The bitumen industry in the European Union is facing several difficulties, including rising demand, unstable oil supply, rising prices for synthetic polymer modifiers, and a focus on lowering carbon footprint. Bitumen modification with crumb rubber (CR) is one of the most promising solution to these challenges. However, CR-modified bitumen have poor processability and low storage stability. To overcome these flaws we are introducing...

Properties of high purity V2O5 nanorods prepared by a sol – gel method are presented. The studied materials were characterized by: X-ray diffractometry (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The electrical impedance was measured as a function of temperature and frequency. The obtained results show that the electrical conductivity increases with increasing temperature. The d.c. conductivity...

Pomimo nieustannego rozwoju zaawansowanych technik antykorozyjnych oraz imponująco wysokiej odporności współczesnych warstw i pokryć ochronnych problem zabezpieczenia powierzchni metalicznych jak i niemetalicznych jest nadal aktualny. Wciąż rosnące zapotrzebowanie na nowe metody ochrony antykorozyjnej oraz dążenie do jak najmniejszej degradacji środowiska naturalnego wytyczają współczesne trendy rozwoju przemysłu antykorozyjnego....

Cyclic peptides containing the Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) sequence have been shown to specifically bind the angiogenesis biomarker α V β3 integrin. We report the synthesis, chemical characterization, and biological evaluation of two novel dimeric cyclic RGD-based molecular probes for the targeted imaging of α V β3 activity (a radiolabeled version, 64Cu-NOTA-PEG4-cRGD2, for PET imaging, and a fluorescent version, FITC-PEG4-cRGD2, for in...