In this work, the process of solid-state dewetting in FePd thin films and its influence on structural transformation and magnetic properties is presented. The morphology, structure and magnetic properties of the FePd system subjected to annealing at...
Solid-state 13C NMR spectroscopy using cross-polarization magic-angle spinning is a highly valuable technique for the semi-quantitative analysis of complex solid matrices. One of its key advantages is that it does not require any manipulation of the...
The bio-conversion of agricultural biomass into value-added products via solid-state fermentation (SSF) represents a cost-effective and eco-friendly approach, though it is often limited by low efficiency and prolonged processing times. While low-inte...
In this paper, the process of solid-state metalized reduction and magnetic separation was investigated for preparation of nickel–iron concentrate from a low-grade laterite nickel ore. The effects of reduction temperature, reduction time, amount...
Advances in nanofabrication techniques are undoubtedly needed to obtain nanostructured magnetic materials with physical and chemical properties matching the pressing and relentless technological demands of sensors. Solid-state dewetting is known to b...
Dental research often uses bovine teeth as a substitute for human teeth. The aim of this study was to evaluate differences in the crystalline nanostructures of enamel and dentin between bovine and human teeth, using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and solid-...
β-fructofuranosidases (FFases) are enzymes involved in sucrose hydrolysis and can be used in the production of invert sugar and fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS). This last is an important prebiotic extensively used in the food industry. In the pres...
Recently, Bombyx mori silk fibroin (SF) has been shown to be a suitable material for vascular prostheses for small arteries. In this study, we developed a softer SF graft by coating water-dispersed biodegradable polyurethane (PU) based on polycaprola...
Solid-state battery technology is motivated by the desire to deliver flexible power storage in a safe and efficient manner. The increasingly widespread use of batteries from mass production facilities highlights the need for a rapid and sensitive dia...
Mechanochemistry has become a fundamental method in various sciences including biology and chemistry. Despite its popularity, the mechanisms behind mechanochemically induced reactions are not very well understood. In previous work, we investigated mo...
The application of physical processing technologies in fermentation is an effective way to improve the quality of substrates. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the feasibility of enhancing the polypeptides of rapeseed meal (RSM) by a low-inten...
The vertices of regular four-dimensional polytopes are used to generate sets of uniformly distributed three-dimensional rotations, which are provided as tables of Euler angles. The spherical moments of these orientational sampling schemes are treated...
The molecular mobility and compatibility of plasticized polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) were investigated, focusing on changes due to copolymerization using either flexible poly (butylene succinate) (PBS) or rigid poly(lactic acid) (PLA) units. For the c...
Metallosurfactants combine the unique soft-matter properties of surfactants with magnetic functionalities of metal ions. The inclusion of iron-based species, in particular, can further boost the functionality of the material, owing to iron’s ab...
Based on precursor powders with a size of 200–300 nm prepared by the low-temperature solid-state reaction method, phase-pure YMnO3 ceramics are fabricated using spark plasma sintering (SPS). X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (S...
YFeO3, YFe0.95Co0.05O3, Y0.95Gd0.05FeO3 and Y1−xGdxFe0.95Co0.05O3 (x = 0.0, 0.05, 0.10, 0.15 and 0.20) nanopowders were successfully fabricated via a low-temperature solid-state reaction technique. Results obtained using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scan...
While atomic scale structural and dynamic information are hallmarks of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) methodologies, sensitivity is a fundamental limitation in NMR studies. Fully exploiting NMR capabilities to study membrane proteins is further ham...
The solid-state reaction method is used to synthesize W-type Sr hexagonal ferrites Sr0.8Pr0.2(Zn1.0−xCox)2Fe16O27 (x = 0.00, 0.15, 0.30, 0.45, 0.60, 0.75). The results of XRD for the W-type hexagonal ferrites, when Co content (x) is 0.00 ≤ x...
High energy ball milling is used to make first the quaternary sulfide Cu2ZnSnS4 raw nanopowders from two different precursor systems. The mechanochemical reactions in this step afford cubic pre-kesterite with defunct semiconducting properties and sho...
Ocean polymetallic nodules are oxide ores rich in Ni, Co, Cu, and Mn, which are valuable metals found in deep-sea mineral resources. Such non-ferrous metals do not exist in isolation, and producing concentrates using conventional mineral separation t...
Fluoride-substituted apatites were synthesized by the standard sol-gel method and then calcined at three different temperatures: 800 °C, 1000 °C, and 1200 °C. Using a similar method, hydroxyapatite was synthesized and used as a reference material. Th...
Rare-earth permanent magnets, such as Nd2Fe14B, have been widely used in electric vehicle and wind turbine motors due to their high anisotropy field (Ha), saturation magnetization (Ms) and coercivity (Hc). Cerium (Ce) has gained attention as a potent...
Two-stage solid-state fermentation strategy was exploited and systematically optimized to enhance Bacillus subtilis growth and sporulation for increasing effective cell number in B. subtilis microbial ecological agents. The first stage focused on imp...
Water-soluble polymers are still the most popular carrier for the preparation of amorphous solid dispersions (ASDs). The advantage of this type of carrier is the fast drug release upon dissolution of the water-soluble polymer and thus the initial hig...
