ABSTRACT New alternating fluorene-thiophene copolymers are introduced bearing polar ethylene glycol-carboxylate functionalities on the thiophene ring to achieve enhanced solubility in polar solvents. Suzuki polycondensation was applied to synthesize a set of three polymers with differing lengths of the ethylene glycol side-chains. The polymers are thermally stable up to temperatures of 300 °C. ...

The squid nerve barriers are formed by (a) the axolemma (membrane of the axon proper), a membrane 80 A thick perforated by cylindrical pores 4.0 to 4.5 A radius, and (b) the Schwann layer, constituted of numerous cells forming a layer one cell thick, crossed by 60 A wide slit channels. If a molecule present in the axoplasm has to reach the extraneural space, it has to pass (a) the pores, and (b...

We reported a facile adjusted method for the synthesis of high surface area nanorod hematite film as a photoanode for application in water splitting. Crystalline hematite nanorods (EG-α-Fe2O3) are fabricated by electrodeposition in Fe(2+) precursor solution with the addition of ethylene glycol (EG) and followed by annealing at 450 °C. The nanorod hematite film fabricated by the modified electro...

objective: due to recent advances in nanotechnology it is now possible to accumulate high atomic-number nanomaterial such as gold nanoparticles (gnps) in cancerous cells and take advantage of their absorbed dose enhancement property as radiosensitizing agents. this study aimed to investigate the absorbed dose enhancement factor due to the presence of pegylated gnps under the irradiation of an m...

pigeonpea (cajanus cajan (l) millsp.) is a drought tolerant legume widely grown in the arid and semi-arid tropics of the world which possesses a deep and extensive root system that succors a number of important physiological and metabolic functions to cope with drought. application of available functional genomics approaches to improve productivity under water deficit requires a better understa...

We designed a novel electron injection material 3OTAZ composed of an aromatic 1,2,4-triazolyl core with three diethylene glycol ether groups to enhance electroluminescence of PLEDs using the environmentally stable aluminum cathode. Multilayer PLEDs [ITO/PEDOT:PSS/HY-PPV/EIL(3OTAZ)/Al] using 3OTAZas an electron injection layer (EIL) exhibit significantly enhanced device performance. The maximum ...

The use of methoxypoly(ethylene glycol) (mPEG) in PEG conjugates of proteins and non-protein therapeutic agents has led to the recognition that the polymer components of such conjugates can induce anti-PEG antibodies (anti-PEGs) that may accelerate the clearance and reduce the efficacy of the conjugates. Others have classified anti-PEGs as "methoxy-specific" or "backbone-specific". The results ...

An efficient and green procedure for the synthesis of 2, 4, 6-triaryl-1H-imidazole in polyethylene glycol under microwave irradiation in excellent yield has been developed. Polyethylene glycol is non toxic, reusable, inexpensive and easily available.

polyethylene glycol was easily grafted to silica gel and used as a solid–liquid phase transfer catalyst in the reduction of aromatic nitro compounds. this silica-grafted polyethylene glycol is proved to be an efficient heterogeneous catalyst in the reduction of nitroarenes to the corresponding aromatic amines with zinc powder in water. the reduction reactions proceeded efficiently with excellen...