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1976

The phenomenon of “true cosolvency”, which has only recently been observed in the system acetone/diethyl ether/polystyrene (AC/DEE/PS), is investigated with regard to its pressure dependence and compared with the thermodynamic behaviour of the corresponding binary sub-systems. For the determination of the limits of complete solubility, a pressure apparatus was used which had been constructed, in order to measure the turbidity of fluids in the temperature range of −70 to +500°Cand in the pressure range of 1 to 4000 bar (105 to 4·108 Nm−2). The critical line observed for the system DEE/PS (MPS=20400) looks similar to that reported for AC/PS in the literature, i.e. the upper critical solution …

Intermolecular interactions in dictating the self-assembly of halogen derivatives of bis-(N-substituted oxamato)palladate(ii) complexes

2016

Three palladium(II) complexes of formula (n-Bu4N)2[Pd(4-Fpma)2] (1), (n-Bu4N)2[Pd(4-Clpma)2]·4H2O (2) and (n-Bu4N)2[Pd(4-Brpma)2]·4H2O (3) [n-Bu4N+ = tetra-n-butylammonium cation, 4-Fpma = N-4-fluorophenyloxamate, 4-Clpma = N-4-chlorophenyloxamate and 4-Brpma = N-4-bromophenyloxamate] have been prepared and their structures determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction. Each palladium(II) ion in 1–3 is four-coordinate with two oxygen and two nitrogen atoms from two fully deprotonated oxamate ligands building PdO2N2 square planar surroundings, the oxamate ligands exhibiting trans (1 and 2) and cis (3) dispositions. The fluoro substituent and the organic counterion in 1 are involved in C–H⋯F…

Synthesis of hyperbranched poly(tert-butyl acrylate) by self-condensing atom transfer radical polymerization of a macroinimer

2000

Using 2-hydroxyethyl α-bromoisobuty-rate as initiator, atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) of tert-butyl acrylate leads to poly(tert-butyl acrylate) (PtBA) with a hydroxyl group at one and a bromine atom at the other end. Esterification of the hydroxyl group of these heterotelechelic polymers with acryloyl chloride yields PtBA (M n = 3060) with a polymerizable double bond at one end and a bromine atom at the other end which can act as an initiator in ATRP (macroinimer). Self-condensing ATRP of such a macroinimer leads to hyperbranched or highly branched PtBA. The polymer was characterized by GPC viscosity measurements. Even at M w = 78800, a rather low polydispersity index of M w M …

Mechanism of anionic polymerization of methyl methacrylate in the presence of aluminium alkyls

1995

Methyl methacrylate was polymerized with tert-butyl lithium in the presence of triethylaluminium or triisobutylaluminium at 78°C in toluene. As indicated by GPC and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry, the polymerization is accompanied by side reactions. The lower oligomers were fractionated by distillation and characterised by NMR, FT-IR, UV and electron impact (EI) mass spectrometry. All these data show that part of the polymer chains are carrying exactly one tert-butyl isoprenyl ketone unit. In order to avoid the formation of tert-butyl isoprenyl ketone a molar ratio of Al/Li>2 is necessary.

New copolymers graft of α,β-poly(N-2-hydroxyethyl)-d,l-aspartamide obtained from atom transfer radical polymerization as vector for gene delivery

2012

Abstract New cationic α,β-poly(N-2-hydroxyethyl)- d , l -aspartamide (PHEA) graft copolymers were synthesized by ATRP, using diethylamino ethyl methacrylate (DEAEMA) as monomer for polymerization, yielding polycations (PHEA-pDEAEMA) able to condense DNA. Then, consecutive ATRP conditions were set up on PHEA-pDEAEMA to obtain copolymers containing also hydrophilic chains (PHEA-IB-pDMAEMA-pPEGMA) able to improve biocompatibility of polyplexes and to provide them stealth properties. Agarose gel studies showed that the copolymers effectively condensed plasmid DNA to form polyplexes. Light scattering studies were used to analyze the size and the ζ -potential of these polyplexes, showing that cop…

Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction for Detection of Schistosoma DNA in Small-Volume Urine Samples Reflects Focal Distribution of Urogenital Schistos…

2014

Schistosoma haematobium eggs and Schistosoma DNA levels were measured in urine samples from 708 girls recruited from 18 randomly sampled primary schools in South Africa. Microscopic analysis of two 10-mL urine subsamples collected on three consecutive days confirmed high day-to-day variation; 103 (14.5%) girls had positive results at all six examinations, and at least one positive sample was seen in 225 (31.8%) girls. Schistosoma-specific DNA, which was measured in a 200-μL urine subsample by using real-time polymerase chain reaction, was detected in 180 (25.4%) cases, and levels of DNA corresponded significantly with average urine egg excretion. In concordance with microscopic results, pol…

Effect of compatibilization on the photo-oxidation behaviour of polyethylene/polyamide 6 blends and their nanocomposites

2015

Abstract Polymer based nanocomposites are increasingly attracting interest from academia and industry, and the use of polymer blends as matrices greatly increase their potential field of application. In order to improve their characteristics, the use of compatibilizers acting on the blend components is mandatory. However, this also leads to rising concerns regarding the behaviour of polymer blend based nanocomposites upon being subjected to photo-oxidative degradation. It is known that morphology can deeply influence the photo-oxidative behaviour, and this can be therefore deeply influenced by the blend components and by the use of compatibilizers. In this work, polymer blend nanocomposites…

Determination of enrichment factors for modified RNA in MeRIP experiments

2019

In the growing field of RNA modification, precipitation techniques using antibodies play an important role. However, little is known about their specificities and protocols are missing to assess their effectiveness. Here we present a method to assess enrichment factors after MeRIP-type pulldown experiments, here exemplified with a commercial antibody against N6-methyladenosine (m6A). Testing different pulldown and elution conditions, we measure enrichment factors of 4-5 using m6A-containing mRNAs against an unmodified control of identical sequence. Both types of mRNA carry 32P labels at different nucleotides, allowing their relative quantification in a mixture after digestion to nucleotides…

The effect of macromolecular architecture of ethylene copolymers with multi-alkenylsilsesquioxane on morphological, rheological and dynamic mechanica…

2021

Abstract The influence of the degree and the way of incorporation of multi-alkenylsilsesquioxane into the polymer chain on morphological, rheological and dynamic mechanical parameters were determined. It was found that POSS incorporated into the polymer chain was located outside the crystalline structure of lamella in amorphous phase. The incorporation of POSS-6-2 as a pendant group resulted in significant increase of separation of macromolecules. The key factor in rheological and dynamic mechanical behavior of copolymers turned out to be the way of POSS incorporation into the polymer chain. The incorporation of POSS into the polymer chain as a pendant group resulted in decreased relaxation…

Tetraiodoethynyl resorcinarene cavitands as multivalent halogen bond donors

2014

The first examples of iodoethynyl resorcinarene cavitands as rigid 3D halogen bond (XB) donor molecules are presented. These concave macrocycles form strong, RXB = 0.78–0.83, halogen bonds with dioxane oxygen, pyridine nitrogen and a bromide anion in tetraproropyl ammonium bromide resulting in deep cavity cavitand structures.