429 Zingiber officinale Rosc. (Ginger), Curcuma longa Linn. (Turmeric) and Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Miers. ex Hook. f. & Thoms. (Guduchi) are the important spices and herbs. Ginger and turmeric are widely grown in different regions of India and are commercially important edible spices. Guduchi, as a drug plant, has bulk demand in the market ranging from 300 to 500 tonnes of dry woody stems...

The poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) sponge fabricated by a gelatin porogen leaching method was filled with fibrin gel to obtain a hybrid scaffold for chondrocytes culture in vitro. The fibrin gel evenly distributed in the hybrid scaffold with visible fibrinogen fibers after drying. In vitro culture it was found that in the hybrid scaffold the chondrocytes distributed more evenly and kept a ro...

A new class of organic-inorganic hybrid aerogels having small pores and narrow pore size distribution are synthesized from well-dispersed clay platelets in water as base catalyst. Clay-catalyzed organic gels have strong advantage in controlling nanopore structure as well as reducing drying shrinkage by reinforcing the organic network with inorganic platelets.

Spray-drying of clear precursor solution containing inorganic-organic hybrid species and EO(n)PO(m)EO(n) triblock copolymer at low temperature, followed by treatment in acetone to remove the triblock copolymer, afforded spherical particles of aluminium organophosphonate (AOP) with uniform mesopores.

Drying temperature and time effect on oil quality parameters of both seed and kernel from a sunflower hybrid of potential high oil content was evaluated. Drying tests were carried through two treatments of thin layer drying, consisting the first in getting the equilibrium moisture content and the second a safe storage moisture value, both in a range of temperatures from 25 °C to 90 °C. Prolonge...

Hybrid organic aerogels consisting of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs), and graphene oxide nanosheets (GONSs) were prepared using an environmentally friendly freeze-drying process. The material properties of these fabricated aerogels were measured and analyzed using various characterization techniques including compression testing, scanning electron microscopy, thermogravim...

A series of chitosan/attapulgite (CTS/APT) hybrid microspheres were prepared by a facile spray-drying technique. The developed hybrid microspheres were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectra (FTIR), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and the zeta potential. The encapsulation efficiency and in vitro controlled release properties of the microspheres fo...

OBJECTIVES The objectives of this study were to assess demineralized dentin porosity and quantify the different porous features distribution within the material using mercury intrusion porosimetry (MIP) technique. We compared hexamethyldisilazane (HMDS) drying and lyophilization (LYO) (freeze-drying) in sample preparation. METHODS Fifty-six dentin discs were assigned into three groups. The co...