Front Cover: In article number 2300014, Yoshitake Suganuma and James A. Elliott investigate the effect of crosslink density on mechanical properties isotactic polypropylene (iPP) by dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) method. Coarse-grained structures iPP (blue chains) with different numbers crosslinks (magenta spheres) are developed from an all-atom model Bayesian optimization, their tensile t...

We have reported the use of carboxylate-alumoxanes as efficient nucleating agents for isotactic polypropylene (iPP) with a possible structural correlation to the nucleation efficiency. The unique, butterfly-like structure of carboxylate-alumoxanes correlates well with the nucleation characteristics of iPP and, for the first time, the impact of a thermally induced, crystalline transition of carb...

Abstract: The objective of this study was to fabricate topical formulations of diclofenac diethylamine (DD) using isopropyl myristate (IPM) and isopropyl palmitate (IPP) as permeation enhancers. Franz cell and bacterial cellulose were used as analytical instrument and diffusion membrane, respectively. Permeation enhancers exhibited significant effect on the permeation characteristics of DD. It ...

Nanocomposites of isotactic polypropylene (iPP) and date wood fiber were prepared after modification of the host matrix by reactive extrusion grafting of maleic anhydride. Chemical and mechanical treatment of date wood flour (WF) was conducted to obtain nanocrystalline cellulose. Layered silicates (clay) were partially intercalated with date wood fiber, and the modified layered silicate was use...

We have investigated the effect of texture on in-plane sIPPd and out-of plane sOPPd polarizations of pulsed-laser-deposited BaTiO3 thin films grown on Pt and La0.5Sr0.5CoO3 sLSCOd buffered Pt electrodes. The OPP and IPP polarizations were observed by piezoresponse force microscopy sPFMd for three-dimensional polarization analyses in conjunction with conventional diffraction methods using x-ray ...

Broad-band efficiency calibration of ITER bolometer prototypes using Pt absorbers on SiN membranes H Meister, M Willmeroth, a) D Zhang, and , A Gottwald, M Krumrey, F Scholze Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik (IPP), EURATOM Association, Boltzmannstr. 2, 85748 Garching, Germany Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik (IPP), EURATOM Association, Teilinstitut Greifswald, Wendelsteinstraße 1, 17491...

Two chemical methods for characterization of micro organisms were compared: phospholipid ester-linked fatty acid (PLFA) analysis by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, and intact phospholipid pro®ling (IPP) using liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization/mass spectrometry. Both methods were tested on ®ve reference pseudomonad strains: Pseudomonas putida mt-2, Pseudomonas putida F1, Burkho...

We recently described the identification of a novel isopentenyl diphosphate isomerase, IDI2 in humans and mice. Our current data indicate that, in humans, IDI2 is expressed only in skeletal muscle. Expression constructs of human IDI2 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae can complement isomerase function in an idi1-deficient yeast strain. Furthermore, IDI2 has the ability to catalyze the isomerization of...

0.8 pads per day with AUS alone and 6.1 to 1.3 pads per day with DI. Patients were similarly satisfied with IPP rigidity during inflation and flaccidity during inactivation in both IPP and DI groups (4.1 to 4.4 for rigidity and 3.9 for flaccidity [1 “unhappy” and 5 “happy”]). Ease of scrotal pump operation was similar in all groups, as was overall prosthetic satisfaction. Most patients stated t...

Isoprenoids make up a remarkably diverse class of more than 25000 biomolecules that include familiar compounds such as cholesterol, chlorophyll, vitamin A, ubiquinone, and natural rubber. The two essential building blocks of all isoprenoids, isopentenyl pyrophosphate (IPP) and dimethylallyl pyrophosphate (DMAPP), are ubiquitous in the three domains of life. In most eukaryotes and archaea, IPP a...