Oral pH sensitive drug delivery systems are of utmost importance as these systems deliver the drug at specific part of the gastrointestine (GI) as per the pH of GI, resulting in improved patient therapeutic efficacy and compliance. The pH range of fluids in various segments of the GI tract may provide environmental stimuli for drug release. The aim of this study was to design buoyant beads c...

Enzyme cost is the major problem for industrial scale application. Immobilization is a promising approach to moderate the enzyme cost factor and increase its stability and activity. In this study, sol-gel method was used to prepare the immobilization platform and entrapped lipase as one of the most used enzyme in dairy processing, cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries. Lipase from Candida rug...

The sol-gel synthesis method allows greater control over glass morphology at a relatively low processing temperature (200 °C) in comparison with melt-derived glasses. In present study, phosphate-based glasses with the general formula of (P2O5)55-(CaO)25-(Na2O)10-(TiO2)10 was synthesized via a novel and facil...

Thermoreversible gelcasting, a near-net-shape processing technique, is demonstrated here for titanium. The gelcasting system is composed of TiH2 particles suspended in a triblock copolymer gel that behaves as a viscous liquid above 56 C and an elastic solid at room temperature, a temperature-dependent transition that is fully reversible when solvent is present. Organic pyrolysis to remove the g...

Micro electromechanical systems (MEMS) are finding uses in an increasing number of diverse applications. Currently the fabrication techniques used to produce such MEMS devices are primarily based on 2-D processing of thin films. The challenges faced by producing more complex structures (e.g. high aspect ratio, spans, and multi-material structures) require the development of new processing techn...

Mots-clé PVD-CVD, Sol-gel processing, Monte Carlo simulation, thin film islanding. PACS 04A25 The synthesis of self-organized quantum dots (QD’s) can be achieved through bottom up layer by layer deposition processes as chemical vapor deposition (CVD) or physical vapor deposition (PVD). However, QD’s may also be synthesized via sol-gel route, which involves a spontaneous evolution from thin film...

Abstract Flocculation is used for the removal or separation of colloids, e.g. in water treatment and mineral processing. Alginates are linear, anionic biopolymers composed mannuronic (M) guluronic (G) acids. The relative amount distribution M G impact ion-binding gel-forming properties polymer, but still no one has yet addressed alginate composition on flocculation nanoparticles particles. Our ...

Abstract Porous MgF 2 antireflective ?/4 films were prepared by sol–gel processing and coated with an additional top layer electron beam evaporation. Scanning Electron Microscopy was applied to characterize the microstructure of bilayer assembly. It can be shown that has a protective effect in terms abrasion resistance reduced solubility water. In second step thickness two film systems been mat...

Combination of sol-gel and hydrothermal routes in the metal alkoxide binary system of Al(OR)3-Ti(OR)4 (R= -CH(CH3)2 or -CH2CH2OCH3) were investigated to prepare single phase aluminum titanate (tialite). The effects of various parameters, such as hydrothermal processing temperature, solvent polarity and the type of alkoxide precursor, in phase development of the product powders have been investi...