study was set up using multiple glass vessels with different polymer dosing levels followed by ultrafiltration with a 1 kDa membrane. The addition of polymers exhibited a capability in reducing the atrazine concen...