Long-chain alkanehydroxamic acids adsorb on the native oxides of metals and formed oriented selfassembled monolayers (SAMs). This study examined SAMs of hydroxamic acids on the native oxides of copper, silver, titanium, aluminum, zirconium, and iron. These SAMs were characterized usingwettability, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and polarized infrared external reflectance spectroscopy (...

Good antiinfection properties of medical polymers, especially those used in artificial organs, are crucial to the minimization of microbial attack in nosocomial treatments. However, medical polymers fabricated by conventional methods usually have unstable and short-lived antimicrobial effects because of unsteady out-diffusion of the antibacterial species from the organic matrix. Here, we introd...

In this review paper, recent studies on low-temperature sintering strategies of copper materials for conductive layer preparation have been summarized. Coinage metals, gold, silver, and used as inks pastes printed electronics. Copper is a highly electrically thermally material that can be in electronic circuits die-attach materials. Recently, copper-based inks/pastes gained significant attentio...

Although the genome of Escherichia coli K-12 encodes just a few copper-containing enzymes, this transition metal is critical for the bacterium to derive energy from oxygen reduction and to protect itself from injury (1). For example, the CuB site within cytochrome bo oxidase facilitates the flow of electrons from ubiquinol to oxygen during aerobic respiration. A putative copper-binding site wit...

We have described the methods used in determining the influence of certain substances on tumor growth, and we measured approximately the degree of reliability of the quantitative method used. We examined with these methods various classes of substances,- distilled water, a number of inorganic salts, inorganic colloidal substances, various organic colloidal and non-colloidal substances, especial...

Background & Aims of the Study: Rhodococci according to possess large genome, their active metabolism and survival under extreme conditions, are highly regarded for biodegradation and bioremediation of different pollutants especially heavy metals in the environment. Biofilms are more resistant to heavy metals than free-swimming organisms. The aim of this study was biofilm forma...