We present a simple method to reversibly switch the adhesive force between two surfaces that are decorated with poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) graft polymers. By employment of a PMMA/isopropanol/water or a PMMA/ethanol/water cosolvent system, we can tune the swelling of the brushes. In pure isopropanol or ethanol the polymer grafts are collapsed, and the adhesion is high when the contacting b...

In this work, the copolymer-based synthesized Cysteine-loaded nanocarriers prepared by a routine protocol, coprecipitation method. It is the first report to investigate the neuroprotective potential and biocompatibility of Cysteine derivatives loaded into poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(ε−caprolactone) methyl ether (PEG-b-PCL). The average size of the polymeric/empty NCs was 89 nm and for poly...

the nanostructured anatase tio2 with high thermal stability was prepared by polymeric sol-gel method without any additives. the particle size distribution of polymeric titania sol was determined by dynamic light scattering (dls). then properties of obtained titania were investigated by tg-dta, xrd, fesem and tem. also, the decolorization capability of resultant anatase was evaluated using methy...

A novel, non-covalent polymeric nanosheet has been produced through small molecule self-assembly; the structure has been characterized by solution NMR, solid-state NMR, powder XRD and AFM.

due to unique applications of palladium nanoparticles, synthesis of these nanoparticles by a simple andlow cost method is very important. in this work, pd nanoparticles were synthesized with narrow sizedistribution by loading metal salt (pd(oac)2 ) into the polymeric matrix (peg) as reducing agent andstabilizer. also, the effect of metal salt concentration and peg molecular weight on the conver...

Protein delivery across polarized epithelia is controlled by receptor-mediated transcytosis. Many studies have examined basolateral-to-apical trafficking of polymeric IgA (pIgA) by the polymeric immunoglobulin receptor (pIgR). Less is known about apical-to-basolateral transcytosis, the direction the neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn) transports maternal IgGs across intestinal epithelia. To compare api...

preparation and uses of quinaldinium dichromate and its polymeric analogue poly (2- vinylquinolinium) dichromate as the new monomeric and polymeric oxochromium-amine complex reagents for oxidizing variousorganic compounds, with emphasis on the latter, are described