Design of 3D scaffolds that can facilitate proper survival, proliferation, and differentiation of progenitor cells is a challenge for clinical applications involving large connective tissue defects. Cell migration within such scaffolds is a critical process governing tissue integration. Here, we examine effects of scaffold pore diameter, in concert with matrix stiffness and adhesivity, as indep...

Design of 3D scaffolds that can facilitate proper survival, proliferation, and differentiation of progenitor cells is a challenge for clinical applications involving large connective tissue defects. Cell migration within such scaffolds is a critical process governing tissue integration. Here, we examine effects of scaffold pore diameter, in concert with matrix stiffness and adhesivity, as indep...

Chemical reaction speed is frequently enhanced at a surface, particularly when materials like platinum are present. It is well known that porous materials such as sol-gel silicas, controlled pore glasses, templated porous materials such as SBA-15, MCM-41, MCM-48, and zeolites, offer large surface areas. This in turn makes them ideal for catalysing chemical reactions. Thus an important use for p...

nanoporous anodic aluminum oxide (aao) has been used in many different fields of science and technology, due to its great structural characteristics. solar selective surface is an important application of this type porous material. this paper investigates the effect of nanoporous aao properties, including; film thickness, pore area percentage and pore diameter, on absorption spectra in the rang...

Carbon materials were obtained by pyrolysis of the sawdust of Algarroba wood under CO2 or N2 atmospheres at temperatures from 200oC up to 900oC. Carbon materials were characterized by surface and micropore areas, volume pore and mean pore diameter. An approach of the kinetic parameters (apparent constant-rates and activation energies) associated with the synthesis of these carbon materials is a...

Recent advancements in the synthesis of monodispersed, large average pore diameter mesoporous silica nanoparticle (MSN) materials with highly functionalizable surface area ( ≥ 400 m 2 g − 1 ) and pore volume (1.05 cm 3 g − 1 ) has led to the development of a series of biomolecule delivery vehicles, where various proteins, small DNA and RNA sequences, and other biomolecules are loaded into the m...

Filtration media are required to have suitable pore size, pore size distribution, pore volume, pore surface area and permeability for performing satisfactorily in applications. It is difficult to encounter all the desired properties in a filtration medium. In this investigation, we have characterized filtration media by flow porometry, used these pre-characterized filtration media to design com...

1. Introduction Molecular dynamics under confinement is a subject of extensive scientific research. Besides fundamental interest, the understanding of the very intrinsic mechanisms of how confinements alter the fluid transport properties has an immense impact on application-oriented sciences, including life sciences in particular. Having the possibility of preparing mesoporous materials with we...

Mesoporous carbons prepared by an inverse replica technique have been used as electrodes for electrochemical capacitors. Such well sized carbons were prepared from mesostructured SBA-16 silica materials that served as templates whereas polyfurfuryl alcohol was the carbon precursor. Two highly mesoporous carbons characterized by 3 and 8 nm average pore diameter were tested in various electrolyti...