Organocatalysts have attracted enormous interest in the water-crosslinking reaction in silane-grafted polyolefins (SGPOs) system owing to their simplicity, low toxicity and environmentally benign nature compared to organotin catalysts, which are most used in SGPOs system. We focus on organophosphorus compounds including four structure types as organocatalysts; phosphoric acids, phosphoric ester...

Ionizing radiation offers clean and easily regulated way of initiating polymerization and crosslinking reactions, independent of the reaction temperature but only very few methods can be used for in-situ reaction monitoring. The advantages and limitations of electrical conductivity as a method for reaction monitoring are discussed on crosslinking of unsaturated polyester (UP) resin as an exampl...

Climate change and the enhancement of ecology have generated need to create packaging that is biodegradable and, at same time, allows food be preserved efficiently in order avoid accumulation plastic minimize waste. In this sense, protein-based bioplastics are a promising alternative, but due their limited properties they additional crosslinking compete with conventional plastics. Among them, p...

The antitumor agent cis-diamminedichloroplatinum(II) (cisplatin) introduces cytotoxic DNA damage predominantly in the form of intrastrand crosslinks between adjacent purines. Binding assays using a series of duplex oligonucleotides containing a single 1,2 diguanyl intrastrand crosslink indicate that human cell extracts contain factors that preferentially recognise this type of damage when the c...

Drug (Fenbufen, FBF)-loaded poly(D,L-lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) and PLGA/gelatin nanofibrous scaffolds were fabricated via electrospinning technique. The influences of gelatin content, fiber arrangement, crosslinking time and pH value of the buffer solution on FBF release behavior of the resulting nanofibrous scaffolds were investigated, with the corresponding FBF-loaded PLGA and PLGA/gelatin...

3D tissue culture models are utilized to study breast cancer and other pathologies because they better capture the complexity of in vivo tissue architecture compared to 2D models. However, to mimic the in vivo environment, the mechanics and geometry of the ECM must also be considered. Here, we studied the mechanical environment created in two 3D models, the overlay protocol (OP) and embedded pr...