Evaluation of carbon nanotubes-phthalocyanine composite coatings as thermal camouflage materials by Yap, Soon Hao

“…This project also compares drop-casting and gel spreading methods to coat paper substrates. …”
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Synthesis and characterization of nanostructured Cr doped TiO2 materials for photocatalytic applications by Tan, Dunlin

“…The powders were then fabricated into composite films, using the modified sol-gel technique, for ease of application testing. …”
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Synthesis and application of novel bonded cationic β-cyclodextrin derivatives as chiral stationary phases for supercritical fluid chromatography by Liu, Maolong.

“…The fully derivatized β-cyclodextrin was then immobilized onto a vinylized silica gel to provide new chiral stationary phases (CSPs). …”
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Rapid volumetric additive manufacturing in solid state: a demonstration to produce water-content-dependent cooling/heating/water-responsive shape memory hydrogels by Salvekar, Abhijit Vijay, Faqrul Hasif Bin Abdul Nasir, Chen, Ya Hui, Maiti, Sharanya, Ranjan, Vivek Damodar, Chen, Hong Mei, Wang, Han, Huang, Wei Min

“…This additive manufacturing technology is particularly useful in outer space missions (microgravity) and/or for harsh environment (e.g., on ships and vehicles during maneuvering, or on airplanes during flight). A special thermal gel is applied here to demonstrate the concept, that is, ultraviolet crosslinking in the solid state. …”
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Studies of DNA-interacting properties of certain topological enzymes by Lee, Jasmine Yiqin

“…It was found out that the optimum conditions for gel electrophoresis were set at 0.5 unit of human Topoisomerase II alpha at the reaction time of 15 minutes. …”
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Electrocatalytic activity of LiCo1-xFexO2 (0 ≤ x ≤ 1) for oxygen evolution reaction in alkaline medium by Tan, Cherynn Xue Ying

“…The OER activities of LiCoO2, LiFeO2 and the mixed LiCo1-xFexO2 synthesized by low temperature sol-gel method were investigated. Calcination temperature at 400 °C, 600 °C and 800 °C was first performed on LiCoO2 and LiFeO2 independently. …”
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Study of heat driven adsorption chiller and compare its performance data with other adsorption chillers by Chua, Wei Cong

“…This report investigated experimentally the performances and the working principles of a two-bed adsorption cooling system employing Silica gel and water as adsorbent-adsorbate pairs. Experiments were conducted to calculate the performance of the system in terms of cooling capacity and coefficient of performance (COP). …”
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Cationic cyclodextrins chemically-bonded chiral stationary phases for high-performance liquid chromatography by Wang, Ren-Qi, Ong, Teng-Teng, Tang, Weihua, Ng, Siu-Choon

“…Two covalently bonded cationic β-CD chiral stationary phases (CSPs) prepared by graft polymerization of 6A-(3-vinylimidazolium)-6-deoxyperphenylcarbamate-β-cyclodextrin chloride or 6A-(N,N-allylmethylammonium)-6-deoxyperphenylcarbamoyl-β-cyclodextrin chloride onto silica gel were successfully applied in high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). …”
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Preparation, characterisation, and topical delivery of Terbinafine by Hossain, Monjur, Sil dos Santos, Bruno, Iliopoulos, Fotis, Lever, Rebecca, Hadgraft, Jonathan, Lane, Majella E.

“…Permeation and mass balance studies confirmed that PG and TC were the most efficacious vehicles, delivering higher amounts of TBF-free base to the skin compared with a commercial gel (p < 0.05). These preliminary results are promising and will inform the development of more complex formulations in future work.…”
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Fabrication, properties, and performance of polymer nanocomposite Ion exchange membranes for fuel cell applications: A review by Sayed Dauda, Syarifah Noor Syakiylla, Mohd. Norddin, Muhammad Noorul Anam, Jaafar, Juhana, Sudirman, Rubita

“…The effect of incorporating nanoparticles is determined by their type, size, shape, surface acidity, and relationship to the polymer matrix. The blending, sol-gel, and infiltration methods are used to develop the nanocomposite membrane. …”
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Enhancement and refinement of SSP method for XRD analysis and investigation of structural properties of pure and Ca-doped zinc oxide by Ali Khorsand Zak, Ali Khorsand Zak, Arefipour, Niloofar, Hashim, Abdul Manaf

