Poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) membranes were prepared by non solvent induced phase separation (NIPS), melt spinning and the solution-cast method. The effect of preparation methods with different membrane formation mechanisms on crystallization behavior and tensile strength of PVDF membranes was investigated. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy-attenuated total reflectance (FTIR-ATR) and ...

The chocolate bar is a processed cocoa product that rich in polyphenols, but polyphenols decrease during processing. Gallic acid encapsulated the form of solid lipid nanoparticles (SLN) can be solution for fortification phenolic compounds bars. This study aimed to obtain right concentration SLN-gallic manufacture SLN was made by double emulsion method and added fat Monoacylglycerol (MAG) Diacyl...

The solid-state structures, thermal properties, and enzymatic degradability of melt-crystallized films of random copolymers of (R)-3-hydroxybutyric acid (3HB) with different hydroxyalkanoic acids were investigated. The crystallinity, lamellar thickness, and spherulite growth rate of copolymers decreased with an increase in the carbon numbers of second monomer units for copolymers with an identi...

An architecture for online remote operation of a polymer crystallization experiment was refined, beta tested in actual use conditions, and extended based on feedback from those tests. In addition, an application for graphically simulating macroscopic crystal spherulite growth was developed for use as an educational tool. Finally, the experiment was used in the design process for modifying the g...

The induction of different crystal morphologies is of crucial importance for many applications. In this work, the preparation of various crystal morphologies within clotrimazole films on glass substrates is demonstrated. Amorphous clotrimazole thin films were transformed via vapor annealing into crystalline structures; highly monodisperse/multidisperse crystallites, spherulite, or dendritic str...