Browsing by Subject "Mechanical properties"

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Atomic Force Microscopy Probing of Cancer Cells and Tumor Microenvironment Components

Stylianou, A.; Stylianopoulos, T. (2016)

Cancer cells have different characteristics from normal cells in terms of morphology, cell–cell interactions, cytoskeleton organization, cell growth rates, and cell-extracellular matrix interactions. Although the clarification ...

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Biosourced amphiphilic degradable elastomers of poly(glycerol sebacate): Synthesis and network and oligomer characterization

Kafouris, Demetris; Kossivas, Fotis; Constantinides, Christakis; Nguyễn, Như Quỳnh; Wesdemiotis, Chrystostomos; Patrickios, Costas S. (2013)

Glycerol (G, a triol) and sebacic acid (S, an α,ω-dicarboxylic acid) were condensed in the bulk to obtain poly(glycerol sebacate) (PGS) cross-linked elastomers which were characterized in terms of their swelling, thermal, ...

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Bisphosphonate-laden acrylic bone cement: Mechanical properties, elution performance, and in vivo activity

Yu, N. Y. C.; Ruys, A. J.; Zenios, Michalis; Godfrey, Craig; McDonald, Michelle; Kiely, Patrick; Mikulec, Kathy; Little, David G.; Schindeler, A. (2008)

Cemented total hip replacements generally fail after 10-20 years, often due to implant loosening from bone resorption. Bisphosphonates such as zoledronic acid (ZA) and pamidronate (PAM) are potent inhibitors of bone ...

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Computational predictions of the tensile properties of electrospun fibre meshes: Effect of fibre diameter and fibre orientation

Barocas, V. Η; Stylianopoulos, T.; Bashur, C. A.; Goldstein, A. S.; Guelcher, S. A. (2008)

The mechanical properties of biomaterial scaffolds are crucial for their efficacy in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. At the microscopic scale, the scaffold must be sufficiently rigid to support cell adhesion, ...

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Deposition and characterisation of TiAlBN coatings produced by direct electron-beam evaporation of Ti and Ti-Al-B-N material from a twin crucible source

Rebholz, Claus; Leyland, A.; Matthews, A. (1999)

TiAlBN coatings were synthesised by evaporating Ti and hot isostatically pressed TiAl0.68B3.67N2.44 material from a twin crucible source in an Ar plasma at 450°C. A combination of optical emission spectroscopy and partial ...

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Double Networks Based on Amphiphilic Cross-Linked Star Block Copolymer First Conetworks and Randomly Cross-Linked Hydrophilic Second Networks

Rikkou-Kalourkoti, Maria D.; Kitiri, E. N.; Patrickios, Costas S.; Leontidis, Epameinondas; Constantinou, Martha; Constantinides, G.; Zhang, X. K.; Papadakis, Christine M. (2016)

This study presents the preparation and characterization of double networks (DN) based on a first amphiphilic polymethacrylate conetwork (APCN) and a second polyacrylamide network. The APCN first network comprised ...

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Double-networks based on pH-responsive, amphiphilic "core-first" star first polymer conetworks prepared by sequential RAFT polymerization

Kitiri, E. N.; Patrickios, C. S.; Voutouri, C.; Stylianopoulos, T.; Hoffmann, I.; Schweins, R.; Gradzielski, M. (2017)

This manuscript presents the preparation and study of a new double-network hydrogel system, comprising an amphiphilic, pH-responsive first polymer conetwork synthesized via reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer ...

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Double-networks based on pH-responsive, amphiphilic "core-first" star first polymer conetworks prepared by sequential RAFT polymerization

Kitiri, E. N.; Patrickios, Costas S.; Voutouri, Chrysovalantis; Stylianopoulos, Triantafyllos; Hoffmann, I.; Schweins, R.; Gradzielski, M. (2017)

This manuscript presents the preparation and study of a new double-network hydrogel system, comprising an amphiphilic, pH-responsive first polymer conetwork synthesized via reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer ...

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The effect of boron additions on the tribological behaviour of TiN coatings produced by electron-beam evaporative PVD

Rebholz, Claus; Leyland, A.; Larour, P.; Charitidis, C.; Logothetidis, S.; Matthews, A. (1999)

TiN coatings containing small amounts of boron were synthesized by electron beam evaporating a Ti-B alloy material from a single crucible source into a plasma comprising Ar or an Ar/N2 mixture at a substrate temperature ...

