Aqueous two-phase systems (ATPS) have been in the focus of polymer chemistry recent years, mainly due to their biocompatibility and various applications biomaterials biology. In present...

We consider randomness extraction by AC circuits. The main parameter, n, is the length of the source, and all other parameters are functions of it. The additional extraction parameters are the min-entropy bound k = k(n), the seed length r = r(n), the output length m = m(n), and the (output) deviation bound = (n). For k ≤ n/ log n, we show that AC-extraction is possible if and only if mr ≤ 1 + p...

Various (AB)n and (ABAC)n segmented copolymers with hydrophilic hydrophobic segments are processed via melt electrowriting (MEW). Two different composed of bisurea poly(dimethyl siloxane) (PDMS) or poly(propylene oxide)-poly(ethylene oxide)-poly(propylene oxide) (PPO-PEG-PPO) segments, while the amphiphilic consist in combination PDMS PPO-PEG-PPO ratios, explored. All copolymer compositions usi...

For a non-negative integer k, we say that a language L is k-poly-slender if the number of words of length n in L is of order O(n k). We give a precise characterization of the k-poly-slender context-free languages. The well-known characterization of the k-poly-slender regular languages is an immediate consequence of ours.

In studies of the inhibition in viva of animal viruses by poly-n-lysine, Rubini et al. (1) and Green et al. (2-4) obtained data which suggested that poly-L-lysine is hydrolyzed by the proteolytic enzymes of the allantoic fluid, and that this enzymatic hydrolysis may limit its biological activity. The enzymatic hydrolysis of poly-n-lysine was reported by Katchalski (5) and by Waley and Watson (6...