Pitch-matrix composites for deicing, electromagnetic shielding and strain sensing have been developed by using carbon fiber (discontinuous) and carbon black as electrically conductive fillers. A composite with carbon fiber (5 vol%) as the sole filler is effective for strain sensing, which functions by the electrical resistivity increasing reversibly with tensile strain. A composite with carbon ...

Quantitative assessment of the biomechanical properties of limb soft tissues has become more important during the last decade because of the introduction of computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) and finite element analysis to the prosthetic socket design. Because of the lack of a clinically easy-to-use apparatus, the site and posture dependences of the material proper...

A new series of peptide-like derivatives containing different aromatic amino acids andpossessing pharmacophores of COX-2 inhibitors as SO2Me or N3 attached to the para positionof an end phenyl ring was synthesized for evaluation as selective cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2)inhibitors. The synthetic reactions were based on the solid phase peptide synthesis methodusing Wang resin. One of the analogues, i...

The elastic response of homogeneous isotropic materials is most commonly represented by their Young's modulus (E), but geometric variability associated with additive manufacturing results in that are neither nor isotropic. Here we investigated methods to estimate the effective (Eeff) samples fabricated fused filament fabrication. We conducted finite element analysis (FEA) on printed based mater...