Previous research on the melt electrowriting (MEW) of poly(vinylidene difluoride) (PVDF) resulted in electroactive fibers, however, printing more than five layers is challenging. Here, we investigate influence a heated collector to adjust solidification rate PVDF jet so that it adheres sufficiently each layer. A temperature 110°C required improve fiber processing, resulting total 20 layers. For...

Hypervalent iodine reagents constitute a powerful tool in modern synthetic organic chemistry, promoting several important reactions. One such reaction is the ring contraction of cycloalkenes and cycloalkanones promoted by iodine(III) compounds, such as iodobenzene diacetate, iodosylbenzene, iodotoluene difluoride, and [hydroxy(tosyloxy)- iodo]benzene (Koser' s reagent). This review covers all t...

A simple method is described for detecting glycoproteins which had been dot-blotted or electro-blotted on to a polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) membrane after sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. This method is based on the periodate oxidation of glycoproteins on a PVDF membrane with subsequent staining by the chromophoric hydrazide, 4-N,N-dimethylamino-4'-azobenzene...

A new medium has been adapted for the growth of Bacteroides fragilis so that its phages can be recovered from environmental samples, and its efficiency has been assessed. Polyvinylidene difluoride membranes allow significantly higher recoveries among different membrane filters used to decontaminate the samples. In all cases, a number of phages remain in the filters and a percentage of them can ...

Characterization of Polyethersulfone (PES) and Polyvinylidene Difluoride (PVDF) Resistive Membranes under In Vitro Staphylococcus aureus Challenge by Sandra Nakasone Department of Biomedical Engineering Duke University Date:_______________________ Approved: ___________________________ Bruce Klitzman, Supervisor ___________________________ William (Monty) Reichert ___________________________ Fan...