0000000000204784
AUTHOR
Jutta Schmid
A model for polybutadiene coatings on porous silica
Non-wetting viscous liquids such as oligobutadiene prefer “active” sites such as pores during the process of physisorption. Thus, polybutadiene (PBD) coatings on porous silica do not result in a homogeneous polymer film but in an inhomogeneous loading where the bulk polymer is mainly sited in the pores of the silica. An increasing polymer loading leads to increasingly filled pores instead of a thicker polymer film. We cannot exclude the possibility that most of the surface is covered at least with a thin polymer film since the chromatographic behaviour is relatively good for polypeptides, which are highly susceptible to the silanol groups of silica.
Population Genetics, Parasitism, and Long-Term Population Dynamics of Microcebus murinus in Littoral Forest Fragments of South-Eastern Madagascar
Habitat fragmentation is a major threat for lemur conservation, as it reduces population sizes to levels that are nonviable in the long term. Alternatively, isolated populations may have great importance for conservation, as some are well protected and some lemurs do well even in small areas. Hence, knowing which characteristics indicate a population under threat is of paramount importance for conservation action. We studied Microcebus murinus populations confined to forest fragments of different sizes and states of degradation in south-eastern Madagascar to investigate relationships between population size, population dynamics, genetic diversity of coding and noncoding DNA, and infection r…