The structural, optical, dielectric, and magnetic properties of double perovskite La2FeReO6+δ (LFRO) powders synthesized by solid-state reaction method under CO reduced atmosphere are reported on in this paper. Reitveld refinements on the XRD d...
Bio-based polymers have been considered as an alternative to oil-based materials for their “carbon-neutral” environmentally degrative features. However, degradation is a complex system in which environmental factors and preparation conditions are inv...
In this work, evidence of isothermal magnetic entropy change (
The exceptional strength and extensibility of spider dragline silk have been thought to be facilitated by two spidroins, major ampullate spidroin 1 (MaSp1) and major ampullate spidroin 2 (MaSp2), under the assumption that protein secondary structures...
We have investigated the dissolution performance of amorphous solid dispersions of poorly water-soluble bicalutamide in a Kollidon VA64 polymeric matrix as a function of the drug loading (5% vs. 30% bicalutamide). A combined suite of state-of-the-art...
This review will introduce very recent studies using solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and molecular dynamics (MD) simulation on the structure and dynamics of spider dragline silks conducted by the author’s research group. Spider dra...
M-type Sr0.1Ca0.4La0.5Fe12O19 powder specimens doped with different precursors RFe2O4(R = Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, and Mg) were prepared via a traditional solid-state reaction method. The structural and magnetic properties of the specimens were studied. Only...
Magnetically impelled arc butt (MIAB) welding is a solid-state technique of welding that utilizes the heating effect of a high-speed rotating arc for the formation of the weld. The process exhibits lower time and power consumption compared to convent...
With the increasing and deepening application of high-voltage nanosecond solid-state pulse generators in biological, industrial, and environmental fields, the development of existing pulse generators faces many challenges, such as fixed pulse shapes,...
Cyclodextrins, cyclic oligosaccharides composed of five or more α-D-glucopyranoside units linked by α-1,4 glycosidic bonds, are widely used both in their native forms as well as the components of more sophisticated materials. Over the las...
β-glucans are widely known for their biological activities. However, the choice of extraction method can significantly influence their structural characteristics, thereby potentially impacting their biological functions. In this paper, three fra...
In this report, we propose a new polyborate fragment synthesis strategy along the whole chain of the polysaccharide hyaluronic acid (HA) to produce boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) compounds. Under high pressure and deformatory solid-state condit...
The effects of La-Co co-substitution on the structural and magnetic properties of strontium M-type hexaferrites (SrM) were carefully investigated for the Sr1−xLaxFe12−xCoxO19 (0.0 ≤ x ≤ 0.3) polycrystalline samples prepared by solid...
Caveolin-1 (CAV1), a membrane protein that is necessary for the formation and maintenance of caveolae, is a promising drug target for the therapy of various diseases, such as cancer, diabetes, and liver fibrosis. The biology and pathology of caveolae...
The composition of four recent siliceous marine sponge spicules was studied and compared. In particular, multinuclear (29Si, 13C, 31P) solid state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) allowed the characterization of both the mineral and organic constitue...
The structure of the transmembrane domain of the pH-activated bacterial potassium channel KcsA has been extensively characterized, yet little information is available on the structure of its cytosolic, functionally critical N- and C-termini. This stu...
In this work, dewetting process has been investigated in shape-memory Heuslers. To this aim, series of high-temperature annealing (1100–1150 K) have been performed at high vacuum (time is varied in the range of 55–165 min) in Ni-Mn-Ga epi...
We present a systematic study of the structural and magnetic properties of a series of powder samples of SrYb
Two families of glasses in the Li2O-Al2O3-B2O3-TiO2-P2O5 system were prepared via two different synthesis routes: melt-quenching and ball-milling. Subsequently, they were submitted to crystallization and yielded the Li1.3Al0.3Ti1.7(PO4)3 (LATP)-based...
Two series of thermotropic liquid crystal copolymers (TLCPs) with different monomer structures and compositions were synthesized. The copolymers in the first series consisted of 2,5-diethoxyterephthalic acid (ETA), hydroquinone (HQ), and p-hydroxyben...
This paper focuses on the study of the high frequency transformer incorporated in solid- state transformers, specifically on the development of the steps that enable the design of an optimized high frequency transformer and its equivalent model based...
This article reports on the non-trivial suppression of superconductivity in the Eu1−xPrxBCO cuprates. As non-magnetic Eu3+ ions are replaced by Pr3+ carrying a magnetic moment, spin-related superconductivity loss can be expected. The research shows t...
With the aim of utilizing wood as a carbon cycle-oriented material, the improvement of hydrophobicity has been actively studied to solve manufacturing problems, such as dimensional stability and biodeterioration resistance. The introduction of benzyl...
The available magnetic field strength for high resolution NMR in persistent superconducting magnets has recently improved from 23.5 to 28 Tesla, increasing the proton resonance frequency from 1 to 1.2 GHz. For magic-angle spinning (MAS) NMR, this is...
We present the synthesis and characterization of the iridium-based sulfide Ca1−xIr4S6(S2). Quality and phase analysis were conducted by means of energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDXS) and powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) techniques. Structur...
The lateral pressure profile constitutes an important physical property of lipid bilayers, influencing the binding, insertion, and function of membrane-active peptides, such as antimicrobial peptides. In this study, we demonstrate that the lateral pr...
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