Latest "Novel chitosan magnesium aluminum silicate nanocomposite film coatings" News Stories

New self-healing coating for aluminum developed to replace cancer-causing product

(University of Nevada, Reno) A research team at the University of Nevada, Reno has developed a new environmentally-friendly coating for aluminum to replace the carcinogenic chromate coatings used in aerospace applications. The chromate conversion coa...

Research team finds elusive self-healing formulation for defense, aerospace

A research team at the University of Nevada, Reno has developed a new environmentally-friendly coating for aluminum to replace the carcinogenic chromate coatings used in aerospace applications. The chromate conversion coatings have been used for more...

Nanometre optical coatings based on strong interference effects in highly absorbing media

Optical coatings usually consist of many multilayers of thin films to achieve the desired properties. A new approach using interference effects between an absorbing dielectric film and a metallic substrate now enables ultrathin optical coatings that...

Request A Test is Now Offering More Choices for Magnesium Testing

Brecksville, OH (PRWEB) April 16, 2013 Request A Test , a leading national provider of direct to consumer lab testing, is now offering their customers the option of ordering Magnesium and Magnesium RBC lab testing. Magnesium deficiency is a...

BASF sells chitosan biz to firm with eye on pharma

BASF has sold its chitosan biopolymers business to Norway-based Seagarden ASA continuing the divestiture of the non-core units it acquired as part of Cognis in 2010.

Rigaku Application Note: Silicate Rock Analysis by Fusion Method

The Woodlands, TX (PRWEB) January 22, 2013 Rigaku Corporation today announced a new method for silicate rock analysis by wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (WDXRF). Rigaku Application Note XRF 5018 describes silicate rock analys...

Anlit launches new Yomi Magnesium for children

Anlit Advanced Nutrition has announced the launch of Yomi Magnesium, a magnesium supplement for children between five to 14 years of age.

Low Serum Magnesium Linked With AF

The association between serum magnesium and AF appears to be nonlinear, say researchers, with the excess risk of AF appearing mainly in those with the lowest magnesium levels. Heartwire

AAPS PharmSciTech: Electrospun Chitosan Microspheres for Complete Encapsulation of Anionic Proteins: Controlling Particle Size and Encapsulation Efficiency

Type: Original PaperElectrospinning was employed to fabricate chitosan microspheres by a single-step encapsulation of proteins without organic solvents. Chitosan in acetic acid was electrospun toward a grounded sodium carbonate solution at various el...

Antigen-encapsulated chitosan particles improve immune response

Biomedical engineering researchers have encapsulated two types of protein antigens in chitosan and demonstrated that the combined material enables or improves three important immune responses.

AAPS PharmSciTech: Chitosan-Modified PLGA Nanoparticles with Versatile Surface for Improved Drug Delivery

Type: Original PaperShortage of functional groups on surface of poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA)-based drug delivery carriers always hampers its wide applications such as passive targeting and conjugation with targeting molecules. In this research,...

Nigeria court cancels sale of aluminum plant

Nigeria's supreme court has overturned the sale of a state-owned aluminum processing plant to the world's largest aluminum producer.Justice Afolabiyi Fabiyi ruled Friday that the sale five years ago of Aluminum Smelter Company of Nigeria to Moscow-b...

Magnesium-Rich Food May Help Keep Kids' Bones Strong

TUESDAY, May 7 (HealthDay News) -- Magnesium may be as crucial to children's bone health as calcium, according to a small, early study. While it's known that magnesium is important for adults' bone health, few studies have examined the nutrient's ro...

Ingested Aluminum Foreign Body

This case of a 7-year-old who had ingested an aluminum ring pull from a soda can highlights the difficulty of detecting aluminum foreign bodies on radiography. Applied Radiology

Carbon-dioxide-rich silicate melt in the Earth’s upper mantle

The onset of melting in the Earth’s upper mantle influences the thermal evolution of the planet, fluxes of key volatiles to the exosphere, and geochemical and geophysical properties of the mantle. Although carbonatitic melt could be stable 250 km...

Pharmaceutical Research: Spray-Dried Chitosan Microparticles for Cellular Delivery of an Antigenic Protein: Physico-chemical Properties and Cellular Uptake by Dendritic Cells and Macrophages

Type: Original PaperPurposeSpray-dried chitosan microparticles for cellular delivery of antigen to dendritic cells (DC) and macrophages (Mϕ) were investigated.MethodsChitosan microparticles were prepared by spray drying. For comparison, poly(lactic-...

Synthetic silicate nanoplatelets can stimulate stem cells to become bone cells

In new research published online May 13, 2013 in Advanced Materials, researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital are the first to report that synthetic silicate nanoplatelets (also known as layered clay) can induce stem cells to become bone cells w...

Effect of the Addition of Chitosans with Different Molecular Structure on Fermentation Process and Viscosity Changes During Sour Cream Storage

Effect of the Addition of Chitosans with Different Molecular Structure on Fermentation Process and Viscosity Changes During Sour Cream StoragePages 13-21Author Jelena ZagorskaAlexander PelnikGarry KercAbstract The effect of different health promoting chitosan-based additives (high molecular weight chitosan, carboxymethyl chitosan, chitosan oligoosaccharide) with different molecular structure on p...

BASF Sells Marine Biopolymers Business to Seagarden

BASF and the Norwegian company Seagarden signed a contract to transfer the Chitosan marine biopolymers business. Chitosan marine biopolymers are used in personal care products and as pharmaceutical ingredients. The transaction is expected to be forma...

AAPS PharmSciTech: Improving Oral Bioavailability and Pharmacokinetics of Liposomal Metformin by Glycerolphosphate–Chitosan Microcomplexation

Type: Original PaperThe purpose of this study was to develop a new delivery system capable of improving bioavailability and controlling release of hydrophilic drugs. Metformin-loaded liposomes were prepared and to improve their stability surface was...

Magnesium deficiency clinical syndrome and magnesium therapy in hypertensives

Century Aluminum files notice to end contract

An aluminum company embroiled in a dispute over its electricity costs said Monday it has given notice to terminate its power contract, a move signaling that the future of its large western Kentucky smelter is in deep jeopardy.Century Aluminum Co. sa...

Deglacial pulses of deep-ocean silicate into the subtropical North Atlantic Ocean

Growing evidence suggests that the low atmospheric CO2 concentration of the ice ages resulted from enhanced storage of CO2 in the ocean interior, largely as a result of changes in the Southern Ocean. Early in the most recent deglaciation, a reduction...

Magnesium Sulfate: Drug Safety Communication - Recommendation Against Prolonged Use in Pre-term Labor

Audience: OB/GYN, Nursing, Risk Manager ISSUE: FDA is advising health care professionals against using magnesium sulfate injection for more than 5-7 days to stop pre-term labor in pregnant women. Administration of magnesium sulfate injection to...

BASF sells marine biopolymers business to Seagarden ASA

BASF SE and the Norwegian company Seagarden ASA signed a contract to transfer the Chitosan marine biopolymers business. Chitosan marine biopolymers are used in personal care products and as pharmaceutical ingredients. The transaction is expected to b...