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Effect of Cu content on the tribological performance of Cr-N coatings at high temperatures (840°C)

Polychronopoulou, K.; Rebholz, Claus; Demas, N. G.; Polycarpou, A. A.; Gibson, P. N. (Affiliation: Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Eng., University of Cyprus, Nicosia, CyprusAffiliation: Department of Mechanical Science and Eng., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United StatesAffiliation: Institute for Health and Consumer Protection, Joint Res. Centre of the European Commission, Ispra (VA), ItalyCorrespondence Address: Polychronopoulou, K.Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Eng., University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2010)

Cr-N and Cu-Cr-N coatings with Cu content between 3-65 at.%, Cu/Cr ratios in the 0.04-4.5 range and 21-27 at.% N, synthesized by twin e-beam Physical Vapor Deposition (EBPVD) at 450°C, were investigated. Using X-ray ...

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Evaluating the microstructure and performance of nanocomposite PVD TiAlBN coatings

Baker, M. A.; Klose, S.; Rebholz, Claus; Leyland, A.; Matthews, A. (2002)

Physical vapour deposition (PVD) TiAlBN coatings can exhibit excellent wear resistance, with optimised coating compositions demonstrating a 150% increase in lifetime compared to standard TiAlN coatings in wet-cutting drill ...

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Mechanical and tribological properties of hard aluminium-carbon multilayer films prepared by the Laser-Arc technique

Ziegele, H.; Rebholz, Claus; Scheibe, H. J.; Schultrich, B.; Matthews, A. (1998)

The method of laser-induced vacuum arc (Laser-Arc) combines the good controllability of pulsed laser deposition with the high efficiency of a vacuum arc technique. One advantage of this technique is the reduction of droplets, ...

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Mechanical properties of structurally-defined magnetoactive polymer (co)networks

Mpekris, F.; Achilleos, M.; Vasile, E.; Vasile, E.; Krasia-Christoforou, T.; Stylianopoulos, T. (2015)

The mechanical properties of structurally-defined magnetoactive polymer (co)networks synthesized from well-defined poly(2-dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate (poly(DMAEMA)) homopolymers and diblock copolymers of poly(DMAEMA) ...

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Multilayer composite ceramic-metal-DLC coatings for sliding wear applications

Voevodin, A. A.; Schneider, J. M.; Rebholz, Claus; Matthews, A. (1996)

The design of anti-friction coatings able to perform well in different wear conditions without lubricants requires a combination of adequate hardness and toughness, good adhesion, a low friction coefficient and a low wear ...

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Multiscale, structure-based modeling for the elastic mechanical behavior of arterial walls

Barocas, V. Η; Stylianopoulos, T. (2007)

Passive elastic behavior of arterial wall remains difficult to model. Although phenomenological and structural models exist, the question of how the three-dimensional network structure of the collagen in the artery determines ...

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Nanostructure, mechanical and tribological properties of reactive magnetron sputtered TiCx coatings

Polychronopoulou, K.; Rebholz, Claus; Baker, M. A.; Theodorou, L.; Demas, N. G.; Hinder, S. J.; Polycarpou, A. A.; Doumanidis, C. C.; Böbel, K. (2008)

This study describes the correlation between microstructure, mechanical and tribological properties of TiCx coatings (with x being in the range of 0-1.4), deposited by reactive magnetron sputtering from a Ti target in ...

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Semisolid metal processing: A new paradigm in automotive part design

Alexandrou, Andreas N.; Burgos, G. R.; Entov, V. M. (2000)

Processing of metal alloys in their mushy state represents a new trend in metal processing. The process produces components with low porosity, high crack resistance along with fine microstructure and mechanical properties ...

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Structure and mechanical properties of low temperature magnetron sputtered nanocrystalline (nc-)Ti(N,C)/amorphous diamond like carbon (a-C:H) coatings

Tsotsos, C.; Baker, M. A.; Polychronopoulou, K.; Gibson, P. N.; Giannakopoulos, K.; Polycarpou, A. A.; Böbel, K.; Rebholz, Claus (2010)

This paper reports on the structure and mechanical properties of 2μm thick nanocomposite (nc-) Ti(N,C)/amorphous diamond like carbon (a-C:H) coatings deposited on 100Cr6 steel substrates, using low temperature ( 200°C) DC ...

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Structure, hardness and mechanical properties of magnetron-sputtered titanium-aluminium boride films

Rebholz, Claus; Leyland, A.; Schneider, J. M.; Voevodin, A. A.; Matthews, A. (1999)

TiAlB films nominally 2 μm thick were produced by simultaneous sputtering from TiAl and TiB2 targets onto Si-(110) and AISI316 stainless steel substrate materials at a temperature of 170°C. The influence of different B/Al ...

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Synthesis and characterization of robust double-networks based on end-linked, pH-responsive first networks

Kitiri, Elina N.; Rikkou-Kalourkoti, Maria D.; Sophocleous, Manolia; Patrickios, Costas S. (2015)

Abstract Fragile, end-linked hydrophilic tertiary amine based methacrylate (first) networks were mechanically reinforced using the double-network principle, via the introduction of a polyacrylamide second network. Reinforcement ...