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Materials, Volume 2, Issue 1

March 2009 - 14 articles

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Articles (14)

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
15,404 Views
15 Pages

Analysis of Effective Interconnectivity of DegraPol-foams Designed for Negative Pressure Wound Therapy

  • Vincent Milleret,
  • Anne Greet Bittermann,
  • Dieter Mayer and
  • Heike Hall

25 March 2009

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 format...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
15,138 Views
14 Pages

Polymer Hydrogel/Polybutadiene/Iron Oxide Nanoparticle Hybrid Actuators for the Characterization of NiTi Implants

  • Aleksandra Jeličić,
  • Alwin Friedrich,
  • Katarina Jeremić,
  • Gerd Siekmeyer and
  • Andreas Taubert

17 March 2009

One of the main issues with the use of nickel titanium alloy (NiTi) implants in cardiovascular implants (stents) is that these devices must be of very high quality in order to avoid subsequent operations due to failing stents. For small stents with d...

  • Review
  • Open Access
81 Citations
23,928 Views
26 Pages

Anaerobic Biodegradation of Detergent Surfactants

  • Ute Merrettig-Bruns and
  • Erich Jelen

16 March 2009

Detergent surfactantscan be found in wastewater in relevant concentrations. Most of them are known as ready degradable under aerobic conditions, as required by European legislation. Far fewer surfactants have been tested so far for biodegradability u...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
14,165 Views
12 Pages

Polymerization Stress Development in Dental Composites: Effect of Cavity Design Factor

  • Joseph M. Antonucci,
  • Anthony A. Giuseppetti,
  • Justin N.R. O’Donnell,
  • Gary E. Schumacher and
  • Drago Skrtic

13 March 2009

The objective of the study was to assess the effect of the cavity design factor (C-factor) on polymerization stress development (PSD) in resin composites. An experimental resin (BT resin) was prepared, which contained 2,2-bis[p-(2’-hydroxy-3’-methacr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
14,528 Views
23 Pages

Preparation of Novel Banana-Shaped Triple Helical Liquid Crystals by Metal Coordination

  • Parvez Iqbal,
  • Manickam Mayanditheuar,
  • Laura J. Childs,
  • Michael J. Hannon,
  • Neil Spencer,
  • Peter R. Ashton and
  • Jon A. Preece

13 March 2009

The synthesis of a series of banana-shaped structures has been carried out, in which the bend unit is formed by a 4,4’-methylenedianiline or 3,3’-methylenedianiline core bearing two symmetric pyridylimine linkages to di- and tri- alkoxyphenylester mo...

  • Review
  • Open Access
54 Citations
20,420 Views
34 Pages

11 March 2009

This review focuses on recent developments in the chemistry of side chain liquid crystal polymers. It concentrates on current trends in synthetic methods and novel, well defined structures, supramolecular arrangements, properties, and applications. T...

  • Article
  • Open Access
60 Citations
16,973 Views
17 Pages

Biomaterial Studies on AISI 316L Stainless Steel after Magnetoelectropolishing

  • Tadeusz Hryniewicz,
  • Krzysztof Rokosz and
  • Massimiliano Filippi

11 March 2009

The polarisation characteristics of the electropolishing process in a magnetic field (MEP – magnetoelectropolishing), in comparison with those obtained under standard/conventional process (EP) conditions, have been obtained. The occurrence of an EP p...

  • Review
  • Open Access
130 Citations
23,299 Views
19 Pages

23 February 2009

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are toxic environmental pollutants that are known or suspected carcinogens or mutagens. Bioremediation has been used as a general way to eliminate them from the contaminated sites or aquifers, but their biodegr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
16,415 Views
14 Pages

A Method for Digital Color Analysis of Spalted Wood Using Scion Image Software

  • Sara C. Robinson,
  • Peter E. Laks and
  • Ethan J. Turnquist

16 February 2009

Color analysis of spalted wood surfaces requires a non-subjective, repeatable method for determining percent of pigmentation on the wood surface. Previously published methods used human visual perception with a square grid overlay to determine the pe...

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