Hydrolytic degradation of POSS-PEG-lactide hybrid hydrogels

A polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS), functionalized with eight arms of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG; MW 400) and then acrylated, was incorporated into a hydrogel network based on triblock copolymers of poly(lactide-b-ethylene glycol-b-lactide) diacrylates using a redox-initiated polymerization. The organic-inorganic hybrid hydrogels so prepared contained the inorganic crosslinker POSS from 1 to 28 wt.%. The degradation properties of the hydrogels in a pH 7.4 phosphate-buffered saline solution at 37 °C were studied using measurements of mass loss, cryogenic SEM, and ATR-FTIR spectroscopy. It was found that copolymerization of acrylated 1kPEG-lactide with increasing amounts of POSS created a more porous network which was more resistant to hydrolysis. The ATR-FTIR technique was used to monitor the progress of degradation with exposure time through the changes in the carbonyl and C-H deformation bands of the lactide and the Si-C stretching band of the POSS. Increasing POSS incorporation resulted in decreased rate of degradation due to its hydrophobic nature and inertness to hydrolysis. Conversely, an increase in lactide content increased the degradation rate due to the increased number of hydrolytically-sensitive ester groups in the network.     

聚乙二醇对溶胶-凝胶SiO2增透膜激光损伤行为的影响

 采用溶胶-凝胶工艺制备了聚乙二醇（PEG）改性SiO₂单层增透膜，用输出波长1.06 μm，脉宽3 ns的调Q激光系统产生的强激光进行辐照实验。观察了添加PEG前后的膜层的微结构、表面形貌以及激光损伤行为的变化，讨论了PEG对薄膜激光损伤行为产生影响的机制。结果表明：添加的PEG可以修饰、导向溶胶簇团的生长和交联，并使之有序，由此制备的薄膜结构规整，微缺陷减少，这就提高了膜层的激光损伤阈值；在激光辐照过程中，膜料吸收激光能量，膜层温度升高，膜层的PEG分子受热逐步分解挥发，膜层产生损伤。     

Microporated PEG Spheres for Fluorescent Analyte Detection

Poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) hydrogels have been used to encapsulate fluorescently labeled molecules in order to detect a variety of analytes. The hydrogels are designed with a mesh size that will retain the sensing elements while allowing for efficient diffusion of small analytes. Some sensing assays, however, require a conformational change or binding of large macromolecules, which may be sterically prohibited in a dense polymer matrix. A process of hydrogel microporation has been developed to create cavities within PEG microspheres to contain the assay components in solution. This arrangement provides improved motility for large sensing elements, while limiting leaching and increasing sensor lifetime. Three hydrogel compositions, 100% PEG, 50% PEG, and microporated 100% PEG, were used to create pH-sensitive microspheres that were tested for response time and stability. In order to assess motility, a second, more complex sensor, namely a FITC-dextran/TRITC-Con A glucose-specific assay was encapsulated within the microspheres.     

PEG200改性SiO_2溶胶制备光学增透膜的研究

采用ＴＥＭ、ＳＤＰ 等分析手段对ＰＥＧ２００ 改性的ＳｉＯ２ 溶胶制备参数与光学增透膜的性质进行了研究。结果表明：ＰＥＧ２００ 改性后的ＳｉＯ２ 溶胶簇团粒度分布与交联状况发生显著变化,形成不同的网络结构特征,由此影响膜层的光学增透性能。     

聚乙二醇蓄热调温性能及其在功能纺织品上的应用

对聚乙二醇(PEG)的自身交联及其与纤维素纤雏之间的交联反应进行了研究，探讨了交联前后PEG热活性的变化，并对PEG在焙烘交联时的受热稳定性以及分子量对热活性的影响进行了讨论。研究表明，PEG发生交联反应后，热性能参教产生偏移，热活性降低；热活性与分子量有直接关系；过高的焙烘温度将导致PEG氧化降解，热活性下降。在适宜的工艺条件下，纺织品经PEG后整理可获得热活性。     

Synthesis, characterization and protein adsorption behaviors of PLGA/PEG di-block co-polymer blend films

A series of poly(D,L-lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA)/poly(ethyleneglycol) (PEG) di-block copolymers were synthesized by ring-opening polymerization of D,L-lactide and glycolide with different molecular weights of monomethoxy polyethyleneglycol (mPEG) 750, 2000 and 5000 as an initiator. The bulk properties of these co-polymers were characterized by using 1H NMR spectroscopy, gel permeation chromatography, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis (ESCA) results, in which the blend films with the di-block copolymers showed increasing surface oxygen atomic percentage with increasing PEG chain length, indicate that PEG chain segment in the di-block copolymers is surface oriented and enriched onto the surface of the blend films. The extent of protein adsorption onto the surface of these blend films was studied, using iodine radio-labeled human serum albumin, gamma globulin and human growth hormone. The protein adsorption amount was reduced for the blend films prepared with PLGA/PEG 750 and 2000 di-block copolymers, but increased to a great extent for PLGA/PEG 5000 di-block copolymer. This is due to the increased water uptake capacity of the blend film, which absorbed more protein molecules into a swollen polymer matrix in addition to surface adsorption.     

