Quercetin (QR) is a naturally occurring flavonoid organic compound that has poor solubility in water and highly unstable alkaline conditions, resulting limited absorption poultry. Consequently, our experiment, QR was employed as model compound, encapsulated within the caffeic acid graft chitosan copolymer (CA-g-CS) self-assembled micelles to enhance its solubility, stability exhibit synergistic...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the feasibility of using tissue-engineered cartilage for laryngotracheal reconstruction in the pig model. DESIGN Auricular cartilage was harvested from 3 young swine. The cartilage was digested, processed, and suspended and a cell culture was obtained. The cells were then suspended in 3 mL of a 30% solution of a biodegradable polymer (Pluronic F-127) (polyethylene oxide/...

As an important part of cultural heritage, paper relics have historical, scientific and humanistic values. However, a large number are suffering from aging, mildew, yellowing, cracks, embrittlement other threats, or even completely damaged. To enhance the strength prolong life relics, novel CMC-acrylate-OVPOSS graft copolymer was synthesized with carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC), methyl methacryla...

A strategy for the fabrication of high surface area poly(3-hexylthiophene) thin films by removal of nanoscale domains formed from graft copolymers is presented. This approach relies on the synthesis and characterization of cleavable graft copolymers based on regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) (rr-P3HT) main chain and sacrificial poly(styrene) side chains. An alkoxyamine initiator based on 2,2,...