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Materials, Volume 4, Issue 10

October 2011 - 14 articles

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Articles (14)

  • Article
  • Open Access
194 Citations
21,553 Views
45 Pages

24 October 2011

Sol-gel transformations in HPMC (hydroxypropyl methylcellulose) are being increasingly studied because of their role in bio-related applications. The thermo-reversible behavior of HPMC is particularly affected by its properties and concentration in s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
7,830 Views
17 Pages

Multi-Echo-Based Echo-Planar Spectroscopic Imaging Using a 3T MRI Scanner

  • Jon K. Furuyama,
  • Brian L. Burns,
  • Neil E. Wilson and
  • M. Albert Thomas

17 October 2011

The use of spin-echoes has been employed in an Echo-Planar Spectroscopic Imaging (EPSI) sequence to collect multiple phase encoded lines within a single TR in a Multi-Echo-based Echo-Planar Spectroscopic Imaging technique (MEEPSI). Despite the T2 dep...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
6,299 Views
11 Pages

17 October 2011

Recent experiments on heterostructures composed of two or more films of cuprate superconductors of different oxygen doping levels have shown a remarkable Tc enhancement (up to 50%) relative to single compound films. We provide a simple explanation of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
9,478 Views
15 Pages

A New Generation of X-ray Baggage Scanners Based on a Different Physical Principle

  • Konstantin Ignatyev,
  • Peter R.T. Munro,
  • Deeph Chana,
  • Robert D. Speller and
  • Alessandro Olivo

17 October 2011

X-ray baggage scanners play a basic role in the protection of airports, customs, and other strategically important buildings and infrastructures. The current technology of baggage scanners is based on x-ray attenuation, meaning that the detection of...

  • Review
  • Open Access
16 Citations
6,461 Views
12 Pages

11 October 2011

This article reviews past and current strategies of the use of bone graft substitutes along with the future biologic alternatives that can enhance the functional capabilities of those grafts. Many of these bone graft substitute alternatives include c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
8,437 Views
13 Pages

11 October 2011

This study demonstrates the fabrication of κ-carrageenan fibers by a wet-spinning method and discusses three important spinning parameters: coagulation bath composition, spinning rate and post-spinning mechanical drawing. The as-spun fiber diameter d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
9,212 Views
13 Pages

Gelation and Retrogradation Mechanism of Wheat Amylose

  • Yukihiro Tamaki,
  • Teruko Konishi and
  • Masakuni Tako

10 October 2011

The flow behavior, dynamic viscoelasticity, and optical rotation of aqueous solutions of wheat amylose were measured using a rheogoniometer and a polarimeter. The amylose solutions, at 25 °C, showed shear-thinning behavior at a concentration of 1.2%,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
219 Citations
16,536 Views
17 Pages

Evaluation of Titanium Alloys Fabricated Using Rapid Prototyping Technologies—Electron Beam Melting and Laser Beam Melting

  • Mari Koike,
  • Preston Greer,
  • Kelly Owen,
  • Guo Lilly,
  • Lawrence E. Murr,
  • Sara M. Gaytan,
  • Edwin Martinez and
  • Toru Okabe

10 October 2011

This study characterized properties of Ti-6Al-4V ELI (extra low interstitial, ASTM grade 23) specimens fabricated by a laser beam melting (LBM) and an electron beam melting (EBM) system for dental applications. Titanium alloy specimens were made into...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
8,351 Views
23 Pages

Polyacylurethanes as Novel Degradable Cell Carrier Materials for Tissue Engineering

  • Danijela Jovanovic,
  • Frans V. Roukes,
  • Andrea Löber,
  • Gerwin E. Engels,
  • Willem van Oeveren,
  • Xavier J. Gallego van Seijen,
  • Marja J.A. van Luyn,
  • Martin C. Harmsen and
  • Arend Jan Schouten

6 October 2011

Polycaprolactone (PCL) polyester and segmented aliphatic polyester urethanes based on PCL soft segment have been thoroughly investigated as biodegradable scaffolds for tissue engineering. Although proven beneficial as long term implants, these materi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
9,326 Views
19 Pages

Chitin-Methacrylate: Preparation, Characterization and Hydrogel Formation

  • Eugene Khor,
  • Hong Wu,
  • Lee Yong Lim and
  • Chang Ming Guo

6 October 2011

Chitin-methacrylate (CM) was prepared by the reaction of methacrylic acid on chitin in 5% LiCl/DMAc in the presence of N,N’-dicyclocarbodiimide and dimethylaminopyridine. The resultant chitin-methacrylate product was isolated in 61% yield and was fou...

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