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...

Membranous and nonmembranous cargoes are transported along axons in the fast and slow components of axonal transport, respectively. Recent observations on the movement of cytoskeletal polymers in axons suggest that slow axonal transport is generated by fast motors and that the slow rate is due to rapid movements interrupted by prolonged pauses. This supports a unified perspective for fast and s...

A slow-release fertilizer is important to improve soil conditions and enhances food security through continuous plant supply. With urea as a nitrogen source, kaolin carrier, acrylic acid reaction monomer, potassium persulfate an initiator, N, N '- methylene bisacrylamide crosslinking agent, under the action of cyclohexane sorbitan monostearate, based was synthesized by reverse suspension method...

The need for a long-term sustaining of optimal concentrations applied pesticides in the soil agriculture resulted development systems controlled release active substances. Such are based on use eco-friendly carrier materials that harmless to plants, humans and environment. Inorganic substances (e.g., clays or alike substances), biodegradable polymers natural synthetic origin, blends such their ...

Polyhexanide (polyhexamethylene biguanide) (PHMB) is a polymeric substance that broadly used as disinfectant and antiseptic. It was shown to be suitable for clinical use in critically colonized or infected acute chronic wounds since it exhibits broad antimicrobial spectrum combined with good cell tissue tolerability low risk of contact sensitization. Furthermore wound healing promoting effect r...