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Dong-Mei Ren ¹, Zheng Guo ¹, Feng Du ² , Zun-Feng Liu ², Zai-Chun Zhou ¹, Xiu-Ying Shi ¹, Yong-Sheng Chen ^2,* and Jian-Yu Zheng ^1,*
1 State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, PR China
2 Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology and Key Laboratory for Functional Polymer Materials, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, PR China
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; Tel: +86 22 2350 5572; Fax: +86 22 2350 5572; E-mail: jyzheng@nankai.edu.cn (J. Z.) and yschen99@nankai.edu.cn (Y. C.)
Received: 24 October 2007; in revised form: 12 December 2007 / Accepted: 4 January 2008 / Published: 21 January 2008
Full Research Paper: A Novel Soluble Tin(IV) Porphyrin Modified Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Nanohybrid With Light Harvesting Properties
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2008, 9, 45-55 (PDF format, 529K)


Halil Turgut Sahin * and Mustafa Burak Arslan
Suleyman Demirel University, Forestry Faculty, Department of Forest Products Engineering, 32260 Isparta, Turkey.
E-mails: sahin@orman.sdu.edu.tr; mbarslan@orman.sdu.edu.tr
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed
Received: 7 December 2007; in revised form: 4 January 2008 / Accepted:  17 January 2008 / Published: 25 January 2008
Full Research Paper: Study on Physical and Chemical Properties of Cellulose Paper Immersed in Various Solvent Mixtures
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2008, 9, 78-88 (PDF format, 381K)
 

Fatih Mengeloglu *, Ayse Kabakci
Department of Forest Industry Engineering, Kahramanmaras Sutcuimam University, Kahramanmaras, Turkey
E-mail: fmengelo@ksu.edu.tr, ayse_kabakci@hotmail.com
Received: 16 January 2008 / Accepted: 25 January 2008 / Published: 4 February 2008
Full Research Paper: Determination of Thermal Properties and Morphology of Eucalyptus Wood Residue Filled High Density Polyethylene Composites 
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2008, 9, 107-119 (PDF format, 887K)
 

Alper Aytekin
Zonguldak Karaelmas University, Bartin Forestry Faculty, 74100 Bartin, Turkey; E-mail: alperaytekin@hotmail.com
Received: 1 February 2008; in revised form: 10 April 2008 / Accepted: 23 April 2008 / Published: 24 April 2008
Full Research Paper: Determination of Screw and Nail Withdrawal Resistance of Some Important Wood Species
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2008, 9, 626-637 (PDF format, 237K)