In this report, a method based on the infrared-assisted polymerization of methyl methacrylate has been developed for the rapid fabrication of PMMA CE microchips. Methyl methacrylate containing AIBN was allowed to prepolymerize in a water bath to form a fast-curing molding solution that was subsequently sandwiched between a silicon template and a piece of 1 mm-thick PMMA plate. The images of mic...

The free-radical homopolymerization of 1,3-bis(N,N,N-trimethylammonium)-2propylmethacrylate dichloride (di-M) and 1,3-bis(N,N,N-trimethylammonium)-2-propylacrylate dichloride (di-A) in aqueous solution yields cationic polyelectrolytes (PEL) with theoretical/structural charge spacing of only «0.12 nm. The high charge density causes condensation of «82% of the chloride counterions. The high level...

Osteoconductive mineral coatings are beneficial for improving the osteointegration of metallic orthopedic/dental implants, but achieving adequate structural integration between the surface minerals and underlying metallic substrates has been a significant challenge. Here, we report covalent grafting of zwitterionic poly(sulfobetaine methacrylate) (pSBMA) brushes on the Ti6Al4V substrates to pro...

Despite all the technical and economic problems and the public discussions on the environmental dangers and hazards of chlorine chemistry, poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) is the second most produced plastic (with a worldwide capacity of about 31 million tons), placing after polyolefins and before styrene polymers. Presently, PVC production worldwide is growing at a rate of more than 4% per year. The...

Preliminary studies by Beers et a2. (1) have shown that the zinc salt of acridine orange can either inhibit or accelerate the rate of polymerization of polynucleotides by polynucleotide phosphorylase of Micrococcus lysodeileticus, depending upon the experimental conditions. We have now confirmed these findings with the zinc-free dye. Some evidence for a reversal of inhibition with degraded ribo...

Preliminary studies by Beers et a2. (1) have shown that the zinc salt of acridine orange can either inhibit or accelerate the rate of polymerization of polynucleotides by polynucleotide phosphorylase of Micrococcus lysodeileticus, depending upon the experimental conditions. We have now confirmed these findings with the zinc-free dye. Some evidence for a reversal of inhibition with degraded ribo...

It was advised to use aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, aromatic petroleum resins and their derivatives obtained by oxidation of with a mixture hydrogen peroxide acetic acid as bitumen polymer-modifiers. Petroleum were ionic polymerization unsaturated compounds liquid pyrolysis products under the influence titanium tetrachloride-diethylaluminium chloride catalyst. established that maximum values adhes...

Ionic PNIPAm microgels were synthesized by free-radical precipitation polymerization using 2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonic acid as an ionic co-monomer (references 7 and 9 of the paper), and fluorescently labelled with the covalently linked dye methacryloxyethyl thiocarbamoyl rhodamine B. N, N-methylene-bis-acrylamide was used as a cross-linker (with a 2.74 mol% cross-link density) and p...

A novel polymeric ionic liquid gel (PIL gel) was simply synthesized by γ-radiation-induced polymerization of ionic liquid monomer 1-allyl-3-vinylimidazolium chloride and crosslinking at ambient temperature without any additives. By changing the radiation dose, the properties of the resulting gel including the gel fraction, crosslinking density and equilibrium degree of swelling were optimized. ...