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The versatility of the crosslinked structures opens a new broad avenue for their application in several areas. As mentioned above, corona-crosslinked PFS assemblies demonstrate excellent shape retention upon pyrolysis and permit the formation of ceramic replicas. We have also recently shown that in a common good solvent, the PFS chains in the microgel interior of xPMVS can serve as a microreactor forthe localized production of metal nanoparticles [25], We are also about to begin light scattering studies of PMVS micelles, before and after corona crosslinking, and hope to use these experiments to learn more about the self-assembled structures formed in dilute solution. 

Implantables are less likely to use adhesives because of their longevity, performance, and toxicity requirements. With these parts, self-assembly (snap-fit or interference fit) or solvent and heat welding processes are commonly used for assembly. 

Conical Mixer Dryer The conical mixer dryer is a batch-wise operating unit commonly used in the pharmaceutical and specialty chemical industries for the drying of solvent or water wet, free-flowing powders. The process area is a vertically oriented conical vessel with an internally mounted screw. Figure 12-80 shows a schematic of the bottom drive conical mixer dryer. The dryer utilizes the heatable, internal rotating screw to provide agitation of the batch of material and thus improve the heat and mass transfer of the process. Because it rotates around the full circumference of the vessel, the screw provides a self-cleaning effect for the heated vessel walls. 

A further mode of deactivation can come from the strong adsorption of reaction by-products onto the catalyst surface. Of particular importance in this regard are the products from the self-condensation of the aldehydes or ketones produced in the oxidation of alcohols. 3.66 jhis condensation is enhanced in the aqueous base commonly used as the solvent in these oxidations. 

The most commonly used template particles are either polystyrene or silica spheres. These can be synthesized or obtained commercially and are available in a range of sizes (from about 100 nm upwards) with a narrow coefficient of variation (<2%) in diameter. The size variation is important because the more uniform the size of the particles the more regular the packing. The particles can be assembled into templates in a variety of ways, including evaporation of the solvent [138], convective self-assembly [139-141], Langmuir-Blodgett deposition [142, 143], or by withdrawing the substrate slowly from a suspension of the colloidal particles [144]. The optimum methods for the assembly of the silica and polystyrene particles differ because of the differences in their densities and hence sedimentation rates. Once assembled on the surface the particles act as a template to define the deposition. 

The nebulizer described is a self-aspirating, pneumatic nebulizer and is the one shown schematically on the lower left of Fig. 6.8(b). The nebulizer capillary is usually made of stainless steel but other materials such as Pt, Ta, and polymers may be used for corrosive solvents when contamination from the elements in steel must be avoided. A variety of other nebulizer designs have been developed for specific applications but are not commonly used in AAS. These other nebulizers are often used in atomic emission spectrometry and will be described in Chapter 7. 

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