Photopolymerized injectable RGD-modified fumarated poly(ethylene glycol) diglycidyl ether hydrogels for cell growth

In this study, photopolymerized hydrogels of fumarated poly(ethylene glycol) diglycidyl-co- poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate have been synthesized and modified with cell adhesion peptide, Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD). The structural and mechanical properties of the hydrogels are found to be poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate (PEGDA) dependent. The percentage of gelation is increased from 72 to 89 wt.-% when the amount of the crosslinker co-monomer (PEGDA) in the hydrogel formulation is increased from 20 to 40 wt.-%. In the present case, the equilibrium mass swelling is decreased from 216 to 93%. The viscosities of the uncured formulations have also been measured and likewise, the results were influenced by the increasing amount of PEGDA that reduced the value from 83 to 36 cP. The compressive modulus of the prepared hydrogels was improved with the addition of the PEGDA. Cell growth experiments have been performed by comparing the properties of the hydrogels with and without RGD units. The results show that RGD units enhance the adhesion of cells to the surface of the hydrogels. SEM-EDS studies reveal that nitrogen and calcium are produced on the osteoblast-seeded surface of the scaffold within the culture time period. [Figure: see text].     

Hydrothermal synthesis of 2D ordered macroporous ZnO films

The ZnO films with two-dimensional ordered macroporous structure were successfully fabricated through hydrothermal crystal growth of ZnO on the ZnO substrate covered with a monolayer of polystyrene (PS) spheres as template. The precursor solution of hydrothermal crystal growth of ZnO were prepared by equimolar solution of Zn(NO₃)₂·6H₂O and hexamethylenetramine (HMT). The confinement effect of the PS spheres template on the growth of ZnO nanorods and the influence of sodium citrate on the crystal growth of ZnO had been studied. The film surface morphology and the preferential growth of ZnO crystal were investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD), respectively. Also, the photoluminescence spectrum of ZnO films had been measured, and the corresponding mechanism was discussed. __________ Translated from Chemistry, 2007, 70 (8): 587–592 [译自: 化学通报]     

A global differentiability result for solutions of nonlinear elliptic problems with controlled growths

Let Ω be a bounded open subset of ℝ ⁿ , n > 2. In Ω we deduce the global differentiability result

Regularity results for a class of obstacle problems under nonstandard growth conditions

We prove regularity results for minimizers of functionals in the class , where is a fixed function and f is quasiconvex and fulfills a growth condition of the type

L⁻¹|z|^p(x)?f(x,ξ,z)?L(1+|z|^p(x)),     

Enumeration of maximal subalgebras in free restricted lie algebras

Given a finitely generated restricted Lie algebra L over the finite field \(\mathbb{F}_q \), and n ≥ 0, denote by a _n (L) the number of restricted subalgebras H ? L with \(\dim _{\mathbb{F} _q} \) L/H = n. Denote by ã _n (L) the number of the subalgebras satisfying the maximality condition as well. Considering the free restricted Lie algebra L = F _d of rank d ≥ 2, we find the asymptotics of ã _n (F _d ) and show that it coincides with the asymptotics of a _n (F _d ) which was found previously by the first author. Our approach is based on studying the actions of restricted algebras by derivations on the truncated polynomial rings. We establish that the maximal subalgebras correspond to the so-called primitive actions. This means that “almost all” restricted subalgebras H ? F _d of finite codimension are maximal, which is analogous to the corresponding results for free groups and free associative algebras.     

The growth and characterization of 2,4-dinitro phenyl hydrazone of benzophenone and mixed crystals

Good quality benzophenone (BP) crystals were grown by solution technique using CHCl₃ as solvent by adopting slow evaporation method at room temperature. The grown crystals were subjected to various characterization studies to analyze its purity and applications. The condensation product 2,4-dinitro phenyl hydrazone of benzophenone (DNPBP) was prepared by adopting standard procedure. Then mixed crystal of BP and DNPBP was also grown by solution growth. Both the condensation product and mixed crystals were characterized by UV, FTIR, ¹H NMR spectra. Thermal (TG and DTA) studies have proved to be very useful techniques not only to study the thermal properties of BP, DNPBP and mixed crystal but also to study their purity. Second harmonic generation (SHG) efficiency of the grown crystals was determined.     

Studies on the growth, optical, electrical and spectral properties of potassium pentaborate (KB5) single crystals

The bulk single crystals of nonlinear optical material potassium pentaborate (KB5) have been grown by slow evaporation solution growth technique using water as solvent. The grown crystal was confirmed by single crystal X-ray diffraction studies. The structural perfection of the grown crystals has been analyzed by high resolution X-ray diffraction (HRXRD) studies by recording rocking curve. The photoluminescence (PL), UV-vis spectral studies were performed and the optical bandgap of the material was calculated. FTIR and FT-Raman measurements enumerate the functional groups present in the compound. The factor group analysis on KB5 reveals that there are 117 vibrational optical modes. The dielectric behavior of KB5 was investigated with different frequencies and temperatures.     

Note on the theory of three-dimensional growth of the porous passivating layers on metals

An analytical relationship “the current peak height—the potential sweep rate” is derived for the three-dimensional film formation under ohmic resistance control. The model takes into account both the changing of the coverage degree and the thickening of the surface film. It is shown that a criterion for definition of the growth type (2D or 3D) of the surface film can be offered. An offered model is tested for anodic oxidation of silver in sulfuric acid solution.