scholarly journals Chemical heterogeneity in interfacial layers of polymer nanocomposites

Soft Matter ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (23) ◽  
pp. 4784-4791 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siyang Yang ◽  
Siqi Liu ◽  
Suresh Narayanan ◽  
Chongfeng Zhang ◽  
Pinar Akcora
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Polymer Nanocomposites ◽  
Lower Molecular Weight ◽  
Chemical Heterogeneity ◽  
Interfacial Layers ◽  
The Matrix

A lower molecular weight of the matrix enhances the reinforcement of PMMA adsorbed nanoparticles in PMA composites above the Tg of both polymers.

Soluble Fibrin Complexes and Fibrinogen Heterogeneity in Diabetes mellitus

1980 ◽  
Vol 44 (03) ◽  
pp. 130-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
E B Tsianos ◽  
N E Stathakis
Keyword(s):  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Plasma Proteins ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Gel Filtration ◽  
Lower Molecular Weight ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gels ◽  
Soluble Fibrin ◽  
Α2 Macroglobulin ◽  
Patients With Diabetes

SummaryThe presence of soluble fibrin complexes (SFC) measured by gel filtration of plasma on 4% agarose columns, fibrinogen heterogeneity on 3.5% SDS-polyacrylamide gels and the concentrations of several plasma proteins were evaluated in 39 patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) and 19 matched control subjects. A small but significant increase of SFC was found in DM (p<0.01). On individual basis 51.2% of the patients had increased SFC (>M + 2 SD of the controls). Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of the SFC showed no evidence of cross-linking or proteolysis. Plasma clots formed in the presence of EDTA and trasylol were analysed in SDS-polyacrylamide gels in a normal and two lower molecular weight fibrin bands (band I, II, III). The percentage of band I fibrinogen was in diabetics (65.3 ± 4.7%) lower than that of the controls (71.8 ± 4.5%) (p < 0.01). Fibrinogen levels, antithrombin III, α1-antitrypsin, α2-macroglobulin and plasminogen were significantly increased in DM. We suggest that in DM there is an enhancement of intravascular fibrin formation and accelerated fibrinogen degradation to lower molecular weight forms.

Permeability Enhancing and Chemotactic Activities of Lower Molecular Weight Degradation Products of Human Fibrinogen

1981 ◽  
Vol 45 (01) ◽  
pp. 090-094 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katsuo Sueishi ◽  
Shigeru Nanno ◽  
Kenzo Tanaka
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Degradation Products ◽  
Electron Microscopic Observation ◽  
Chemotactic Activity ◽  
Lower Molecular Weight ◽  
Electron Microscopic ◽  
Human Fibrinogen ◽  
Rabbit Skin ◽  
Molecular Weights ◽  
Active Fragments

SummaryFibrinogen degradation products were investigated for leukocyte chemotactic activity and for enhancement of vascular permeability. Both activities increased progressively with plasmin digestion of fibrinogen. Active fragments were partially purified from 24 hr-plasmin digests. Molecular weights of the permeability increasing and chemotactic activity fractions were 25,000-15,000 and 25,000 respectively. Both fractions had much higher activities than the fragment X, Y, D or E. Electron microscopic observation of the small blood vessels in rabbit skin correlated increased permeability with the formation of characteristic gaps between adjoining endothelial cells and their contraction.These findings suggest that lower molecular weight degradation products of fibrinogen may be influential in contributing to granulocytic infiltration and enhanced permeability in lesions characterized by deposits of fibrin and/or fibrinogen.

Purine nucleoside phosphorylase: Isolation and characterization

1990 ◽  
Vol 55 (12) ◽  
pp. 2987-2999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katarina Šedivá ◽  
Ivan Votruba ◽  
Antonín Holý ◽  
Ivan Rosenberg
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Purine Nucleoside Phosphorylase ◽  
Purine Nucleoside ◽  
Leukemia Cells ◽  
Ph Optimum ◽  
Nucleoside Phosphorylase ◽  
Isolation And Characterization ◽  
Reaction Proceeds ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Sepharose 4B

Purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNP) from mouse leukemia cells L1210 was purified to homogeneity by a combination of ion exchange and affinity chromatography using AE-Sepharose 4B and 9-(p-succinylaminobenzyl)hypoxanthine as the matrix and the ligand, respectively. The native enzyme has a molecular weight of 104 000 and consists of three subunits of equal molecular weight of 34 000. The results of isoelectric focusing showed that the enzyme is considerably microheterogeneous over the pI-range 4.0-5.8 and most likely consists of eight isozymes. The temperature and pH-optimum of phosphorolysis, purine nucleoside synthesis and also of transribosylation is identical, namely 55 °C and pH 7.4. The transribosylation reaction proceeds in the presence of phosphate only. The following Km-values (μmol l-1) were determined for phosphorolysis: inosine 40, 2'-deoxyinosine 47, guanosine 27, 2'-deoxyguanosine 32. The Km-values (μmol l-1) of purine riboside and deoxyriboside synthesis are lower than the values for phosphorolysis (hypoxanthine 18 and 34, resp., guanine 8 and 11, resp.). An affinity lower by one order shows PNP for (-D-ribose-1-phosphate, (-D-2-deoxyribose-1-phosphate (Km = 200 μmol l-1 in both cases) and phosphate (Km = 805 μmol l-1). The substrate specificity of the enzyme was also studied: positions N(1), C(2) and C(8) are decisive for the binding of the substrate (purine nucleoside).

Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor preferentially activates the 94-kD STAT5A and an 80-kD STAT5A isoform in human peripheral blood monocytes

Blood ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 88 (4) ◽  
pp. 1206-1214 ◽  
Author(s):  
RL Rosen ◽  
KD Winestock ◽  
G Chen ◽  
X Liu ◽  
L Hennighausen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Human Peripheral Blood ◽  
Janus Kinase ◽  
Lower Molecular Weight ◽  
Colony Stimulating Factor ◽  
Enhancer Element ◽  
Gm Csf ◽  
Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor ◽  
Macrophage Colony ◽  
Stimulating Factor

Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) induces immediate effects in monocytes by activation of the Janus kinase (JAK2) and STAT transcription factor (STAT5) pathway. Recent studies have identified homologues of STAT5, STAT5A, and STAT5B, as well as lower molecular weight variants of STAT5. To define the activation of the STAT5 homologues and lower molecular weight variant in human monocytes and monocytes differentiated into macrophages by culture in macrophage- CSF (M-CSF), we measured the GM-CSF induced tyrosine phosphorylation of STAT5A, STAT5B, and any lower molecular weight STAT5 isoforms. Freshly isolated monocytes expressed 94-kD STAT5A, 92-kD STAT5B, and an 80-kD STAT5A molecule. Whereas 94-kD STAT5A was clearly tyrosine phosphorylated and bound to the enhancer element, the gamma response region (GRR), of the Fc gamma RI gene, substantially less tyrosine phosphorylated STAT5B bound to the immobilized GRR element. Macrophages lost their ability to express the 80-kD STAT5A protein, but retained their ability to activate STAT5A. STAT5A-STAT5A homodimers and STAT5A- STAT5B heterodimers formed in response to GM-CSF. Therefore, activation of STAT5A predominates compared to STAT5B when assayed by direct immunoprecipitation and by evaluation of bound STATs to immobilized GRR. Selective activation of STAT5 homologues in addition to generation of lower molecular isoforms may provide specificity and control to genes expressed in response to cytokines such as GM-CSF.

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF HIGH-LOADING POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES WITH MULTISCALE ALIGNMENT

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
SOYEON PARK ◽  
KUN (KELVIN) FU
Keyword(s):  
Additive Manufacturing ◽  
Polymer Nanocomposites ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Energy Storage Devices ◽  
Storage Devices ◽  
High Productivity ◽  
Macro Scale ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Multiscale Structures ◽  
Printing Direction

Polymer nanocomposites have advantages in mechanical, electrical, and optical properties compared to individual components. These unique properties of the nanocomposites have attracted attention in many applications, including electronics, robotics, biomedical fields, automotive industries. To achieve their high performance, it is crucial to control the orientation of nanomaterials within the polymer matrix. For example, the electric conductivity will be maximized in the ordered direction of conductive nanomaterials such as graphene and carbon nanotubes (CNTs). Conventional fabrication methods are commonly used to obtain polymer nanocomposites with the controlled alignment of nanomaterials using electric or magnetic fields, fluid flow, and shear forces. Such approaches may be complex in preparing a manufacturing system, have low fabrication rate, and even limited structure scalability and complexity required for customized functional products. Recently, additive manufacturing (AM), also called 3D printing, has been developed as a major fabrication technology for nanocomposites with aligned reinforcements. AM has the ability to control the orientation of nanoparticles and offers a great way to produce the composites with cost-efficiency, high productivity, scalability, and design flexibility. Herein, we propose a manufacturing process using AM for the architected structure of polymer nanocomposites with oriented nanomaterials using a polylactic acid polymer as the matrix and graphite and CNTs as fillers. AM can achieve the aligned orientation of the nanofillers along the printing direction. Thus, it enables the fabrication of multifunctional nanocomposites with complex shapes and higher precision, from micron to macro scale. This method will offer great opportunities in the advanced applications that require complex multiscale structures such as energy storage devices (e.g., batteries and supercapacitors) and structural electronic devices (e.g., circuits and sensors).

scholarly journals The Polymerization of MMA and ST to Prepare Material with Gradient Refractive Index in Electric Field

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Yao Huang ◽  
Daming Wu ◽  
Dongyun Ren ◽  
Qingyun Meng ◽  
Xiaojun Di
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Refractive Index ◽  
Electric Field ◽  
Cylindrical Sample ◽  
Electrical Field ◽  
Molecular Weights ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Gradient Refractive Index ◽  
Scattering Material ◽  
Different Parts

Light scattering material with gradient refractive index was prepared under the electrical field by taking methyl methacrylate (MMA) monomer as the matrix with the addition of a little preheated styrene (ST) and peroxidation benzoin formyl (BPO). The material obtained under electrical field presented different transmittance and molecular weight at different parts of the cylindrical sample along the axis of the direction of electric field which led to the layering phenomenon and gradient refractive index. The disparity of molecular weight between different layers can be as much as 230 thousand. There were several peaks in the figure of GPC test of the sample under electric field. This proved that there were polymers with different molecular weights in the sample. Therefore, it can be concluded that electrical field has a significant effect on polymerization.

Determination of Fatty Acids of Lower Molecular Weight by Gas Chromatography

Nature ◽  
1960 ◽  
Vol 187 (4738) ◽  
pp. 689-689 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARIE L. VORBECK ◽  
LEONARD R. MATTICK ◽  
FRANK A. LEE ◽  
CARL S. PEDERSON
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Gas Chromatography ◽  
Lower Molecular Weight
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