Microencapsulation of <i>S. cerevisiae</i> to improve the thermal inactivation kinetics during the production of broiler chicken feed pellets by John Turner

“…However, the viability of S. cerevisiae was reported to decrease rapidly at temperatures above 50oC (López-Malo, Guerrero and Alzamora, 1999). The temperature of animal feed pelleting systems was reported to reach over 90oC (Ebbing et al., 2022). …”
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Microwave-assisted synthesis and processing of Al-Doped, Ga-Doped, and Al, Ga Codoped ZnO for the pursuit of optimal conductivity for transparent conducting film fabrication by D.S.Y., Nirmal Peiris, Jagdeep Sagu, Dominic B. Potter, Upul Wijayantha-Kahagala-Gamage, C.J. Carmalt, Darren Southee

“…The heat treatment was performed by sintering the pellets at 600 °C in a reducing atmosphere using either conventional radiant annealing for 3 h or microwave annealing for 90 s. …”
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Comparative performance of bone char-based filters for the removal of fluoride from drinking water by P.M. Mutheki, Lars Osterwalder, J. Kubai, L. Korir, E. Wanja, E. Wambui, T. Edosa, Richard B. Johnston, C. Annette Johnson

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The development of bone char-based filters for the removal of flouride from drinking water by Hillary Korir, K. Mueller, L. Korir, J Kubai, E. Wanja, N. Wanjiku, J. Waweru, Michael J. Mattle, Lars Osterwalder, C. Annette Johnson

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A study of novel high performance and energy dense zeolite composite materials for domestic interseasonal thermochemical energy storage by Daniel Mahon, Gianfranco Claudio, Philip Eames

“…Novel composite materials have been created by 2 methods, i) impregnating zeolites with MgSO4 using a modified wetness impregnation method and ii) forming zeolites impregnated with MgSO4 into 4mm pellets using a pellet preparation method and a binder, these composite pellets have been named ZMK. …”
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Additive manufacture of sodium beta alumina solid state battery electrolyte by DongRui Xie

“…Overall, the highest ionic conductivity of 0.081 S·cm-1 at 350 oC of 3D-printed BASE sample was obtained by sintering at 1600 oC for 5 minutes, which is comparable with the highest ionic conductivity of 0.119 S·cm-1 at 350 oC of conventional pellet BASE sample obtained by sintering at 1600 oC for 10 minutes. …”
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Encapsulation of bacteriophages, bacteriocins and endolysins in pH-responsive formulations for targeted-delivery and controlled release in the gastrointestinal tract by Kerry Richards

“…The encapsulated phages withstood exposure to 95⁰C for up to 120s, in comparison with just 15s without encapsulation. …”
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Investigation into the potential of MgSO4 for interseasonal domestic thermochemical energy storage by Daniel Mahon

“…To solve the problems caused when using pure MgSO4 a novel sample preparation method to create TCES pellets from powdered materials was developed. The novel pellet preparation methodology was optimised and the results showed that the initial dehydration heating rate and preparation methodology used (mix or impregnation) did have an impact on the TCES potential of the synthesised pellets. …”
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Characterizations of activated carbon-methanol adsorption pair including the heat of adsorptions by Jun W. Wu, S. Hadi Madani, Mark Biggs, Phillip Pendleton, Chen Lei, Eric J. Hu

“…The heat of adsorption of methanol as a function of loading was determined using the Clausius-Clapeyron approach with isotherms obtained at 5 °C, 15 °C, and 25 °C. The isosteric heats of adsorption increased sharply at the small coverage due to increasing effect of condensation heat with coverage. …”
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Constrained sintering kinetics of 3YSZ films by Jung-Sik Kim, Robert A. Rudkin, Xin Wang, Alan Atkinson

“…3YSZ green layers approximately 10 μm thick were screen-printed onto 3YSZ substrates and their constrained sintering kinetics were measured at 1100–1350 °C using an optical dilatometer. The densification rates of the same powder in the form of pellets and free-standing films were also measured. …”
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Evidence for the microwave effect during hybrid sintering and annealing of ceramics by Jianxin Wang

“…In addition, during annealing of fully dense ZnO ceramic pellets, enhanced grain growth was observed during hybrid heating compared to pure conventional heating. …”
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Ferroelectric and photocatalytic properties of Aurivillius phase Ca₂Bi₄Ti₅O₁₈ by Yaqiong Wang, Man Zhang, Jiyue Wu, Zimeng Hu, Hongtao Zhang, Haixue Yan

“…Ca2Bi4Ti5O18 ceramic exhibited frequency independent dielectric anomaly at 774 °C. The piezoelectric coefficient d33 value of poled Ca2Bi4Ti5O18 pellets was 0.7±0.2 pC/N. …”
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Proton Shuttles in CeO2/CeO2−δ Core–Shell Structure by Yueming Xing, Yan Wu, Lingyao Li, Quan Shi, Jing Shi, Sining Yun, Muhammad Akbar, Baoyuan Wang, Jung-Sik Kim, Bin Zhu

“…A core-shell structure with a CeO2 core and a non-stoichiometry CeO2-d surface layer built up proton shuttles, leading to a super proton conductivity of 0.15 S cm-1 and advanced fuel cell performance, 661 mW cm-2 at 520 ºC. The surface induced conduction process was investigated through a heat-treatment procedure for CeO2 pellets at different temperatures. …”
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Microwave-assisted synthesis and processing of transparent conducting oxides and thin film fabrication by aerosol-assisted deposition by D.S.Y.

“…Typically, electrical conductivity value of 5.6 x 10-4 Ω.cm is obtained for AGZO pellets, which is an order of magnitude better than the previously fabricated materials. …”
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