Tannin/furanic rigid foams were modi ed by either polymeric 4,4’ diphenylmethane diisocyanate (pMDI) or a one-component polyurethane still presenting reactive isocyanate groups (PUR). Several di erent sequences of mixing the isocyanate and polyurethane with the chemicals used to prepare tannin-based foams were tested. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) showed that addition of either pMDI or PUR...

Amit Desai, Maria L. Auad, 1 Hongbin Shen and Steven R. Nutt* Gill Foundation Composites Center, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Southern California, 3651 Watt Way VHE-602, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0241, USA * E-mail: [email protected] Abstract: Hybrid composite phenolic foams are reinforced with chopped glass and aramid fibers in varied proportions. The mechanic...

Open cell foams consisting of Fe and Fe-Mn oxides are prepared from metallic Fe and Mn powder precursors by the replication method using porous polyurethane (PU) templates. First, reticulated PU templates are coated by slurry impregnation. The templates are then thermally removed at 260 °C and the debinded powders are sintered at 1000 °C under N₂ atmosphere. The morphology, structure, and magne...

A robust chemical ubiquitination method was developed. The method employed a genetically incorporated azidonorleucine as an orthogonal lysine precursor for the installation of a Gly residue bearing an Nα-auxiliary which mediated the ligation between ubiquitin(1-75)-thioester and the target protein. To demonstrate our methodology, a model protein, K48-linked diubiquitin, was synthesized with an ...

Many wounds heal slowly and are difficult to manage. Therefore Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) was developed where polymer foams are applied and a defined negative pressure removes wound fluid, reduces bacterial burden and increases the formation of granulation tissue. Although NPWT is used successfully, its mechanisms are not well understood. In particular, different NPWT dressings were...

Acoustic measurements provide convenient non-invasive means for the characterisation of materials. We show here for the first time how a commercial impedance tube can be used to provide accurate measurements of the velocity and attenuation of acoustic waves in liquid foams, as well as their effective "acoustic" density, over the 0.5-6kHz frequency range. We demonstrate this using two types of l...

Abstract Wellbore instability causes main concerns in the oil and gas industry due to personnel safety overall expenditure. Several signs such as wellbore spalling, rate of penetration reduction, pipes sticking, well unnatural wash out, collapsing, induce fracture could indicate during drilling. A balance between stress concentration near rock strength is primary condition for a stability Thus,...

The mechanical behaviour of a new type of open-cell foam made by a thermally induced phase separation (TIPS) process was investigated. Foams made by the TIPS process are characterized by cell sizes which are 10-100 times smaller than conventional foam materials. In this work, the linear elastic modulus of these foams in dynamic tension/compression was measured. A comparison was made with the th...

Interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) is a debilitating urological condition that is resistant to treatment and poorly understood. To determine novel molecular treatment targets and to elucidate the contribution of the nervous system to IC/BPS, many rodent bladder pain models have been developed. In this study we evaluated the effects of anesthesia induction and temperature varia...