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Materials, Volume 13, Issue 4

February-2 2020 - 213 articles

Cover Story: Poly(L-lactide-co-glycolide)-block-poly (ethylene oxide) copolymer modified by blending with grafted dextrin or maltodextrin demonstrate very useful feature of this material as a biodegradable polymeric matrix for controlled release system of herbicides. The modification PLAGA/PEG copolymer by blending with modified dextrin affects the improvement of the release profile of active agent via enhancement of susceptibility of polymeric carrier to enzymatic degradation. This type of degradation allowed for the leaching of tested herbicides into the soil within few months which is very required from agrochemical and environmental protection point of view, because active substances are released through the whole vegetation period of cultivated plants. View this paper.
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Articles (213)

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,023 Views
13 Pages

Effects of Helix Geometry on Magnetic Guiding of Helical Polymer Composites on a Gastric Cancer Model: A Feasibility Study

  • Yongju Kim,
  • Jeong Eun Park,
  • Jeong Jae Wie,
  • Su Geun Yang,
  • Don Haeng Lee and
  • Young-Joo Jin

24 February 2020

This study investigates the effects of soft-robot geometry on magnetic guiding to develop an efficient helical mediator on a three-dimensional (3D) gastric cancer model. Four different magnetically active helical soft robots are synthesized by the in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
56 Citations
5,426 Views
16 Pages

Strength Development and Elemental Distribution of Dolomite/Fly Ash Geopolymer Composite under Elevated Temperature

  • Emy Aizat Azimi,
  • Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri Abdullah,
  • Petrica Vizureanu,
  • Mohd Arif Anuar Mohd Salleh,
  • Andrei Victor Sandu,
  • Jitrin Chaiprapa,
  • Sorachon Yoriya,
  • Kamarudin Hussin and
  • Ikmal Hakem Aziz

24 February 2020

A geopolymer has been reckoned as a rising technology with huge potential for application across the globe. Dolomite refers to a material that can be used raw in producing geopolymers. Nevertheless, dolomite has slow strength development due to its l...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,906 Views
9 Pages

Willow Bark for Sustainable Energy Storage Systems

  • Mathias Andreas Hobisch,
  • Josphat Phiri,
  • Jinze Dou,
  • Patrick Gane,
  • Tapani Vuorinen,
  • Wolfgang Bauer,
  • Christian Prehal,
  • Thaddeus Maloney and
  • Stefan Spirk

24 February 2020

Willow bark is a byproduct from forestry and is obtained at an industrial scale. We upcycled this byproduct in a two-step procedure into sustainable electrode materials for symmetrical supercapacitors using organic electrolytes. The procedure employe...

  • Correction
  • Open Access
2,187 Views
1 Page

Correction: G. Papari et al. Terahertz Spectroscopy of Amorphous WSe2 and MoSe2 Thin Films. Materials 2018, 11, 1613

  • Gian Paolo Papari,
  • Can Koral,
  • Toby Hallam,
  • Georg Stefan Duesberg and
  • Antonello Andreone

24 February 2020

The exponential factor in Equation (1) of the paper published in Materials [1] reports a misprint and the correct expression of the transmission function is (1) T ˜ ( ω ) = E ˜ f ( ω ) E ˜ s ( &ome...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,077 Views
17 Pages

24 February 2020

This work determines the effect of the addition of various amounts of vanadium oxide on the work of a cell built from a hybrid VxOy-TiO2-rGO system in a lithium-ion cell. Moreover, a new method based on solvothermal chemistry is proposed for the crea...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,541 Views
10 Pages

24 February 2020

Our goal is to fabricate flexible magnetic polymer composites as antenna substrates for very high frequency (VHF)/low ultra high frequency (UHF) antennas for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and medical devices. Magnetodielectric materials, which have...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,116 Views
16 Pages

Fractal Characteristics of Chip Morphology and Tool Wear in High-Speed Turning of Iron-Based Super Alloy

  • Xu Zhang,
  • Guangming Zheng,
  • Xiang Cheng,
  • Rufeng Xu,
  • Guoyong Zhao and
  • Yebing Tian

24 February 2020

Considering that iron-based super alloy is a kind of difficult-to-cut material, it is easy to produce work hardening and serious tool wear during machining. Therefore, this work aims to explore the chip change characteristics and tool wear mechanism...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,385 Views
10 Pages

24 February 2020

A series of polycarboxylate superplasticizer (PCE) polymers were synthesized from acrylic acid (AA) and isoprenyloxy polyethylene glycol ether (IPEG) at the mole ratios of 3.0, 4.2, 5.0 and 6.0. In this study, the molecular weight properties of PCE p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,610 Views
12 Pages

Processing and Mechanical Properties of Ti2AlC MAX Phase Reinforced AE44 Magnesium Composite

  • Xufeng Pi,
  • Wenbo Yu,
  • Chaosheng Ma,
  • Xiaojun Wang,
  • ShouMei Xiong and
  • Antoine Guitton

23 February 2020

AE44 alloys and nanolaminated Ti2AlC particle-reinforced AE44 magnesium composites were synthesized by stir casting techniques and textured by hot extrusion methods. It was found that lamellar Al11RE3 precipitates spheroidized with the introduction o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,773 Views
11 Pages

Separation and Recovery of Refined Si from Al–Si Melt by Modified Czochralski Method

  • Jingwei Li,
  • Juncheng Li,
  • Yinhe Lin,
  • Jian Shi,
  • Boyuan Ban,
  • Guicheng Liu,
  • Woochul Yang and
  • Jian Chen

23 February 2020

Separation of refined silicon from Al–Si melt is still a puzzle for the solvent refining process, resulting in considerable waste of acid and silicon powder. A novel modified Czochralski method within the Al–Si alloy is proposed. After th...

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