COMPLEMENTARY APPROACHES FOR ENHANCING POLYSTYRENE HYDROPHOBICITY: ADDITIVES DEVELOPMENT AND REPLICATION OF MICRO/NANOTEXTURES

Complementary Approaches for Enhancing Polystyrene Hydrophobicity: Additives Development and Replication of Micro/Nanotextures

This work aims at developing polymer surfaces with enhanced hydrophobicity by controlling both the surface chemistry and the surface structure.As a first step, a chemical surface modification is achieved by the incorporation of a synthetized tailored fluorinated copolymer, named tenma vineyard POISE-a (Polymer prOcessing Interface StabilizEr), in a

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Prioritization of policy initiatives to overcome Industry 4.0 transformation barriers based on a Pythagorean fuzzy multi-criteria decision making approach

Industry 4.0 (hereafter I4.0) transformation in manufacturing sectors is considerably gaining a lot of attention from both researchers and practitioners.To increase the success rate of I4.0 transformation, manufacturers and policymakers need to understand barriers and how to overcome them.This paper proposes an analytical framework to prioritize th

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Economic Sanctions at the Beginning of the Third Millennium

The enforcement of obligations in international relations is not governed by a supranational authority; sanctions (economic, diplomatic, communication) represent one of the possible ways in which a state may put through its rights and interests.The group of economic omnipure q5633 sanctions is very wide, and it covers measures a!ecting trade or fin

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Explain the Expected Qualities of an Urban River as a Sustainable Public Place (Case Study: Isfahan, Ardabil, Ahvaz and Rasht)

People with different motives such as connection with nature and spending leisure time are present in the urban space of riparian.Transforming all river-based urban spaces into "sustainable public places" is one of the missions of urban planning.such places, in order to be desired in its life cycle and impact on city / river / people and environmen

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