Effect of Impregnated Inorganic Nanoparticles on the Properties of the Kenaf Bast Fibers (open access)

Effect of Impregnated Inorganic Nanoparticles on the Properties of the Kenaf Bast Fibers

This article evaluates the properties of the chemically retted kenaf bast fiber impregnated with the inorganic nanoparticles.
Date: August 22, 2014
Creator: Liang, Kaiwen; Shi, Sheldon Q. & Wang, Ge
System: The UNT Digital Library
Combined effects of ZnO particle deposition and heat treatment on dimensional stability and mechanical properties of poplar wood (open access)

Combined effects of ZnO particle deposition and heat treatment on dimensional stability and mechanical properties of poplar wood

This article proposes a one-step wood modification method by combining the deposition of ZnO particles on wood surface and heat treatment.
Date: May 24, 2017
Creator: Cui, Wei; Zhang, Nannan; Xu, Min & Cai, Liping
System: The UNT Digital Library
Application-based design of the Fresnel lens solar concentrator (open access)

Application-based design of the Fresnel lens solar concentrator

Article investigates a novel genetically themed hierarchical algorithm (GTHA) to design Fresnel lens solar concentrators that match with the distinct energy input and spatial geometry of various thermal applications.
Date: August 2, 2019
Creator: Qandil, Hassan; Wang, Shuping & Zhao, Weihuan
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bioinspired cellular sheath-core electrospun non-woven mesh (open access)

Bioinspired cellular sheath-core electrospun non-woven mesh

Article using preferential solubility of a polymer in supercritical CO2 to develop a new architecture using biocompatible polymers based on porous core-sheath fiber fabrication technique.
Date: May 23, 2019
Creator: Rizvi, Hussain R.; D'Souza, Nandika Anne, 1967-; Ayre, Brian G. & Ramesh, Dinesh
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Tough, Water-Resistant, High Bond Strength Adhesive Derived from Soybean Meal and Flexible Hyper-Branched Aminated Starch (open access)

A Tough, Water-Resistant, High Bond Strength Adhesive Derived from Soybean Meal and Flexible Hyper-Branched Aminated Starch

This article highlights the development of a flexible long-chain starch with a hyper-branched structure (HD), and incorporating it with SM and a crosslinking agent to prepare a novel SM adhesive. Results showed that this adhesive exhibited both excellent water resistance and enhanced toughness. The wet bond strength of plywood fabricated using this adhesive was 354.5% higher than that of SM adhesive.
Date: August 14, 2019
Creator: Zhang, Yi; Zhang, Jieyu; Chen, Mingsong; Luo, Jing; Shi, Sheldon; Gao, Qiang et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Research on solving differential equations of forest fire monitor based on Runge-Kutta (open access)

Research on solving differential equations of forest fire monitor based on Runge-Kutta

Article describes study analyzing the characteristics of the movement of the gel extinguishing agent micelles by considering the resistance of movement.
Date: August 20, 2020
Creator: Guan, Xuemei & Wei, Yanxiu
System: The UNT Digital Library