Glass microspheres are used for both medical and industrial applications among others. It is of interest to develop simple experimental techniques to characterize the mechanical properties of different sets of glass ...

Zinc phosphate and related compounds have been proposed as "green" replacements for traditional anticorrosive pigments such as zinc chromate and lead oxides. However, environmental concerns have risen in the last years ...

Different kinds of polymers have been employed in medicine as biomaterials for different purposes. In recent years, considerable attention has been focused on the development of new drug-delivery systems in order to increase ...

Different kinds of polymers have been employed in medicine as biomaterials for different purposes. In recent years, considerable attention has been focused on the development of new drug-delivery systems in order to increase ...

Level A in vitro/in vivo correlation (IVIVC) of poly (ε-caprolactone) (PCL) microspheres for oral administration is challenging since in vitro PCL dissolution takes longer. The aims of this study were: 1) to develop three ...

The sorption rates of Cr(VI) ion from acid chromate solutions with Aliquat 336 impregnated microspheres (MS) were examined. MS of polysulfone (PSf) and poly(styrene-acrylenitrile) (SAN) were prepared by phase inversion ...

Fluorescent polymeric microspheres are used in a wide range of biomedical and technological applications, including blood flow determination, screening, flow visualization, flow tracing, medical imaging, fluorescence ...

The chemistry between layered MWW zeolite and carbon black pearls (BP 2000) as an inexpensive hard template was investigated to develop a rational one-pot synthesis of MCM-22 microspheres. The characterization results ...

Recent studies have shown the relevance of growing mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in three-dimensional environments with respect to the monolayer cell culture on an adherent substrate. In this sense, macroporous scaffolds ...