#silicones

꒰ᐢ. .ᐢ꒱₊˚⊹ EDEN ORPHAN HOME COLLECTION : PART 1

Drew (in order):

Atlas (Orphanage Pilot)

Adelia (Orphanage Librarian)

Elm (Campsite Captain)

Clay/Lia ~blonde~ (Owner of Orphanage)

Drawing different characters from the vibrant franchise is helping me restore my art energy, inspiration and pride!

Developing silicones that are friendlier toward health and the environment

Polysiloxanes, the scientific name for silicones, possess exceptional properties, and are used in numerous fields ranging from cosmetics to aerospace. They are absolutely everywhere. However, they have a major flaw, as small, cyclic oligosolixanes—toxic for the environment and identified as an endocrine disruptor—form during their synthesis. To correct this drawback, a team of scientists led by a CNRS researcher recently developed a new process for synthesizing silicones in a cleaner and more environmentally-friendly manner by preventing the formation of these small cyclic oligosolixanes.

⊹₊｡ꕤ˚₊⊹ EDEN ORPHAN HOME COLLECTION: PART 4 !!

Drew (in order):

Yeru and Alex (YeruDivinity, Alerxeia - Weeshuis Attendants)

Kamila (0Kamilax - Orphanage Custodian)

Vee (Veekiin - Weeshuis Stellar)

Vin Majesty (Allureings - Paleis Noble)

Returned to drawing EOH staff! I love their avatar designs so much; staff have great fashion sense!!

╰┈જ⁀➴⋆ EDEN ORPHAN HOME COLLECTION: PART 3 !!

Drew (in order):

Akari (avatar by redfoxstarowo)

Eden Minaj (Founder of Orphanage)

Elias and Kaila (Orphanage Maids)

Everly and Serenity (Orphanage Maids)

A mix of original character + lore characters!! Can't believe I drew 12 pieces for EOH... but I wanna draw more, it's so fun!

Give it the plasma treatment: Strong adhesion without adhesives

Polymers containing plastics are essential in modern life. Being lightweight, strong and unreactive, a vast range of technologies depend on them. However, most polymers do not adhere naturally to other materials, so they need adhesives or corrosive chemical treatments to be attached to other materials. This is a problem in areas like food and medicine, where contamination must be avoided at all costs.

A clean way to make industrial polymers adhesive is urgently needed. Now, a team at Osaka University has achieved just that. They have developed a suite of plasma treatments to allow vulcanized rubber and the plastic PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) to adhere to one another, or to other materials. The method activates the polymers' surface chemistry, as described in a study in Scientific Reports.

"If you spray PTFE with a plasma of helium at 200 degrees, it can adhere to unvulcanized rubber -- this is a technique we developed earlier in our lab," says study lead author Yuji Ohkubo. "But vulcanized rubber presents a greater challenge. In our latest study, we customized a new plasma treatment for vulcanized silicone rubber, making it adhere strongly to PTFE for the first time."