“…Zn1 − xCaxO nanoparticles were synthesized by a gelatin-based sol-gel method. Through rigorous experimentation and analysis, the optimized SSP method demonstrates enhanced accuracy and reliability in determining crystallite size and lattice strain. …”

XPS studies and ferromagnetism evaluations of pure MgO and Fe- and Co-doped MgO nanoparticles by Khorsand Zak, Ali, Hashim, Abdul Manaf, Maghsoudi, Alireza

“…Magnesium oxide nanoparticles (MgO-NPs), as well as Fe- and Co-doped MgO-NPs, were synthesized using a gelatin-based sol–gel method. The structure and morphology of the prepared samples were examined using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM), respectively. …”

Investigation on chemical protease, nuclease and catecholase activity of two copper complexes with flexidentate Schiff base ligands by Das, Mriganka, Kundu, Bidyut Kumar, Tiwari, Ritudhwaj, Mandal, Poulami, Nayak, Debasis, Ganguly, Rakesh, Mukhopadhyay, Suman

“…Screening tests were conducted to quantify the binding ability of complexes (1 and 2) towards BSA and DNA as well as the protease and nuclease activity of these complexes using gel electrophoresis technique. Furthermore enzyme kinetic studies were also performed for those two complexes towards effectiveness in mimicking catecholase like activities. …”
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Synthesis and characterization of novel low bandgap conjugated polymers containing fused-ring and accept moieties by Lai, Chun Yuen

“…Structural properties were characterised using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and gel permeation chromatography (GPC) while thermal properties were characterised using differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) and thermogravimetric analyzer (TGA). …”
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Production of single-chain variable fragment epidermal growth factor receptor (scFv-EGFR) antibody by Loh, Valerie Kai Li.

“…Affinity chromatography and size-exclusion chromatography via Fast Protein Liquid Chromatography (FPLC) are the methods of purification and protein products are characterised using sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and/or Western blot. …”
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Recognition of A-U and U-A base pairs in RNA duplexes by modified peptide nucleic acids by Yuan, Zhen

“…Our non-denaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and thermal melting results suggest that it is promising to incorporate modified thymine residues into PNAs for selective and sequence-specific recognition of RNA duplexes. …”
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Quantitative test method for evaluation of anti-fingerprint property of coated surfaces by Xuan, D. T. T., Wu, Linda Y. L., Ngian, S. K., Chen, Zhong

“…A range of smooth and rough surfaces with different anti-fingerprint (AF) properties were fabricated by sol–gel technology, on which the AF liquid contact angles, artificial fingerprint and real human fingerprints (HF) were verified and correlated. …”
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Surface modified polymers for controlled macroscopic functions by Chng, S

“…Moreover, when tested with sol-gel coatings, enhanced adhesion of the coating was found.…”

Highly nanocrystalline Mg doped ZnFe2O4 powders for rapid and simultaneous adsorption of lead, copper, and cadmium heavy metals ions in synthetic/sea waters by Al-Najar, B, Modwi, A, Shaikh, MN, Bououdina, M, Albuflasa, H, Hankins, NP

“…The Mg-doped Zinc ferrite nanoparticles are synthesized successfully by the sol-gel route and varying Mg concentrations. TEM, XRD, FTIR, Raman, and XPS characterizations confirm the cubic spinel structure of Zinc ferrite with a semi-spherical shaped nanosized particles (10–15 nm) irrespective of Mg doping content. …”

Epigenetic drug screening identifies enzyme inhibitors A-196 and TMP-269 as novel regulators of sprouting angiogenesis by Beter, M, Pulkkinen, HH, Örd, T, Sormunen, A, Kilpeläinen, L, Dunford, JE, Kaikkonen, MU, Aavik, E, Laham-Karam, N, Oppermann, U, Laakkonen, JP, Ylä-Herttuala, S

“…Compared to the established model using primary human umbilical vein endothelial cells, TeloHAECs needed a higher-density fibrin gel for optimal sprouting, successfully forming sprouts under both normoxic and hypoxic cell culture conditions. …”