Novel alginate-poly(L-histidine) microcapsules as drug carriers: in vitro protein release and short term stability

Spherical, smooth-surfaced and mechanically stable alginate-poly(L-histidine) (PLHis) microcapsules with narrow particle size distributions were prepared by incubating calcium alginate beads in aqueous solutions of PLHis. The in vitro release characteristics, drug loading and encapsulation efficiency of the microcapsules were investigated using bovine erythrocytes hemoglobin (Hb) as a model drug. The results showed that the concentration of Ca(2+) ions had a considerable effect on the drug loading, encapsulation efficiency and in vitro release behavior of the microcapsules. When the concentration of CaCl(2) in the PLHis solution was increased from 0 to 3.0% (w/v), the drug loading and encapsulation efficiency decreased significantly from 38.0 to 4.3% and from 92.9 to 8.0%, respectively, while the total cumulative release of Hb from microcapsules in phosphate buffered saline solution (PBS, pH 6.8) decreased from 96.2 to 72.8% in 24 h. No significant protein release was observed during 70 h of incubation in hydrochloric acid solution (pH 1.2). However, under neutral conditions (PBS, pH 6.8), the Hb was completely and stably released within 24-70 h. An explosion test showed that the stability of alginate-PLHis microcapsules depended strongly on the concentration of PLHis and the calcium ions in solution. [Diagram: see text] Microscopy photo of Hb-loaded alginate-PLHis microcapsules.     

Morphological and Structural Studies of sPS/aPS Blends

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Determinations of combustion and formation enthalpies of C60 and C70

By using a micro-bomb calorimeter, the standard enthalpies of combustion of C₆₀ and C₇₀ have been determined to be - (25 947.1±8.5) and - (29 956.1 ± 8.9) kJ/mol respectively. A g. 1. c. analysis indicated that the amounts of residual organic solvents in the samples were very small, and their effects on the final results were negligible. The energy of combustion ofC60 determined in this work is in agreement in the uncertainty interval with that determined by means of traditional calorimeter using macro amount of sample. The enthalpies of formation of these two substances have been derived. The strain energies in the molecules of C₆₀ and C₇₀ were estimated by a bond energy scheme and by using corannulene as the model compound, the results estimated from different methods are very close. Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 29473143)     

A comparative study on photo-induced electron transfer from fluorescein to anthraquinone and injection into colloidal TiO2

A dyad-anthraquinone-methyl ester of fluorescein-and its model compound-butyl ester-were synthesized. The effects of photo-induced electron transfer from fluorescein to an organic anthraquinone acceptor and injection into inorganic colloidal TiO(2) were studied respectively. It is found that the photo-induced electron transferring to an organic acceptor is much faster than injecting into inorganic colloidal particles when fluorescein was excited by visible light. While inorganic colloidal TiO(2) was excited by UV, the electron of fluorescein will inject into TiO(2).     

Electrochemical control of CO/NO ligand exchange in a triruthenium cluster monolayer assembled on a gold electrode surface

A highly selective ligand exchange reaction is realized in the self-assembled monolayer (SAM) of a triruthenium cluster on a gold electrode surface under precise electrochemical potential control. CO as well as NO molecules, which are known to play key roles in many chemical, biological, and environmental systems, can be efficiently introduced into the SAM by electrochemically tuning the electronic state of the Ru site. These unique surface reactions are more convenient and efficient than conventional ligand exchange reactions in solution and could be used for the elucidation of the electron-transfer mechanism in a biological system as well as in the development of molecular sensors and devices.     

A novel nomenclature of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons without using graph centre

In this paper, we develop a novel adjacency matrix, He-matrix, corresponding to the dualist graph. Without using the graph center concept, we advance a novel nomenclature of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Further, we derive some distinguishing theorems about PAH molecules and present some results of our automatic derivatization and automatic classification counting of fused PAH molecules.     

长链脂肪酸LB膜的X射线衍射研究

利用Langmuir-Blodgett技术制备了硬脂酸、花生酸及其混合酸的多层LB膜。用低角X射线衍射研究了它们的周期结构,硬脂酸和花生酸的LB膜在2θ=0.8°～23°的范围内分别出现13个和12个布拉格衍射峰,由此计算了它们的等同周期。用模型计算了它们衍射峰的强度,得到了与实验一致的衍射强度奇偶起伏的结果。在混合酸的LB膜中,可以观察到等同周期随混合比变化的规律。     

包含中间化合物二元相图的热力学分析

对包含中间化台物的二元系,若相图中液相线已测定,而化合物的生成熵或生成焓已知,且液相的过剩熵也被测定(或者可以假设为零),那么体系液相的热力学性质可以精确地计算出来。本文给出了包含中间化合物体系的相图与热力学性质间的关系;这一关系表明:大多致情况下,已知以下五个量中的任意三个,可将其它两个计算出来。这五个量是:相图中的液相线,中间化合物的生成焓及生成熵,液相的混合焓及混合熵。     

The structure of adducts of benzaldoxime and m-chlorobenzaldoxime dehydrodimers with styrene

The reaction of m-chlorobenzaldoxime dehydrodimer with styrene gives two 1:1 adducts.The main product 7 is a bisnitrone. The minor product 8 has been shown by X-ray diffraction anal-ysis to possess the structure: ArCH(N=O)CH_2CH (Ph)O--N=CHAr. The two C=N bonds areall in Z configuration. The structure of the adducts from benzaldoxime dehydrodimer and styrene isalso assigned.     

π-二苯铬(O)催化聚合全氟丁炔-2

本文报道π-二苯铬(O)催化聚合全氟丁炔-2,得到白色粉末状的聚全氟丁炔-2。它不溶于任何溶剂,对浓硝酸、浓硫酸和浓碱十分稳定。热重分析、差热分析和差动扫描量热法分析的结果表明它在空气中非常稳定,470℃时尚不发生氧化分解。在空气中聚全氟丁炔-2的热裂解活化能为56.5千卡/克分子。当聚合反应在甲苯溶液中进行时,用气液色谱检测到从π-二苯铬(O)分子失掉的苯分子。我们初步推测了聚合反应的机理。