Owing to its superior mechanical properties, nanodiamond (ND) holds great potential to improve tribological characteristics of composites. In this study, we report on the wear and dry friction of epoxy-ND composites prepared from as-received and aminated ND across the length scale range from macro to nano. Comparison of macroscale, microscale, and nanoscale frictional behavior shows that ND is ...

DNA microarrays have become one of the most powerful tools in the field of genomics and medical diagnosis. Recently, there has been increased interest in combining microfluidics with microarrays since this approach offers advantages in terms of portability, reduced analysis time, low consumption of reagents, and increased system integration. Polymers are widely used for microfluidic systems, bu...

Functionalization of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) with covalently grafted amine moieties provides reactive fillers with potential covalent anchoring to an epoxy matrix. Manufacturing and characterization of a high performance epoxy system reinforced with as-grown and aminated SWNTs are presented through four different approaches. Epoxy composite materials incorporating SWNTs aminated ...

The preparation and potentiometric pH response properties of membranes formulated with various aminated-poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC-NH2) products are described. Products containing secondary and/or primary amino functional groups are obtained by modifying PVC with monoand/or diamines, respectively. Blank membranes prepared with either type of aminated-polymer exhibit nearly Nernstian potentiometr...

C,N-coupling reactions of aryl chlorides and aryl amines catalyzed by a nickel catalyst are reported. 17 new amines are synthesized in yields of 57-99%. 2,6-Dichloro substituted imines can be selectively aminated. Both mono- and di-aminated products are obtained. Different substrates and amines are tested to look into the influence of electronic effects and steric hindrance to the reaction. An ...

4-ChloroMethyl Styrene (CMS) was copolymerized with different monomers such as Methyl MethAcrylate (MMA), Methyl Acrylate (MA), 2-EthylHexyl Acrylate (EHA) by free radical polymerization method at 70 ±1°C using a,a'-Azobis(IsoButyroNitrile) (AIBN) as an initiator. The copolymer compositions were obtained using related 1HNMR spectra and the poly...

Nanoparticle surface chemistry is known to play a crucial role in interactions with cells and their related cytotoxic effects. As inhalation is a major route of exposure to nanoparticles, we studied specific uptake and damages of well-characterized fluorescent 50 nm polystyrene (PS) nanobeads harboring different functionalized surfaces (non-functionalized, carboxylated and aminated) on pulmonar...

We report different mesoporosity-dependent and functional group-dependent cytotoxicity and endocytosis of various silica nanomaterials on suspended and adherent cells. This dependency further varied with incubation time and particle dosage, and appeared to be associated with the particles' endocytotic efficiency and their chemical and physical properties. We studied two common mesoporous nanoma...

Polyols are groups of organic compounds which contain carbon and randomly linked to other atoms, especially carbon-carbon carbon-hydrogen. These mainly used as reactants make polymers. Among biopolymers, lignin is regarded the base a new polymer in polyol construction. The present study aimed investigate effects amine type (diethylenetriamine ethylenediamine) on modification lignin-based polyol...