摘要:
Lipobeads (liposome-encapsulated hydrogels) combine properties of hydrogels and liposomes to create systems that are sensitive to environmental conditions and respond to changes in those conditions in a fast time scale. Lipobeads may be produced by polymerizing anchored or unanchored hydrogels within liposomes or by mixing anchored or unanchored hydrogels with liposomes. Giant lipobeads may be produced by shrinking unanchored nanogels in lipobeads and fusing the resulting lipobead aggregates, long-term aging of anchored or unanchored lipobeads, or mixing anchored or unanchored aggregated nanogels with liposomes. Poly(acrylamide), poly(N-isopropylacrylamide), and poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-1-vinylimidazole) lipobeads were produced and characterized.
摘要:
An inhibitor of sporeforming pathogens or agents. In one embodiment, the inhibitor has at least one glycoconjugate that is bondable to a sporeforming pathogen or agent. The glycoconjugate is a molecule containing a carbohydrate moiety that is glycosylated. The glycosylated carbohydrate moiety may comprise a glycoprotein or a glycolipid. In one embodiment, the glycosylated carbohydrate moiety comprises at least one disaccharide moiety or higher polysaccharide. In another embodiment, the glycosylated carbohydrate moiety comprises a plurality of copies of same monosaccharide units or different monosaccharide units.
摘要:
A real-time, portable peptide-containing potentiometric biosensor that can directly identify bacterial spores. Two peptides for specific recognition of B. subtilis and B. anthracis Sterne may be immobilized by a polysiloxane monolayer immobilization (PMI) technique. The sensors translate the biological recognition event into a potential change by detecting, for example, B. subtilis spores in a concentration range of 0.08-7.3×104 CFU/ml. The sensor exhibited highly selective recognition properties towards Bacillus subtilis spores over other kinds of spores. The selectivity coefficients of the sensors for other kinds of spores are in the range of 0-1.0×10−5. The biosensor system not only has the specificity to distinguish Bacillus subtilis spores in a mixture of B. subtilis and B. thuringiensis (thur.) Kurstaki spores, but also can discriminate between live and dead B. subtilis spores. Furthermore, the sensor can distinguish a Bacillus subtilis 1A700 from other B. subtilis strain. Assay time may be as low as about 5 minutes for a single test. Rapid identification of B. anthracis Sterne and B. anthracis ΔAmes was also provided.
摘要:
The present invention concerns electrically conducting polymer blends, processs for production thereof, and fibers and films essentially consisting of electrically conducting polymer blends. According to the invention, the polymer blends comprise matrix polymers and electrically conducting polymer components possessing liquid-crystal properties. In particular, the liquid-crystal polymer components comprise a main chain incorporating conjugated double bonds, the monomer units of the main chain being linked to side chains which, together with the main chain, render the polymer liquid-crystal properties at elevated temperatures. The blends are prepared by melt blending a matrix polymer and a liquid-crystal polymer and by treating the blend thus prepared with a dopant to make the liquid-crystal polymer conducting. The polymer blends can be processed into fibers or films using conventional processing methods of plastics such as die extrusion, injection molding, injection molding, ram molding or film blowing.
摘要:
An electrically conducting plastic material is produced by blending a polyaniline or a derivative thereof with an organic sulfonic acid or a derivative thereof. A reaction product or blend of a polyaniline or a derivative thereof with an organic sulfonic acid or a derivative thereof can be brought to an easy-to-handle or directly melt-processable form through a heat-treatment process carried out at approx. +40.degree. to +250.degree. C. The obtained plastic material is advantageously further improved by blending the heat-treated reaction product or blend with a thermoplastic polymer and then melt-processing the mixed blend. The properties of the resulting compound material exhibit complete compatibility of the heat-treated reaction product or blend with the thermoplastic polymer.