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Materials, Volume 9, Issue 10

October 2016 - 66 articles

Cover Story: Human mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), cultured on ultra-short pulsed laser deposited TiO2-based coatings on silicon wafers, retained the MSC phenotype by expressing CD73, CD90 and CD105, and fibroblast-like morphology. The MSCs could be functionally differentiated into chondrocytes, osteoblasts and adipocytes. However, MSC proliferation was similar on surfaces deposited in oxygen, nitrogen and argon atmosphere at 2 × 10−4 and 2 × 10−3 mbar. View the paper
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Articles (66)

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
6,930 Views
17 Pages

24 October 2016

Accurate testing history data is necessary for all fatigue life prediction approaches, but such data is always deficient especially for the microelectronic devices. Additionally, the sequence of the individual load cycle plays an important role in ph...

  • Article
  • Open Access
37 Citations
6,703 Views
12 Pages

21 October 2016

Biopolymers reinforced with nanoparticle (NP) additives are widely used in tribological applications. In this study, the effect of NP additives on the tribological properties of a green lubricant hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC) composite was inv...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
6,636 Views
12 Pages

21 October 2016

We presented the colorimetric and electrochemical methods for determination of the dipeptidyl peptidase-IV (DPP-IV) activity and screening of its inhibitor using gold nanoparticle (AuNP) as the probe. In the colorimetric assay, the substrate peptide...

  • Review
  • Open Access
53 Citations
10,135 Views
24 Pages

21 October 2016

Mixed conducting perovskite oxides and related structures serving as electrodes for electrochemical oxygen incorporation and evolution in solid oxide fuel and electrolysis cells, respectively, play a significant role in determining the cell efficienc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
7,082 Views
20 Pages

21 October 2016

Over the last decade, unexpected and sudden pavement failures have occurred in several provinces in South Korea. Some of these failures remain unexplained, further illustrating the gaps in our knowledge about binder chemistry. To prevent premature pa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
80 Citations
13,461 Views
13 Pages

20 October 2016

The swelling properties and thermal transition of hydrogels can be tailored by changing the hydrophilic-hydrophobic balance of polymer networks. Especially, poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAm) has received attention as thermo-responsive hydrogels fo...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
7,683 Views
12 Pages

Synthesis of CdSe Quantum Dots Using Fusarium oxysporum

  • Takaaki Yamaguchi,
  • Yoshijiro Tsuruda,
  • Tomohiro Furukawa,
  • Lumi Negishi,
  • Yuki Imura,
  • Shohei Sakuda,
  • Etsuro Yoshimura and
  • Michio Suzuki

20 October 2016

CdSe quantum dots are often used in industry as fluorescent materials. In this study, CdSe quantum dots were synthesized using Fusarium oxysporum. The cadmium and selenium concentration, pH, and temperature for the culture of F. oxysporum (Fusarium o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,864 Views
28 Pages

19 October 2016

In this paper, comparisons of damage evolution between 2D C/SiC and SiC/SiC ceramic-matrix composites (CMCs) under tension–tension cyclic fatigue loading at room and elevated temperatures have been investigated. Fatigue hysteresis loops models consid...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
9,753 Views
15 Pages

Synthesis and Characterization of N-Doped Porous TiO2 Hollow Spheres and Their Photocatalytic and Optical Properties

  • Hongliang Li,
  • Hui Liu,
  • Aiping Fu,
  • Guanglei Wu,
  • Man Xu,
  • Guangsheng Pang,
  • Peizhi Guo,
  • Jingquan Liu and
  • Xiu Song Zhao

19 October 2016

Three kinds of N-doped mesoporous TiO2 hollow spheres with different N-doping contents, surface area, and pore size distributions were prepared based on a sol–gel synthesis and combined with a calcination process. Melamine formaldehyde (MF) microsphe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
63 Citations
7,790 Views
16 Pages

A Novel Nanohybrid Nanofibrous Adsorbent for Water Purification from Dye Pollutants

  • Shahin Homaeigohar,
  • Ahnaf Usman Zillohu,
  • Ramzy Abdelaziz,
  • Mehdi Keshavarz Hedayati and
  • Mady Elbahri

19 October 2016

In this study, we devised a novel nanofibrous adsorbent made of polyethersulfone (PES) for removal of methylene blue (MB) dye pollutant from water. The polymer shows a low isoelectric point thus at elevated pHs and, being nanofibrous, can offer a hug...

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