Medicine is constantly looking for new and improved treatments for diseases, which need to
have a high efficacy and be cost-effective, creating a large demand on scientific research to …

The field of nanocatalysis (in which nanoparticles are used to catalyze reactions) has
undergone an exponential growth during the past decade. Two types of studies have been …

Synthesis of nanoparticles in microemulsions is an area of considerable current interest.
This subject can be broadly divided into two sections defined by the nature of the host …

The interest in the preparation and application of nanometer size materials is increasing
since they can exhibit properties of great industrial interest. Several techniques have been …

The evolution of the microemulsion technique in the last years is revised with special
emphasis in the mechanisms of control of particle size, namely the control by the proper …

Supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2) is carbon dioxide that is held beyond supercritical
conditions of 31.1° C and 7.4 MPa. As a non-toxic and environmentally benign green …

This review paper highlights how supercritical fluid technology applied to materials
processing can play a great role in materials science. It is shown that this way of materials …

Supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2) is a unique solvent with a wide range of interesting
properties. This review focuses upon recent advances in the use of scCO2 in materials …

This volume documents the proceedings of the Second International Symposium on
Polyimides and Other High Temperature Polymers: Synthesis, Characterization and …

A novel high-pressure apparatus and technique were developed to measure
CO2/water/solid contact angles (θ) in situ for pressures up to 204 bar. For two glass …