Solvent evaporation has proven to be a remarkably successful tool for directing self-assembly in block copolymers, yet the microscopic mechanisms, processing history dependence and macroscopic control parameters influencing pattern selection remain poorly understood. Here, we leverage dynamical field theory simulations to clarify how copolymer self-assembly proceeds during evaporation. We find ...

BACKGROUND There are different solvents presented in simplified adhesives. Bond-1 SF has been developed, which contains neither water nor organic solvents, in order to eliminate technical issues in terms of evaporation of solvents and concerns for the durability of resin-dentin bond. Thus this study was conducted to evaluate the microtensile bond strength (?TBS) of solvent-free and ethanol-base...

In this paper, we investigate the photophysical properties of the conjugated polyelectrolyte poly(2-methoxy-5-propyloxy sulfonate phenylene vinylene), MPS-PPV, dissolved in both water and DMSO as a function of the solution ionic strength. Dynamic light scattering indicates that MPS-PPV chains exist in a highly agglomerated conformation in both solvents, and that the size of the agglomerates dep...

In this work, we developed a method based on ultrasound-assisted emulsification microextraction (USAEME) for the determination of zinc and copper by flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS). The method is based on the use of the organic solvent carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) as an extraction solvent. In order to obtain a high enrichment factor, the effect of different parameters affecting the c...

A practical potentiometric method was applied successfully to experimental electrochemical data in order to determine the autoprotolysis constants (pKap) of water + dimethyl sulfoxide mixtures containing 0-90 % of DMSO by volume at 25° C and 0.1 M ionic strength was maintained in each mixture by NaClO4 solution. The results indicated that water-DMSO mixtures are more basic media than pure water...

Many factors can influence the efficiency of extraction antioxidants from plants. The most important parameters that affect in terms yield and quality include temperature, time, particle size. aim our study was to select optimal temperature for two types tea, obtain extracts with high values total phenols, flavonoids, antiradical activity according DPPH method, restoring strength FRAP method ta...

The fusion mechanism of polymersomes self-assembled by rod-coil copolymers is intrinsically different from that of liposomes due to the effect of chain topology on conformational entropy and molecular packing. The influences of membrane tension, coil-block length, rod-block length, mutual compatibility between the solvent and the rod-coil block, and π-π interaction strength on the fusion pathwa...

The mode(s), geometry and strength of interaction of the three aromatic amino acids, namely Phe, Tyr and Trp, with the benzyl side chain of Phe, at the non-hydrogen bonding position of designed model octapeptide β-hairpins, nucleated by the central (D)Pro-Gly turn, have been examined. In the absence of solvent-driven hydrophobic forces, the extent of contribution of such interactions indicates ...

Microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) of agar from Gracilaria vermiculophylla, produced in an integrated multitrophic aquaculture (IMTA) system, from Ria de Aveiro (northwestern Portugal), was tested and optimized using response surface methodology. The influence of the MAE operational parameters (extraction time, temperature, solvent volume and stirring speed) on the physical and chemical proper...