The pumice aggregates were obtained from a pumice quarry in Isparta region, Turkey.
Recycled ceramic aggregates were obtained crushing stoneware and porcelain tile wastes from the ceramic industry.
Crushed granite used as (coarse and fine) aggregates were obtained from AfriSam aggregates in Johannesburg, South Africa in compliance with South African National standards (SANS 1083 2006).
The standard free energies of solubilization, ΔGs°, of dexamethasone into PAMAM-PCL aggregates were obtained from the partition coefficient between the aqueous and the aggregate phases.
Second, images of selected coarse aggregates were obtained by 3D scanning and saved in STL (Stereolithography) files.
Atomic force microscopy (AFM) images of the aggregates were obtained with a commercial Bruker Nanoscope IVa MultiMode atomic force microscope (Germany).
The settling velocities of the nanoparticle aggregates were obtained through PIV (particle image velocimetry) analysis and manual tracking of individual aggregates.
The performance parameters including wear resistance, density, elasticity and Poisson ratio of the five kind aggregates were obtained by tests on red sandstone, basalt, limestone, quartzite and gneiss.
By carefully transferring the polymers from an organic solvent to water, either micellar particles or large aggregates were obtained depending on the relative lengths of the blocks.
The critical micelle concentration (cmc) values, degrees of counterion binding, and size of micellar aggregates were obtained using surface tension measurements, dynamic light scattering method, bromide selective electrode, and by solubilization of hydrophobic dye Orange OT.
