Research Article

A Key Major Guideline for Engineering Bioactive Multicomponent Nanofunctionalization for Biomedicine and Other Applications: Fundamental Models Confirmed by Both Direct and Indirect Evidence

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((a) and (b)) FESEM micrographs of fiber surfaces functionalized by nanocolloidal organomodified montmorillonite and TiO2 (ONL/NP), with low and high magnification, respectively; arrows point out separated nanolayers and circles indicate nanoparticles, (c) schematic model proposed according to the fundamental physic-chemical phenomena for this sample (ONL/NP) in comparison with the microscopic outcomes, (d) water droplet image and contact angle (°) on this sample, and (e) image “(d)” processed by “the find edge option” of ImageJ software to clarify the droplet boundaries for precise evaluation of contact angle.