Inulin Type Fructan: A Versatile Functional Material for Food and Healthcare

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Muhammad Ajaz Hussain ◽  
Muhammad Tahir Haseeb ◽  
Gulzar Muhammad ◽  
Muhammad Nawaz Tahir
Keyword(s):  
Functional Material

scholarly journals Engineering with Keratin: A Functional Material and a Source of Bioinspiration

iScience ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 102798
Author(s):  
Benjamin Lazarus ◽  
Charul Chadha ◽  
Audrey Velasco-Hogan ◽  
Josiane D.V. Barbosa ◽  
Iwona Jasiuk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Functional Material

scholarly journals Nanotechnology-Based Antimicrobial and Antiviral Surface Coating Strategies

Prosthesis ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-52
Author(s):  
Pelin Erkoc ◽  
Fulden Ulucan-Karnak
Keyword(s):  
Biological Sciences ◽  
Clinical Performance ◽  
Global Strategy ◽  
Surface Coatings ◽  
Cationic Polymers ◽  
Functional Material ◽  
Metal Coatings ◽  
Antimicrobial Surfaces ◽  
Smart Surfaces ◽  
Surface Development

Biocontamination of medical devices and implants is a growing issue that causes medical complications and increased expenses. In the fight against biocontamination, developing synthetic surfaces, which reduce the adhesion of microbes and provide biocidal activity or combinatory effects, has emerged as a major global strategy. Advances in nanotechnology and biological sciences have made it possible to design smart surfaces for decreasing infections. Nevertheless, the clinical performance of these surfaces is highly depending on the choice of material. This review focuses on the antimicrobial surfaces with functional material coatings, such as cationic polymers, metal coatings and antifouling micro-/nanostructures. One of the highlights of the review is providing insights into the virus-inactivating surface development, which might particularly be useful for controlling the currently confronted pandemic coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The nanotechnology-based strategies presented here might be beneficial to produce materials that reduce or prevent the transmission of airborne viral droplets, once applied to biomedical devices and protective equipment of medical workers. Overall, this review compiles existing studies in this broad field by focusing on the recent related developments, draws attention to the possible activity mechanisms, discusses the key challenges and provides future recommendations for developing new, efficient antimicrobial and antiviral surface coatings.

Functional Material Systems Based on Soft Cages

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chao Liu ◽  
Yihe Zhang ◽  
Qi An
Keyword(s):  
Functional Material ◽  
Material Systems

scholarly journals Effect of Cellulose Nanocrystal Addition on the Physicochemical Properties of Hydroxypropyl Guar-Based Intelligent Films

Membranes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 242
Author(s):  
Yahui Meng ◽  
Yunfeng Cao ◽  
Kaifeng Xiong ◽  
Li Ma ◽  
Wenyuan Zhu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physicochemical Properties ◽  
Composite Films ◽  
Food Preservation ◽  
Ph Sensing ◽  
Functional Material ◽  
Intelligent Packaging ◽  
Application Range ◽  
Color Changes ◽  
Hydroxypropyl Guar ◽  
Food Freshness

As an important functional material in food industry, intelligent packaging films can bring great convenience for consumers in the field of food preservation and freshness detection. Herein, we fabricated pH-sensing films employing hydroxypropyl guar (HPG), 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride (BmimCl), and anthocyanin (Anth). Besides, the effects of adding cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) into the composite films upon the films’ structures and physicochemical properties are elucidated. The addition of CNC promoted more compact film structures. Moreover, CNC dramatically improved several properties of the pH-sensing films, including the distinguishability of their color changes, sensitivity to pH, permeability to oxygen and water vapor, solvent resistance, durability, and low-temperature resistance. These results expand the application range of pH-sensing films containing CNC in the fields of food freshness detection and intelligent packaging.

Ambient Pressure Hard X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy for Functional Material Systems as Fuel Cells under Working Conditions

2018 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 719-727 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasumasa Takagi ◽  
Tomoya Uruga ◽  
Mizuki Tada ◽  
Yasuhiro Iwasawa ◽  
Toshihiko Yokoyama
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Photoelectron Spectroscopy ◽  
Ambient Pressure ◽  
Functional Material ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Material Systems

Study on Acoustic Emission of 1-3 Orthotropic Cement Based Piezoelectric Sensors

2012 ◽  
Vol 487 ◽  
pp. 471-475 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shi Hui Xie ◽  
Mi Mi Li ◽  
Mei Juan Zhou ◽  
Min Sun ◽  
Shi Feng Huang
Keyword(s):  
Acoustic Emission ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Signal Strength ◽  
Signal Wave ◽  
Functional Material ◽  
Wave Shape ◽  
Sensing Element ◽  
Piezoelectric Composites ◽  
Ae Signal ◽  
Amplitude Decrease

1-3 orthotropic cement based piezoelectric composites were fabricated by cut-filling and arrange-filling technique, using PZT-51 ceramic as functional material and cement as passive matrix. 1-3 orthotropic cement based piezoelectric composites were prepared into Acoustic Emission (AE) sensors, the attenuation of AE signal on the concrete and the response of different sensors on the concrete with increasing distance were researched. The results showed that the signal strength received by sensing element increases with the increasing PZT volume fraction; signal peaks and amplitude decrease gradually when the testing distance increases; signal strength received on the ceramic title is stronger than on the concrete; the attenuation of signal wave shape received on the concrete is much slower when compared with ceramic title.

Preparation and Characterization of Storage and Emission Functional Material of Chlorine Anion: [Ca24Al28O64]4+ (Cl)3.80(O2)0.10

2009 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 417-422 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian-qiu Sun ◽  
Chong-fu Song ◽  
Shen Ning ◽  
Shao-bin Lin ◽  
Quan-xin Li
Keyword(s):  
Functional Material ◽  
Chlorine Anion
Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document