DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201301804 coatings are manufactured by fi lm deposition techniques such as chemical vapor deposition (CVD), sputtering, or evaporation, which have many disadvantages in terms of cost and the possibility of high temperature environments that are unsuitable for certain solar cell architectures. Thus, how cheaply and easily these layers can be made and how effective they are is o...

introduction : albumin, one of the most important plasma proteins, has a difficult process of synthesis and production. we compared two different methods for albumin purification: carboxymethyl cellulose (cm cellulose) resin exchange and diethylaminoethyl cellulose (deae cellulose) resin exchange in order to determine which resin could be more beneficial. materials and methods : two ion exchang...

Bacterial nano-cellulose (BNC) is considered to possess incredible potential in biomedical applications due to its innate unrivaled nano-fibrillar structure and versatile properties. However, its use is largely restricted by inefficient production and by insufficient strength when it is in a highly swollen state. In this study, a fabric skeleton reinforced chitosan (CS)/BNC hydrogel with high m...

Theoretical analysis and Computer simulations have proven to be cost-effective and powerful tools in scientific studies of materials, particularly at nano-scale where synthesis of nano-structures, interpretation of their observed character and exploration of new structures are not always straight forward. We present here fundamental principles of techniques used today for computational simulati...

Multifunctional materials and devices with captivating properties can be assembled from cellulose cellulose-based composite combining functionality structural performance. Cellulose is one of the most abundant renewable properties, such as mechanical robustness, biocompatibility, biodegradability. a low-cost biodegradable resource, CO2 neutral, wide variety fibers available all over world. Over...

there are many reports on the application of different hydrocolloids in the production of leavened breads; most of which show positive effects on bread quality. however, there is little information to prove such effect on flat breads. the main aim of this study was to improve the quality of barbari dough and bread (iranian flat bread) in terms of texture, taste and general acceptability of fres...

Background To date, great strides have been made in elucidating the role of thermochemical pretreatments in the chemical and structural features of plant cell walls; however, there is no clear picture of the plant recalcitrance and its relationship to deconstruction. Previous studies precluded full answers due to the challenge of multiscale features of plant cell wall organization. Complementin...