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
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