Reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerization (RAFT) was used to prepare polymer brushes grafted onto silica nanoparticles. Novel RAFT-silane agents were prepared that contained both an active RAFT moiety and a silane coupling agent. RAFT agents were anchored to silica nanoparticles by the functionalization of colloidal silica with the RAFT-silane agents. RAFT polymerizations ...

Aimed to obtain a type of oil displacement with both surface activity and polymer performances, this paper based on mixing initiators at low temperatures, prepared a type of anion–nonionic surface–active polymer oil displacement agent (ANSP–1) by introducing polymerizable anion–nonionic surfmer (ANS–1), acrylamide (AM) and acrylic acid (AA). Structure of ANSP–1 was measured by FTIR. Laboratory ...

Bacterial biofilms which are responsible for a number of diseases are very difficult to control effectively because of their high resistance to antibiotics and the host defence system. The use of natural products decreasing or preventing initial adhesion of bacteria and biofilm formation is one of the alternative therapeutic strategies taken into consideration. We ask the question, whether a cr...

Objective(s): To address the alarming problem of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), herein, a marine Streptomyces capable of producing an anti-MRSA compound has been studied.Materials and Methods: Strain MN41 was morphologically and physiologically characterized and then, molecularly identified using 16SrRNA analysis. To...

The copper-catalyzed 1,3-dipolar azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) was used for the first time to attach a biologically active carbon monoxide delivery agent to modified nanodiamond (ND) as a highly biocompatible carrier. The [Mn(CO)(3)(tpm)](+) photoactivatable CO-releasing molecule (PhotoCORM) on the surface retained the carbon monoxide release properties of the parent compound as shown with...

The importance of gravitational instability in determining the emulsification of vitreal tamponades is discussed. Theoretical results and numerical simulations indicate that the spontaneous formation of water-silicon oil is a rare event and that the very low concentration of surface active agents cannot justify the systematic formation of emulsions. The gravitational instabilities seem to play ...

Verfahren erzielt wird. Inspection of Specular Surfaces with Inverse Patterns The application of inverse patterns to fast and robust mirror surface evaluation is shown. In a well controlled environment, one observes via the mirror surface a screen onto which a well-defined pattern is displayed. Evaluation of the deflected pattern is used to determine surface defects of the object under test. In...