Liquid crystals are a unique and complicated class of phases of matter, also called “mesophases”, which exhibit properties such as solid-like elasticity and anisotropy, and liquid-like flow. The industrial application of ...

With gradually increasing strict environmental regulations that control emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), reduced sulphur compounds and nuisance odors from industries, there is a growing need for air pollution ...

Increasing global energy demands and diminishing supplies of conventional fuels are forcing the world to focus more on alternative power sources that are both renewable and ecologically benign. Solar energy is clean, ...

Adsorption-mediated self-assembly of nanoparticles at fluid interfaces, driven by reduction in interfacial energy, leads to stabilization of emulsions and foams and can be used for the bottom-up fabrication of functional ...

Modeling interstitial fluid flow involves processes such as fluid diffusion, convective transport in the extracellular matrix, and extravasation from blood vessels. In all of these processes, computational fluid dynamics ...

A novel polymer semiconductor with side chains thermally cleavable at a low temperature of 200 °C was synthesized. The complete cleavage and removal of the insulating 2-octyldodecanoyl side chains were verified with TGA, ...

Bordetella pertussis is one of two Gram-negative bacteria responsible for causing whooping cough in humans, a highly contagious disease that infects the human upper respiratory tract. Whole-cell and acellular vaccines have ...

The oil production from well fractured carbonate reservoirs is a considerable part of the total oil production in the world. The petroleum resource base in naturally fractured reservoirs is estimated to be in the range of ...

This project is aimed at developing and demonstrating highly conductive, lightweight, and low-cost thermoplastic blends to be used as flow field bipolar plates for polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells. <br><br> ...

Seeding is an important variable in controlling or directing the assembly of peptides. The presence of impurities, responsible for creating a 'dip' in the surface tension versus peptide concentration profile, is used to ...