The multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) are modified by redox methods, and the surface groups of MWCNTs analyzed infrared spectroscopy. And were added to mirabilite-based phase change materials (PCMs) at 40°C prepare composite material. results show that when volume fraction is 0.05% 0.25%, temperature rises from 30°C 50°C, viscosity drop material 35.86% 37.50%, respectively. That is, larger...

Acrylicacid was grafted onto chitosan by using the ceric ammonium nitrate as the initiator. The effect of initiator concentration, monomer concentration, time & temperature on % G and % GE were studied. The grafted samples were characterized using FTIR, TGA, SEM and XRD methods. From the FTIR data it was ascertained that grafting has occurred considerably. The morphology of the grafted polymer ...

Purpose: To investigate the effect of salt form on the antioxidant activities of chitosan aqueous solution. Methods: The antioxidant activities of chitosan acetate (CS-acetate), chitosan hydroxybenzotriazole (CS-HOBt), chitosan thiamine pyrophosphate (CS-TPP) and chitosan ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (CS-EDTA) solution were determined employing various established in vitro system such as sup...

Cancer gene therapy requires the design of non-viral vectors that carry genetic material and selectively deliver it with minimal toxicity. Non-viral vectors based on cationic natural polymers can form electrostatic complexes with negatively-charged polynucleotides such as microRNAs (miRNAs). Here we investigated the physicochemical/biophysical properties of chitosan-hsa-miRNA-145 (CS-miRNA) nan...

This work reports for the first time a straightforward solvent-free chemical procedure to gain access to Δ-1-pyrroline grafted onto multiwalled carbon nanotubes by the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of the mesoionic 4-methyl-2-phenyloxazol-5(4H)-one.

For the first time, an interpenetrating phase polymer nanocomposite formed by the percolation of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) in polystyrene (PS) has been quantitatively characterized through electrical conductivity measurements and melt rheology. Both sets of measurements, in conjunction with scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images, indicate the presence of a continuous phase of per...

Uraemic toxins-creatol and N-methylguanidine-are generated in conversion of creatinine in water in the presence of various forms of carbon such as fullerene C60, carbon-encapsulated magnetic nanoparticles, and multiwalled carbon nanotubes and oxygen. The conversion degree for creatinine was different for fullerene C60, CEMNPs, and MWCNTs and was 9% (3.6% creatol, 5.4% N-methylguanidine), 35% (1...

The aim of this study was to develop a solvent-free polylactic acid (PLA) open-cell porous scaffold for bone tissue engineering using compression molding and new chemical foaming compound, that we named CFCO. latter is composed blend PLA azodicarbonamide (ADA) as agent, with the addition chitosan-grafted (CS-g-PLA) copolymer at various concentrations. novelty approach during foaming, is, decomp...

RATIONALE Functionalization of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) generates complex systems that require the development of suitable characterization protocols. New techniques have been explored, and existing analytical and spectroscopic methods to characterize functionalized CNTs have been adapted. Presently, chemical characterization of functionalized CNTs (f-CNTs) remains a difficult task. METHODS Ma...

The stability of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) suspension is a key factor in determining their transport, fate, and toxicity an aquatic environment, which significantly influenced by CNTs’ nature water chemistry. Macromolecular dissolved organic matter (DOM) reported to influence the CNTs aggregation. However, little known on small polar compound’s effects Nitrobenzene was selected investigate its in...