Piezoactive Bioorganic Diphenylalanine Films: Mechanism of Phase Formation.

Self-organized peptides are unique materials with various applications in biology, medicine, and nanotechnology. Many of these applications require fabrication of homogeneous thin films having high piezoelectric effect and sufficiently low roughness. Recently, a facile method for the controlled deposition of flat solid films of the most studied peptide, diphenylalanine (FF), has been proposed, which is based on the crystallization of FF in the amorphous phase under the action of water vapor.

An Investigative Study on the Effect of Pre-Coating Polymer Solutions on the Fabrication of Low Cost Anti-Adhesive Release Paper.

This work describes a novel approach to produce high quality release paper at lower cost than traditional methods. The anti-adhesive properties of release paper require the use of expensive machine glazed kraft or "Glassine" paper as the paper base. A series of polymer coatings including polyvinyl alcohol, carboxymethyl cellulose, polyethylene vinyl acetate, and polystyrene were chemically synthesized and coated onto a low cost pulp paper base.