Effect of chain density and conformation on protein adsorption at PEG-grafted polyurethane surfaces

Polyurethanes were modified using monobenzyloxy polyethylene glycol (BPEG) which possesses a bulky hydrophobic benzyloxy group at one end and a hydroxyl group at the other end as a preconstructed BPEG layer, and poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) and monomethoxyl poly(ethylene glycol) (MPEG) with various chain lengths as fillers. Our objective was to investigate the effect of PEG graft density and conformation on protein adsorption at PEGlated surface. The graft density was estimated by a chemical titration method. The combination of ATR-FTIR, AFM and titration results provide evidences that the graft density can be increased by backfilling PEG or MPEG to a BPEG layer. However, fibrinogen and albumin adsorption significantly increased on all surfaces after PEG or MPEG backfilling. We conclude that the conformation of hydrophobic benzyloxy end groups of the BPEG layer plays a key role. The benzyloxy end groups of preconstructed PEG chains stretch to the surface after PEG backfilling, which possibly accounts for the observed increase in protein adsorption. The BPEG conformation change after backfilling with PEG or MPEG was also suggested by contact angles. Additionally, protein adsorption was slightly influenced by the length of filler, suggesting a change in surface morphology.     

A ONE-STEP SURFACE MODIFICATION PROCEDURE TO PEG-GRAFTED NANO-TITANIA

PEG （Polyethylene Glycol）-grafted nano-titania has been obtained in a one-step procedure using hexamethylene diisocyanate as the coupling agent and dibutyltin dilaurate as the catalyst in toluene at 80℃ and characterized qualitatively by FTIR and quantitatively by elemental analysis and thermogravimetric analysis. A comparison of nano-titania with two other commonly used inorganic nanoparticles, nano-silica and nano-alumina, is made, revealing that reactivity order is nano- silica 〉 nano-alumina 〉 nano-titania in view of PEG grafting. Possible mechanism of PEG grafting is also discussed.     

固-液相转移催化1,2,4-三唑N-烷基化的研究

本文研究了相转移催化条件下的1,2,4-三唑烷基化反应。评价了几种相转移催化剂,结果表明PEG是合适的固-液相转移催化剂。在相转移催化剂作用下,用不同的烷基化剂制备了一系列N-1取代的1,2,4-三唑,并对实验的结果进行了讨论。     

Automated flow-based anion-exchange method for high-throughput isolation and real-time monitoring of RuBisCO in plant extracts

In this work, a miniaturized, completely enclosed multisyringe-flow system is proposed for high-throughput purification of RuBisCO from Triticum aestivum extracts. The automated method capitalizes on the uptake of the target protein at 4 °C onto Q-Sepharose Fast Flow strong anion-exchanger packed in a cylindrical microcolumn (105 × 4 mm) followed by a stepwise ionic-strength gradient elution (0-0.8 mol/L NaCl) to eliminate concomitant extract components and retrieve highly purified RuBisCO. The manifold is furnished downstream with a flow-through diode-array UV/vis spectrophotometer for real-time monitoring of the column effluent at the protein-specific wavelength of 280 nm to detect the elution of RuBisCO. Quantitation of RuBisCO and total soluble proteins in the eluate fractions were undertaken using polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) and the spectrophotometric Bradford assay, respectively. A comprehensive investigation of the effect of distinct concentration gradients on the isolation of RuBisCO and experimental conditions (namely, type of resin, column dimensions and mobile-phase flow rate) upon column capacity and analyte breakthrough was effected. The assembled set-up was aimed to critically ascertain the efficiency of preliminary batchwise pre-treatments of crude plant extracts (viz., polyethylenglycol (PEG) precipitation, ammonium sulphate precipitation and sucrose gradient centrifugation) in terms of RuBisCO purification and absolute recovery prior to automated anion-exchange column separation. Under the optimum physical and chemical conditions, the flow-through column system is able to admit crude plant extracts and gives rise to RuBisCO purification yields better than 75%, which might be increased up to 96 ± 9% with a prior PEG fractionation followed by sucrose gradient step.