Hydrogels provide effective alternatives for drug delivery when therapeutics cannot be applied directly to a wound, or if adverse effects are associated with systemic administration. However, vehicles need biocompatible and biodegradable exhibit sufficient mechanical strength withstand handling different physiological conditions, such as those encountered during topical administration of therap...

Abstract Due to the shortage of high-quality natural sand, development polycarboxylic acid water reducer with excellent clay resistance has become a research hotspot in recent years. Using acrylic acid, methyl 4-vinylbenzoate, ethylene glycol monovinyl polyethylene ether molecular weight 3000 (EPEG-3000) as comonomers, under action sodium bisulfite formaldehyde-hydrogen peroxide redox initiator...

Front Cover: In article number 2000670 by Yoshihiko Kimura and Takaya Terashima, hexa(ethylene glycol) di(meth)acrylates efficiently interact with a potassium cation to dynamically form pseudo cyclic monomers. Combined such supramolecular technique, RAFT cyclopolymerization of template is developed successfully synthesize cyclopolymers comprising 24-membered rings. The serve as thermoresponsive...

OBJECTIVES Ethylene glycol monomethyl ether (EGME) and ethylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate (EGMEA) are widely used in industries as solvents for coatings, paint and ink, but exposure data are limited because they are minor components out of mixed solvents, as well as because of inconsistency in desorption solvent use. The objective of this study was to investigate the worker exposure profi...

Erythrocytes from multiple sclerosis patients differ significantly (p less than 0.005) from those from controls with regard to hydrophobic affinity partition in two-polymer aqueous-phase systems containing dextran, poly(ethylene glycol) and poly (ethylene glycol)-fatty acid esters. The most likely source of the abnormality is the cell membrane.

An inhalation teratology study was conducted in rats at 10, 50 and 250 ppm ethylene glycol monoethyl ether (EGEE) and in rabbits at 10, 50 and 175 ppm EGEE. This study was designed to supplement a study conducted for NIOSH which showed teratogenic effects in rats at 200 ppm EGEE and in rabbits at about 160 ppm EE. In this study, EGEE was found not to cause teratogenic effects at concentrations ...

The acute toxicity of ethylene glycol monopropyl ether (EGPE) and ethylene glycol monopropyl ether acetate (EGPEA) was determined in a series of standardized tests. The oral LD50 in rats was 3089 and 9456 mg/kg EGPE and EGPEA, respectively. Skin irritation was slight following an occluded single dose application of either compound to the guinea pig abdomen. The dermal LD50 for guinea pigs was 1...