Hemostatic Antimicrobial Hydrogels Based on Silicon, Iron, Zinc, and Boron Glycerolates for Wound Healing Applications.

The use of glycerolates of biogenic elements as biocompatible precursors in sol-gel synthesis is an innovative direction and opens up new scientific and practical prospects in chemistry and technology of producing practically important biomedical materials, including hemostatic, antimicrobial, and wound healing materials. Using biocompatible precursors, silicon, zinc, boron, and iron glycerolates, new bioactive nanocomposite hydrogels were obtained by the sol-gel method. The composition and structural features of the hydrogels were studied using a complex of modern analytical techniques, including TEM, XRD, AES, and ESI MS.

Surface Nanocrystallization and Improvement of the Mechanical and Tribological Properties of AISI 304 Steel Using Multi-Pass Nanostructuring Burnishing.

Owing to their high producibility and resistance to corrosion, austenitic chromium-nickel steels are widely used in the chemical, petroleum, and food industries. However, their significant disadvantage lies in their poor structural performance, which cannot be improved by heat treatment. This significantly limits the usability of these steels in parts of machines that operate under friction loads.

The Gypsum Influence on the Formation of Secondary Phases During Autoclave Leaching of Gold-Bearing Concentrates and the Silver Recovery Using Cyanidation.

Autoclave leaching of sulfide concentrates may produce various ferric secondary phases, depending on the arsenic content and temperature. Silver is converted to argentojarosite, from which it is not recoverable by standard cyanidation methods. To increase silver recovery, it is necessary to reduce the argentojarosite formation during autoclave leaching.

The Dissolution Behavior of Pyrite and Chalcopyrite During Low-Temperature Pressure Oxidation: Chalcopyrite Influence on Pyrite Oxidation.

The research of this paper was carried out on the low-temperature (100 ± 2 °C) pressure (0.2-0.8 MPa) leaching of pyrite, chalcopyrite and their mixture.

Waterborne polyurethane with curcumin moieties for rapid responsive warnings and emergency antimicrobial action: Application in crab freshness preservation.

The ideal smart food-packaging film exhibits responsive color warnings and antimicrobial properties when food metamorphism starts. However, in practical applications, these film responses are slow, usually taking several days, which is not conducive to effective antimicrobial effects. In this study, natural plant-derived curcumin was introduced into waterborne polyurethane (WPU) dispersions through two modes: free-state and end-capping.

Structural and Morphological Features of Anisotropic Chitosan Hydrogels Obtained by Ion-Induced Neutralization in a Triethanolamine Medium.

For the first time, anisotropic hydrogel material with a highly oriented structure was obtained by the chemical reaction of polymer-analogous transformation of chitosan glycolate-chitosan base using triethanolamine (TEA) as a neutralizing reagent. Tangential bands or concentric rings, depending on the reaction conditions, represent the structural anisotropy of the hydrogel. The formation kinetics and the ratio of the positions of these periodic structures are described by the Liesegang regularities.

Magnetic Nanocomposite Materials Based on FeO Nanoparticles with Iron and Silica Glycerolates Shell: Synthesis and Characterization.

Novel magnetic nanocomposite materials based on FeO nanoparticles coated with iron and silica glycerolates (MNP@Fe(III)Glyc and MNP@Fe(III)/SiGlyc) were obtained. The synthesized nanocomposites were characterized using TEM, XRD, TGA, VMS, Mössbauer and IR spectroscopy. The amount of iron and silica glycerolates in the nanocomposites was calculated from the Mössbauer spectroscopy, ICP AES and C,H-elemental analysis.

Surface Phenomena with the Participation of Sulfite Lignin under Pressure Leaching of Sulfide Materials.

Searching for surfactants which can eliminate the occluding effect of molten elemental sulfur formed in the process of leaching sulfide ores under pressure (autoclave leaching) is relevant. However, the choice and use of surfactants are complicated by the harsh conditions of the autoclave process, as well as the insufficient knowledge of surface phenomena in their presence. This paper presents a comprehensive study of interfacial phenomena (adsorption, wetting, and dispersion) involving surfactants (using lignosulfonates as an example) and zinc sulfide/concentrate/elemental sulfur under conditions simulating sulfuric acid leaching of ores under pressure.

Associative Behavior of Lignosulphonates in Moderately Concentrated Water, Water-Salt, and Water-Alcoholic Media.

Industrial derivatives of lignin lignosulfonates are produced during sulfite delignification of wood. They are characterized by a wide molecular weight distribution, polyfunctionality, and lack of crystallinity. The presence of hydrophobic and hydrophilic domains in the lignosulfonate macromolecular system determines the amphiphilic and polyelectrolyte properties of this biopolymer.

Novel hybrid method to additively manufacture denser graphite structures using Binder Jetting.

This study introduces two hybrid processes integrating an additive manufacturing technique with post-processing treatments namely (i) Binder Jetting Printing (BJP) + Cold Isostatic Pressing (CIP) + cycle and (ii) BJP + cycle where cycle refers to a sequence of Impregnation-Drying-Pyrolysis. These two new processes yielded additively manufactured parts with higher density and reduced defects/porosities. As a testbed, we used these new processes to fabricate graphite structures.

Nanocrystalline Soft Magnetic Iron-Based Materials from Liquid State to Ready Product.

The review is devoted to the analysis of physical processes occurring at different stages of production and application of nanocrystalline soft magnetic materials based on Fe-Si-B doped with various chemical elements. The temperature dependences of the kinematic viscosity showed that above a critical temperature, the viscosity of multicomponent melts at the cooling stage does not coincide with the viscosity at the heating stage. Above the critical temperature, the structure of the melt is more homogeneous, the amorphous precursor from such a melt has greater plasticity and enthalpy of crystallization and, after nanocrystallization, the material has a higher permeability.

Design and Development of Ti-Ni, Ni-Mn-Ga and Cu-Al-Ni-based Alloys with High and Low Temperature Shape Memory Effects.

In recent years, multicomponent alloys with shape memory effects (SMEs), based on the ordered intermetallic compounds B2-TiNi, L2-NiMnGa, B2- and D0-Cu-Me (Me = Al, Ni, Zn), which represent a special important class of intelligent materials, have been of great interest. However, only a small number of known alloys with SMEs were found to have thermoelastic martensitic transformations (TMTs) at high temperatures. It is also found that most of the materials with TMTs and related SMEs do not have the necessary ductility and this is currently one of the main restrictions of their wide practical application.

Water Uptake and Transport Properties of LaCaScO Proton-Conducting Oxides.

In this study, oxide materials LaCaScO (x = 0.03, 0.05 and 0.

A Reversible Protonic Ceramic Cell with Symmetrically Designed Pr₂NiO-Based Electrodes: Fabrication and Electrochemical Features.

Reversible protonic ceramic cells (rPCCs) combine two different operation regimes, fuel cell and electrolysis cell modes, which allow reversible chemical-to-electrical energy conversion at reduced temperatures with high efficiency and performance. Here we present novel technological and materials science approaches, enabling a rPCC with symmetrical functional electrodes to be prepared using a single sintering step. The response of the cell fabricated on the basis of P⁻N⁻BCZD|BCZD|PBN⁻BCZD (where BCZD = BaCeZrDyO, PBN = PrBaNiO, P = Pr₂O₃, N = Ni) is studied at different temperatures and water vapor partial pressures (pH₂O) by means of volt-ampere measurements, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and distribution of relaxation times analyses.