We demonstrate that isophthalic acid-ended telechelic poly(1,5-cyclooctadiene)s (APCODs) form thermo-reversible gels in non-polar solvent with a unique molecular mechanism for their thermo-reversibility. Like other associative telechelic polymers, A-PCODs form “flower-like” micelles at low concentration and form gels through bridging at higher concentration which exhibit linear viscoelasticity....

An open source software system called GaussDal for management of results from quantum chemical computations is presented. Chemical data contained in output files from different quantum chemical programs are automatically extracted and incorporated into a relational database (PostgreSQL). The Structural Query Language (SQL) is used to extract combinations of chemical properties (e.g., molecules,...

A general framework for the thermodynamics of open systems is presented. The theory is fundamentally based on the generalized balance of mass, which is enhanced by additional surface-°ux and volume-source terms. The presentation highlights the in°uence of the enhanced mass balance on the remaining balance equations. To clarify the impact of the variable reference density, we introduce the notio...

Plasmas have a broad field of applications, such as air-breathing hypersonic vehicles (plasma control for scramjet engine), spacecraft atmospheric entries (influence of precursor electrons and prediction of blackout phenomenon), high-enthalpy wind tunnels (plasmatron, arc-jet, and shock tube facilities), lightning phenomena, discharges at atmospheric pressure, laboratory nuclear fusion and astr...

BACKGROUND Uganda's banana industry is heavily impeded by the lack of cheap, reliable and sustainable energy mainly needed for processing of banana fruit into pulp and subsequent drying into chips before milling into banana flour that has several uses in the bakery industry, among others. Uganda has one of the lowest electricity access levels, estimated at only 2-3% in rural areas where most of...

Headspace solid-phase microextraction was used to extract low-molecular mass degradation products formed during thermo-oxidation of virgin and inplant recycled polyamide 6.6 at 100°C for up to 1200 hours. A total of 20 degradation products were identified using GC-MS. The identified degradation products shared some common structural features and were categorised into four different groups: cycl...

Biomass materials are being investigated and utilized in an ever-widening sphere of industrial scale applications. As this realm of utilization expands, fundamental knowledge of potential feedstocks becomes paramount. This study was undertaken to observe the chemical composition and thermogravimetric behavior of one set of biomass materials. This set includes fibers or ground portions of: corn ...

The effect of gravity and thermal expansion on the propagation of a triple flame in a horizontal channel. Combustion and Flame Submitted (2013). [3] Al-Malki, F and Daou, J. Triple-flame propagation against a Poiseuille flow in a channel with porous walls. Submitted (2013). [4] Daou, J. Strained premixed flames: effect of heat-loss, preferential diffusion, and the reversibility of the chemical ...

Spider silk is attractive because it is strong and tough. Moreover, an enormous range of mechanical properties can be achieved with only small changes in chemical structure. Our research shows that the full range of thermo-mechanical properties of silk fibres can be predicted from mean field theory for polymers in terms of chemical composition and the degree of order in the polymer structure. T...

In 1995, De Vos introduced a thermoeconomical analysis for heat engines working in finite time. This analysis was made by the maximization of a benefit function defined as the ratio of the power output and the total costs which are associated to the investment and the fuel consumption. The De Vos methodology has been applied to several heat engine models working at different regimes of performa...