This article reports the investigation of mechanical properties of alginate-chitosan microcapsules and the relation to protein delivery. For microscale compression testing, a system based on a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) capacitive force sensor was developed. The bulk microfabricated capacitive force sensors are capable of resolving forces up to 110 microN with a resolution of 33.2 nN...

The synthesis of low-valent tungsten (0 and II) complexes bearing chiral bidentate phosphino-oxazoline or bisoxazoline ligands is described. The structures of four of the complexes have been determined by single crystal X-ray analyses. Tungsten(II)-allyl complexes of the type [W(CO)2(PN)(C3H5)Cl] (PN = phosphino-oxazoline) are fluxional in solution, but can be crystallized as single diastereois...

Chitosan, a cationic carbohydrate polymer manufactured from chitin in shrimp and crab wastes, coagulated suspended solids in cheese whey as effectively or more so than ten commercial synthetic polymers. Concentrations of suspended solids after settling were reduced over 90% by coagulation at pH 6.0 with a ratio of chitosan to suspended solids of 2.15% (1:46.5). The yield of coagulated solids wa...

Four proteins, PomA, PomB, MotX, and MotY, appear to be involved in force generation of the sodium-driven polar flagella of Vibrio alginolyticus. Among these, PomA and PomB seem to be associated and to form a sodium channel. By using antipeptide antibodies against PomA or PomB, we carried out immunoprecipitation to verify whether these proteins form a complex and examined the in vivo stabilitie...

A novel series of polypyridyl adducts, [Sm(ntfa)3(NN)] (2–4), with ntfa = 4,4,4-trifluoro-1-(naphthalen-2-yl)-1,3-butanedionate, NN 2,2′-bipyridine (bipy), 4,4′-dimethyl-2,2′-bipyridine (4,4′-Me2bipy), and 5,5′-dimethyl-2,2′-bipyridine (5,5′-Me2bipy) were synthesized from the precursor complex [Sm(ntfa)3(MeOH)2] (1) corresponding pyridyl ligands. Single X-ray crystallography showed that complex...

The article provides information on the development of a new reference material (RM) for composition solution six priority phthalates (dimethyl phthalate, diethyl di(n-butyl) benzyl butyl bis(2-ethylhexyl) di(n-octyl) phthalate) in methanol provided with metrological traceability to GET 208-2019 (GET 208). procedure preparation and certification RMs is shown, including estimation homogeneity st...

The relationship between calcium ions and the differentiation of human promyelocytic leukemia HL-60 cells was investigated. Proliferation of HL-60 cells incubated in calcium-free medium was inhibited without cell differentiation. On the other hand, incubation with 100 microM verapamil markedly inhibited cell proliferation and caused slight cell differentiation into monocytes. Both calcium-free ...

Many lectins require a Ca2+ ion as structure directing co-factor to function carbohydrate binders. Such are implicated in various important biological processes such inflammation and infection, yet simple strategy mimic their is lacking. Herein, very dipyridyl ligand (6) reported that can organize around Pd2+ form the ring-like complexes [PdCl26] [Pd62]2+. In CD2Cl2 with 5 % dmso-d6, 6 does not...