A novel technique to estimate the distribution state of carboxyl groups within submicron-sized, carboxylated polymer particles was proposed. For the purpose, carboxyl groups in two kinds of butyl methacrylate-methacrylic acid copolymer emulsion, which were prepared by emulsion copolymerizations with different monomer addition methods, were titrated by isothermal titration calorimetry with an ex...

The front chamber of LUPRON DEPOT 3.75 mg prefilled dual-chamber syringe contains leuprolide acetate (3.75 mg), purified gelatin (0.65 mg), DL-lactic and glycolic acids copolymer (33.1 mg), and D-mannitol (6.6 mg). The second chamber of diluent contains carboxymethylcellulose sodium (5 mg), D-mannitol (50 mg), polysorbate 80 (1 mg), water for injection, USP, and glacial acetic acid, USP to cont...

Cage-like ordered mesoporous silica, FDU-1, with about twice the pore volume and a narrower pore size distribution compared with those for previously reported samples was synthesized in a much shorter time by doubling the amount of block copolymer, adding sodium chloride and lowering the acid concentration.

A spiropyran-based amphiphilic random copolymer was synthesized and self-assembled into photo-, pH-, and thermo-responsive micellar nanoparticles. The triple-stimuli triggered morphological changes of the nanoparticles were revealed by TEM and DLS. Highly efficient controlled release of encapsulated molecules, coumarin 102, from the nanoparticles under stimulation of UV light, acid and the comb...

Strongly luminescent silver nanoclusters with tunable emission are directly synthesized in organic polar and apolar solvents. We show that an amphiphilic polystyrene-block-poly(methacrylic acid) block copolymer can be universally used as their support medium. A remarkable similarity in spectroscopic properties is observed between these clusters and charge-transfer organic dyes.

Heparin, dextran sulfate, pentosan polysulfate, and a sulfated synthetic copolymer of acrylic acid and vinyl alcohol were shown to be potent inhibitors of Chlamydia trachomatis infectivity for cultured human epithelial cells. Despite their potent antichlamydial activity in vitro, neither heparin nor dextran sulfate was effective in inhibiting the infectivity of C. trachomatis in a murine model ...

We report a new and simple one-pot synthetic method to produce mesoporous silica and nanoporous solid acid catalyst capable of catalyzing pinacole-pinacolone rearrangement and esterification reactions, by preparing a solvent washable phosphonated triblock copolymer template and self-assembling it in the presence of alkoxysilane.

Poly(m-chloroaniline) (3clp), polydiphenylamine (dpa), copolymer of diphenylamine and mchloroaniline (3clpdpa), composite of copolymer with TiO2 (3clpdpat), and composite of copolymer with ZnO (3clpdpaz) have been chemically prepared by oxidative polymerization of polymer and copolymer with TiO2, ZnO. These were characterized by FTIR, UV–visible, Fluorescence spectra, Atomic force microscopy an...

The inhibitory influence of various acidic macromolecules on the enzymatic activity of bovine pancreatic ribonuclease has been studied extensively in recent years. Heparin (l-5) as well as other sulfated polysaccharides (5-7)) synthetic polysaccharide macroanions (8, 9), polyphloretin phosphate (4, lo), polyxenyl phosphate (ll), and acidic polymers related to humic acids (12) are among the inhi...

BACKGROUND Although cisplatin is extensively used in the clinical field, its intrinsic toxicity limits its clinical use. We investigated nanoparticle formations of poly(acrylic acid-co-methyl methacrylate) (PAA-MMA) incorporating cisplatin and their antitumor activity in vitro and in vivo. METHODS Cisplatin-incorporated nanoparticles were prepared through the ion-complex formation between acr...