Titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles, with an average size of about 45 nm, were encapsulated by polystyrene using in situ nitroxide mediated radical polymerization   in the presence of 3-aminopropyl triethoxy silane (APTES) as a coupling agent and 2, 2, 6, 6-tetramethylpiperidinyl-1-oxy  as a initiator. First, the initiator for NMRP was covalently bonded onto the surface of Titanium dioxide na...

Green buildings are increasingly being plumbed with crosslinked polyethylene (PEX) potable water pipe. Tap water quality was investigated at a six month old plumbing system and chemical and odor quality impacts of six PEX pipe brands were examined. Eleven PEX related contaminants were found in the plumbing system; one regulated (toluene) and several unregulated: Antioxidant degradation products...

Because of considerable interest in the preparation of biodegradable materials based on natural polymers, many techniques have been used to modify the physical and chemical properties of natural polymers. Due to the presence of various functional groups on molecular chains, polysaccharides could be readily modified chemically to form polymer hybrid of good composition and functional properties....

A very small amount of a palladium benzylic complex as initiator brings about the vinylic addition polymerization reluctant 5-vinyl-2-norbornene.

A series of 50 oxime esters bearing various substituents were designed and synthesized as photoinitiators (48 them never before only B1 B10 reported). Good light absorption properties in the visible range observed for these esters. Some structures exhibited better photoinitiation abilities than diphenyl(2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl)phosphine oxide (TPO) upon exposure to a LED@405 nm. Interestingly, P...

Replication of Vibrio cholerae chromosome 2 (Chr2) depends on molecular chaperone DnaK to facilitate binding of the initiator (RctB) to the replication origin. The binding occurs at two kinds of site, 12-mers and 39-mers, which promote and inhibit replication, respectively. Here we show that DnaK employs different mechanisms to enhance the two kinds of binding. We found that mutations in rctB t...