In order to determine whether there is an orientation preference of pyrrole-imidazole (Py-Im) polyamide dimers with respect to the 5′-3′ direction of the backbone in the DNA helix, equilibrium association constants (Ka) were determined for a series of six-ring hairpin polyamides which differ with respect to substitution at the N and C termini. Affinity cleaving experiments using hairpin polyami...

Remarkable changes of properties result from systematically varying the surface functionality of polyamide dendrimers within a single generation.

10710 Abstract: Nano-hydroxyapatite/polyamide 66 (nHA/PA66) composite with good bioactivity and osteoconductivity was employed to develop a novel porous membrane with asymmetric structure for guided bone regeneration (GBR). In order to test material cytotoxicity and to investigate surface-dependent responses of bone-forming cells, the morphology, proliferation, and cell cycle of bone marrow str...

Forward osmosis (FO) is an emerging membrane separation process that continues to be tested and implemented in various industrial water and wastewater treatment applications. The growing interests in the technology have prompted laboratories and manufacturers to adopt standard testing methods to ensure accurate comparison of membrane performance under laboratory-controlled conditions; however, ...

Nano-hydroxyapatite/polyamide 66 (nHA/PA66) composite with good bioactivity and osteoconductivity was employed to develop a novel porous membrane with asymmetric structure for guided bone regeneration (GBR). In order to test material cytotoxicity and to investigate surface-dependent responses of bone-forming cells, the morphology, proliferation, and cell cycle of bone marrow stromal cells (BMSC...

Constructing an interlayer between porous substrate and polyamide (PA) film is effective strategy to overcome the ubiquitous trade-off permeability selectivity, which are both important properties for nanofiltration performance. In this study, a poly(sodium 4-styrenesulfonate) (PSS) assisted interfacial synthesis method was proposed fabricate zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) PA micropor...

Abstract The ubiquitous presence of microplastics (MPs) in the environment has become a major challenge recent years. One main concerns is eco-toxicological effect on marine ecosystems and potential threat for human organs tissues. This paper focuses evaluating membranes performance removing MPs within simple, low-cost system that could be easily implemented domestic environment. polycarbonate,...

Nanofiltration (NF) with high water flux and precise separation performance Li+/Mg2+ selectivity is ideal for lithium brine recovery. However, conventional polyamide-based commercial NF membranes are ineffective in recovery processes due to their undesired selectivity. In addition, they constrained by the permeance trade-off, which means that a highly permeable membrane often has lower this stu...