Temperature- and pH-responsive dispersions of carbon nanotubes in water have been obtained by using di- and tri-block copolypeptides, in which the temperature responsive behaviour is provided by a poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) block, while the pH responsiveness is provided by two different polypeptides with an ampholytic behaviour, poly(L-glutamic acid) and poly(L-lysine). The molecular architect...

Response surface methodology (RSM) was employed to study the effects of four medium components (L-glutamic acid, citric acid, glycerol and NH4Cl) on the production of poly-γ-glutamic acid (PGA) in flask cultures by Bacillus licheniformis CCRC 12826 (ATCC 9945) with initial medium pH 6.5. The optimal PGA yield (35.34 g/L, average of four repeats) was appeared at the region where the respective c...

Carboxyl functional groups of poly(L-glutamic acid) (PGlu) were modified with a D-(+)-glucosamine (GlcN) by amidation using 4-(4,6-dimethoxy-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)-4-methylmorpholinium chloride (DMTMM) as a coupling reagent. The coupling reaction was performed in aqueous medium without protection of hydroxyl functional groups of D-(+)-glucosamine. Poly(L-glutamic acid) and GlcN functionalized poly...