The background electrogenerated chemiluminescence (ECL) emission observed only upon electrochemical oxidation of tri-n-propylamine (TPrAH) on a platinum electrode is a limiting factor in ECL analytical techniques and is poorly understood. We studied this reaction in aerated acetonitrile (MeCN) solution with TPrAH oxidized at a constant potential at the Pt surface and observed ECL spectra with a...

Recent observations [1, 2] around the critical point showed that the critical exponents differed drastically for pure hydrogel systems depending on monomer concentration. To investigate hydrogels, the sol-gel phase transition during free radical crosslinking copolymerization the various amounts of acrylamide (AAm) and N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPA) mixtures was studied by using steady state fluor...

A novel crosslinked hydrogel was prepared from sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) and hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC) using ammonium persulfate as an initiator and methylenebisacrylamide as a crosslinker for drug delivery. The chemical structure of the copolymer was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction, and the morphology was observed under scanning elec...

Modified starch was prepared in this work by acid-thinning and oxidizing corn starch with ammonium persulfate. Also, starch-based aqueous polymer isocyanate (API) wood adhesive was prepared. The effect of the added amount of modified starch, styrene butadiene rubber (SBR), polymeric diphenylmethane diisocyanate (P-MDI), and the mass concentration of polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) on the bonding stren...

Clarification of the nature of the proteins involved in the cleavage of C3b and C4b is of great interest because these complement fragments are opsonins and, in addition, they modulate the activities of several key enzymes of the complement cascade. When these complement peptides are in solution, proteolysis by a serum enzyme, C3binactivator (C3bINA), 1 requires cofactors: f l lH in the case of...

A new net-cationic polyacrylamide dry strength agent was synthesized through free radical polymerization using acrylamide (AM), itaconic acid (IA), N,N-dimethylacrylamide (F), and sodium methallyl sulfonate (T). Ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid was used as a chelating agent; dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate methyl chloride (DMC) solution was used as a cationic monomer, and ammonium persulfate (...

An amplified impedimetric aptasensor combining target-induce DNA Hydrogel formation with pH-stimulated signal amplification for heparanase assay Zhe-Han Yang, Ying Zhuo, Ruo Yuan*, Ya-Qin Chai* Key Laboratory of Luminescent and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, PR C...

Catechin, a common ingredient of tea and coffee is a colourless water soluble compound which undergoes spontaneous oxidation by aerial O2, heat and also by UV exposure or ammonium persulfate (APS) treatment resulting in a noticeable change to yellow colouration (λmax = 440 nm). Several α-unsaturated fatty acids (ascorbic, maleic, sorbic but not acrylic), βmercapto ethanol (BME) and native bovin...

Hydrogels are water entrapping polymer network with responding to external stimuli (pH, temperature, electric field, chemical environments, etc.) are often denoted to as “intelligent” hydrogels. In this work, an unique pH and salt-responsive polymeric hydrogel was synthesised based on itaconic acid (IA) via condensation followed by free radical polymerization with ethylene glycol with acrylic a...

Hydrogels are one of the most appealing polymeric materials used for preparing sustained-release systems that have a great impact on pharmaceutical development and regenerative medicine. However, hydrogels generally have high permeability, which often leads to fast substance release. Extensively fast release will not only decrease the biological efficacy of the released substances, but also cau...