Title: Homogeneous crystallization and local dynamics of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) confi ned to nanoporous alumina Bulk PEO crystallizes via heterogeneous nucleation at defects and impurities whereas PEO confi ned in self-ordered nanoporous alumina (AAO) crystallizes mainly via homogeneous. PAPER Arash Nikoubashman et al. Computer simulations of colloidal particles under fl ow in microfl uidic...

The solubilization of hydrocarbons by micelles formed of diblock and symmetric triblock copolymers in water are compared in the framework of a mean-field theory of solubilization. The block copolymers contain poly(ethylene oxide) as the hydrophilic block and poly(propylene oxide) as the hydrophobic block and are designated as EXPYEX or EWPZ (where E and P denote ethylene and propylene oxides an...

Original scientific paper In the paper, the SEM and EDS study results of the surface coatings formed on the niobium and titanium alloys (TNZ, NiTi, Ti6Al4V) after the Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation (PEO), also known as Micro Arc Oxidation (MAO), are described. For the experiment of the PEO treatment, a non-conventional electrolyte, based on the concentrated orthophosphoric acid, was used. Copper...

Drosophila telomeres are sequence-independent structures that are maintained by transposition to chromosome ends of three specialized retroelements (HeT-A, TART and TAHRE; collectively designated as HTT) rather than telomerase activity. Fly telomeres are protected by the terminin complex (HOAP-HipHop-Moi-Ver) that localizes and functions exclusively at telomeres and by non-terminin proteins tha...

Well-ordered block copolymer (BCP) morphologies are obtained by blending PEO-PPOPEO triblock copolymer surfactants with the room temperature ionic liquid (IL) 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate. The selective association of the IL with the PEO blocks increases the segregation strength by raising the effective interaction parameter between the PEO and PPO blocks. Therefore, the copo...

The net interaction between a probe tip coated with bovine serum albumin (BSA) protein and a flat substrate coated with poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) polymer was measured directly on approach in water and electrolyte solutions using AFM. The approach force curve between the two surfaces was monotonically repulsive in water and in electrolyte solutions. At pH ~5, slightly above the isoelectric poin...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Progressive external ophthalmoplegia (PEO) with Mendelian inheritance is a heterogeneous group of diseases associated with multiple deletions of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), which results from the disturbed replication and maintenance of mtDNA secondary to the mutations of nuclear genes including POLG, SLC25A4, C10ORF2, POLG2, OPA1, and RRM2B. The aim of this study was to i...