摘要:
The present invention relates to biocidal articles. In an embodiment the biocidal article comprises a plurality of polymers having biocidally active groups. The polymers are attached to a surface and may have a polydispersity less than 3. The biocidally active groups may comprise at least one of a quaternary ammonium salt, a quaternary phosphonium salt or a chloroamine. The attached polymers may be any microstructure, topology or composition, such as, a homopolymer, block copolymer, multiblock copolymer, a random copolymer, graft polymer, a branched or a hyperbranched polymer, and a gradient copolymer. The present invention also comprises a process for the preparation of a biocidal article. Embodiments of the process comprise polymerizing radically polymerizable monomers from an initiator attached to a surface, wherein at least a portion of the monomers comprise a group capable of being converted to a biocidally active group, and converting the group to the biocidally active group.
摘要:
The present invention relates to biocidal articles. In an embodiment the biocidal article comprises a plurality of polymers having biocidally active groups. The polymers are attached to a surface and may have a polydispersity less than 3. The biocidally active groups may comprise at least one of a quaternary ammonium salt, a quaternary phosphonium salt or a chloroamine. The attached polymers may be any microstructure, topology or composition, such as, a homopolymer, block copolymer, multiblock copolymer, a random copolymer, graft polymer, a branched or a hyperbranched polymer, and a gradient copolymer. The present invention also comprises a process for the preparation of a biocidal article. Embodiments of the process comprise polymerizing radically polymerizable monomers from an initiator attached to a surface, wherein at least a portion of the monomers comprise a group capable of being converted to a biocidally active group, and converting the group to the biocidally active group.
摘要:
The present invention provides amphiphilic diacetylene compounds, and compositions and self-assembled nanotubes containing the same. Also provided are methods of producing the compounds, compositions, and nanotubes of the invention, and methods of destroying or inhibiting the growth or proliferation of microorganisms using the nanotubes of the present invention.
摘要:
A biocidal article, includes a surface including a plurality of polymers covalently attached to the surface. The polymers include biocidal cationic groups. The polymers have a molecular weight distribution or polydispersity less than 3. A grafting density of the polymers on the surface is controlled, average degree of polymerization of the polymers is controlled and repeat units of the polymers are chosen to provide a predetermined charge density arising from the cationic groups. A method of analyzing biocidal activity of biocidal surface agents includes the steps: attaching a plurality of chemical entities to one or more surfaces so that at least one physiochemical property is varied, each of the chemical entities comprising at least one biocidally active component; and exposing the chemical entities to at least one biological agent to determine the effect of the at least one physiochemical property upon biocidal activity. The biocidal activity can, for example, be antibacterial activity or sporicidal activity. The at least one physiochemical property can, for example, be varied in a preferably systematic manner.
摘要:
A highly wear resistant sintered, hot pressed, or otherwise compacted ceramic composite material is described, consisting of two discrete phases of the form AlxMgyB14 where x and y≦1 or like hard, orthorhombic compounds, and TiB2 or like Group IVB transition metal di-borides, and with an unexpectedly high content of transition metal di-boride in the range from 40 to 90 percent (28 to 85 volume percent).
摘要翻译:描述了一种高度耐磨的烧结,热压或其它压实的陶瓷复合材料,其由以下形式的两个离散相组成:Al x Si x Y B 14, / SUB>其中x和y <= 1或类似硬的正交化合物和TiB 2 N 2或类似的IVB族过渡金属二硼化物,并且具有出乎意料的高含量的过渡金属二硼化物 范围从40%到90%(28%到85%)。
摘要:
Article of manufacture fabricated by plastic deformation of an intermetallic compound comprising R and M, such as an RM intermetallic compound and a higher order compound thereof, having a CsCl-type ordered crystal structure wherein R is one or more rare earth elements and M is one or more non-rare earth metals. The article of manufacture has a tensile elongation of at least about 5% prior to fracture when tensile tested at room temperature in ambient air. The article of manufacture also can be fabricated by plastic deformation of an intermetallic compound comprising a M′M compound and a higher order compound thereof having a CsCl-type ordered crystal structure wherein M′ and M are one or more different non-rare earth metals.
摘要:
Performance and reliability of microelectromechanical system (MEMS) components enhanced dramatically through the incorporation of protective thin film coatings. Current-generation MEMS devices prepared by the LIGA technique employ transition metals such as Ni, Cu, Fe, or alloys thereof, and hence lack stability in oxidizing, corrosive, and/or high temperature environments. Fabrication of a superhard, self-lubricating coating based on a ternary boride compound AlMgB14 is described in this letter as a potential breakthrough in protective coating technology for LIGA microdevices. Nanoindentation tests show that hardness of AlMgB14 films prepared by pulsed laser deposition ranges from 45 GPa to 51 GPa, when deposited at room temperature and 573 K, respectively. Extremely low friction coefficients of 0.04-0.05, which are thought to result from a self-lubricating effect, have also been confirmed by nanoscratch tests on the AlMgB14 films. Transmission electron microscopy studies show that the as-deposited films are amorphous, regardless of substrate temperature; however, analysis of FTIR spectra suggests that the higher substrate temperature facilitates formation of the B12 icosahedral framework, therefore leading to the higher hardness.
摘要:
Provided is a method of treating myasthenia gravis in a patient by administering to the patient an effective amount of a skeletal muscle troponin activator, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
摘要:
WASP and N-WASP proteins are provided that can be expressed in soluble form, including fusion proteins that contain full-length WASP and N-WASP. The proteins retain at least partial activity of full length WASP or N-WASP and some of the proteins fully recapitulate the activity of full-length WASP and N-WASP. Methods for expressing full-length WASP and N-WASP are also provided.
摘要:
A composite of M/AlMgB14 or M alloy/AlMgB14 is synthesized, where M=Al, Ti, W, or Cu. Small particles and/or fibers of AlMgB14 are distributed throughout a metal matrix to strengthen the resulting composite.