N-[2-(acryloyloxy)ethyl]-N,N-dimethyl-N-butylammonium iodide was successfully photo-polymerized from native and thiolated PDMS surface, in the presence of benzophenone. The directly indirectly grafted surfaces exhibited quaternary ammonium densities about 1015 1017 N+.cm?2, respectively, very high hydrophilicity compared to non-grafted surfaces. live dead tests performed by fluorescence microsc...

Serratia marcescens is an important opportunistic pathogen in hospitals, where quaternary ammonium compounds are often used for disinfection. The aim of this study is to elucidate the effect of a biocide on the emergence of biocide- and antibiotic-resistant mutants and to characterize the molecular mechanism of biocide resistance in Serratia marcescens. A quaternary ammonium compound-resistant ...

The react ion rate of the cou lomet r ic variant of the Karl-Fischer t i t ra t ion reac t ion (in which electrolyt ical ly generated t r i iodide is used as ox idan t instead of iodine) has been measured in methanol . The react ion is first order in water , sulfur d ioxide and t r i iodide, respectively. For pH < 5 the react ion rate cons tan t decreases logari thmical ly wi th decreasing pH. ...

UNLABELLED 131I therapy is a widely accepted treatment for metastatic differentiated thyroid cancer. To investigate the feasibility of 131I therapy for breast cancer, we established breast cancer cells stably expressing Na-/I- symporter (NIS) gene that can be modulated and studied in vitro and in vivo. METHODS We transfected rat NIS genes into a human breast cancer cell line (MCF7) by electro...

Thermobifida fusca is a thermophilic actinobacterium. T. fusca muC obtained by adaptive evolution preferred yeast extract to ammonium sulfate for accumulating malic acid and ammonium sulfate for cell growth. We did transcriptome analysis of T. fusca muC on Avicel and cellobiose with addition of ammonium sulfate or yeast extract, respectively by RNAseq. The transcriptional results indicate that ...

We fabricate mixed halide perovskite films through dual-source vacuum deposition of PbX2 (X = Cl, Br, and I) and methyl ammonium iodide (MAI) precursors with various deposition ratios. Vacuum deposition is an optimal way for film fabrication because it gives a uniform perovskite film which is free from contamination such as metallic phase lead, residual solvent, and moisture. The ionization pot...

Iodide absorption by fresh, summer Lam inaria digitata frond was accompanied b y about a fivefold increase in the rate o f oxygen consumption. Betw een approxim ately 3 and 6 m ole­ cules o f Oa were consumed for each iodide ion absorbed by the tissue and the respiratory quotient, whether measured in the presence or absence o f iodide, lay between 0*9 and 1*1 (mean 0*94). I t is argued th a t: ...