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Specific ion effects: why colloid science has failed to contribute to biology
Surface tension of salt solutions and double layer forces between charged interfaces show marked specific ion effects not accommodated by the... -
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Encapsulation of alkaline phosphatase in polyacrylamide microparticles using the concentrated emulsion polymerisation method
Polyacrylamide microparticles were prepared by the concentrated emulsion polymerisation technique. In distilled water the microparticles have... -
The immobilisation of DNA strands on silica surface by means of chemical grafting
The surface chemistry and physicochemical phenomena involved in the chemical grafting process of short DNA single strands on silica or glass slides... -
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Production of hollow particles by suspension polymerization of divinylbenzene with nonsolvent
Suspension polymerization for divinylbenzene droplets including n-hexadecane as a nonsolvent for polydivinylbenzene (PDVB) was carried out. The... -
About energy and electron transfer processes in C60 /phthalocyanine films
In the present work absorption, photoluminescence excitation and emission spectra of fullerene C60, and a zinc derivative of phthalocyanine (ZnPc) in... -
Rates of incorporation of small molecules into pluronic micelles
The kinetics of incorporation of the hydrophobic dye 1,6 diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene (DPH) into block copolymer micelles (F127) have been studied using... -
Determining antioxidant distributions in model food emulsions: development of a new kinetic method based on the pseudophase model in micelles and opaque emulsions
The mechanisms of lipid peroxidation and the distributions of antioxidants in emulsions are not fully understood, in a large part because... -
The role of carboxylic acid comonomers in morphology control of synthetic latex particles – batch reactions
Carboxylic acid monomers are commonly added to synthetic latices to provide colloidal stability, but they are also known to affect the physical... -
Particle-forming precipitation polymerization under unusual conditions
Precipitation polymerization of N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAM) with a small amount of crosslinker in water gave monodisperse thermosensitive hydrogel... -
Electrostatically and sterically stabilized microemulsion polymerization of styrene in the presence of macroinimer
Oil-in-water microemulsion polymerizations of styrene initiated by ammonium peroxodisulfate (APS) and sodium thiosulfate (STS) redox system with and... -
Nucleation and Crystallization in Diblock and Triblock Copolymers
Crystallization of block copolymer microdomains can have a tremendous influence on the morphology, properties and applications of these materials.... -
Enzymatic Polymerization to Polysaccharides
Polysaccharides are formed by repeated glycosylations between a sugar donor and a sugar acceptor. This chapter reviews the in vitro synthesis of... -
Block Copolymer Micelles
This review summarizes recent advances to date in the area of block copolymer micelles and also tries to highlight some new directions in that... -
Modeling Polymer Crystallization
We summarize the salient conclusions derived from Langevin dynamics simulations of many flexible polymer molecules undergoing crystallization from... -
Spinodal Crystallization of Polymers: Crystallization from the Unstable Melt
This paper reviews the authors' investigation into polymer crystallization, especially involving a spinodal decomposition (SD) type phase... -
PEGylation of Proteins as Tailored Chemistry for Optimized Bioconjugates
The high potential of peptides and proteins as therapeutic agents has not been fully exploited because of their common shortcomings: the only... -
Polymer Therapeutics for Cancer: Current Status and Future Challenges
Drug delivery systems for cancer therapeutics have revolutionized medicine. Delivery systems have improved the efficacy and reduced the toxicity of... -
Surface-Grafted Polymer Gradients: Formation, Characterization, and Applications
This review presents to-date progress in the formation of surface-tethered polymer assemblies with gradually varying physico-chemical properties....