TL;DR: In this article, a theoretical evaluation of the origin and role of stored energy in the phenomenon of mechanically-activated dissolution of finely milled minerals has been undertaken, leading to the treatment of stored energies in terms of the generation and retention of crystalline imperfections (dislocations) during extended milling.
TL;DR: In this paper, mixed amorphous and crystalline MgAl2O4 nanopowders with visible light-induced photocatalytic activity were prepared via a simple solution combustion method using glycine and urea as fuel mixtures.
TL;DR: The results suggest that HPMC inhibits the transformation of carbamazepine to carbamazepsine dihydrate in the gel layer of hydrated tablets and in aqueous solutions, participates in its crystallization process and induces amorphism of carbazepine crystals.
TL;DR: The methodology proposed in this work presents an industrially scalable processing method to fabricate super-robust PLA barrier films that would indeed push the usability of biopolymers forward, and certainly prompt wider application of biodegradable polymers in the fields of environmental protection such as food packaging, medical packaging, and biodesgradable mulch.
Abstract: Remarkable combination of excellent gas barrier performance, high strength, and toughness was realized in polylactide (PLA) composite films by constructing the supernetworks of oriented and pyknotic crystals with the assistance of ductile in situ nanofibrils of poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) (PBAT). On the basis that the permeation of gas molecules through polymer materials with anisotropic structure would be more frustrated, we believe that oriented crystalline textures cooperating with inerratic amorphism can be favorable for the enhancement of gas barrier property. By taking full advantage of intensively elongational flow field, the dispersed phase of PBAT in situ forms into nanofibrils, and simultaneously sufficient row-nuclei for PLA are induced. After appropriate thermal treatment with the acceleration effect of PBAT on PLA crystallization, oriented lamellae of PLA tend to be more perfect in a preferential direction and constitute into a kind of network interconnecting with each other. At t...
TL;DR: The moderate doses of Zn doped coatings did not induce additional intracellular ROS and attenuate viability and proliferation of osteoblasts in vitro, and promoted osseointegration in both S. aureus-uninfected and infected rat tibias, which ascribed to the strong antibacterial activity and un-attenuated cell function of the coatings in the infected case.