ABSTRACT Mixed-metal oxo clusters Cu4Ti5O6(OOCR)16 (OOCR = methacrylate, propionate) were obtained by reaction of titanium alkoxides and copper carboxylates with propionic or methacrylic acid. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to develop novel intestinal-specific drug delivery systems with pH sensitive swelling and drug release properties. Methacrylic-type polymeric prodrugs were synthesized by free radical copolymerization of methacrylic acid, poly(ethyleneglycol monomethyl ether methacrylate) and a methacrylic derivative of N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-(4-methoxyphenyl) acetamide in the presen...

Grafted copolymer (sodium alginate (Na. Alg)- acrylic acid (AcA)– methacrylic (MAcA)) was prepared by the gamma irradiation-induced copolymerization in presence of N, N-methylene bisacrylamide (MBA) as a co monomer crosslinker. The functionality, morphology and thermal stability have been examined using FTIR spectroscopy, SEM, TGA-DTA, respectively. surface grafted shows smooth relatively homog...

The templating effect of the Keggin polyanion derived from phosphotungstic acid (PTA) during the synthesis of NH(2)-MIL-101(Al) has been investigated by means of in situ SAXS/WAXS. Kinetic analysis and structural observations demonstrate that PTA acts as a nucleation site and that it stabilizes the precursor phase NH(2)-MOF-235(Al). Surprisingly kinetics of formation are little changed.

Bacterial phenotypes, such as biofilm formation, antibiotic resistance and virulence expression, are associated with quorum sensing. Quorum sensing is a density-dependent regulatory system of gene expression controlled by specific signal molecules, such as N-acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs), produced and released by bacteria. This study reports the development of linear polymers capable to atten...

A single splat is the building block of a thermal spray coating; thus, investigating single splats is essential to understanding thermal spray coatings and their properties. In this study, the morphology of flame sprayed ethylene methacrylic acid (EMAA) splats, deposited at various stand-off distances (SODs) onto glass and mild steel substrates were investigated using a scanning electron micros...

The preparation, characterization, and in vitro release of 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA) from methacrylic acid (MAA)/perlite composites (APC) prepared via a sol-gel route are reported. The free-radical graft polymerization of methacrylic acid (MAA) onto perlite particles was studied experimentally. The grafting procedure consisted of surface activation with 3-(trimethoxysilyl) propyl methacryla...

This article shows that pressure can be a low-intensity route to the synthesis of polymethacrylic acid. The exploration of perdeuterated methacrylic acid at high pressure using neutron diffraction reveals that methacrylic acid exhibits two polymorphic phase transformations at relatively low pressures. The first is observed at 0.39 GPa, where both phases were observed simultaneously and confirm ...

Hydrogels are three-dimensional polymeric networks those swell quickly by imbibing a large amount of water or deswell in response to even miniscule changes in their external environment. The water uptake or swelling may be thousands of times of their initial volume in water. The volume phase transitions as a response to different stimuli make these materials interesting objects of scientific ob...

Graft copolymer networks of poly(methacrylic acid-g-ethylene glycol) were prepared by free radical solution UV-polymerization of methacrylic acid (MAA) and poly(ethylene glycol) monomethacrylate. Dynamic swelling studies indicated that complexation/decomplexation processes occurred due to hydrogen bonding between the carboxylic groups of the poly(methacrylic acid) (PMAA) and the ether groups of...