Design of Serum Compatible Tetrary Complexes for Gene Delivery

A novel gene delivery system, called PoSC, consisting of PEI, PSP, and HA is described. In contrast to the DNA/PEI/HA ternary system whose transfection efficiency decreases significantly with increasing serum concentration, PoSC exhibits a high transfection efficiency of about 51 and 87% for NIH3T3 and HCT116 cells, respectively, at 50% serum concentration. Furthermore, PoSC shows no cytotoxic effect at its working concentration. The overall results suggest that HA adsorption on cationic complexes enhances the transfection efficiency, while PSP is essential for high transfection efficiency at higher serum concentration.

     

聚乙烯醇／壳聚糖合金膜的相容性

本文通过 WAXD、DSC动态力学和应力一应变测量对 PVA/CS合金膜的聚集态结构进行了研究。发现,合金膜中的PVA结晶完善性变差,结晶度和结晶熔融峰温度随CS含量增加而降低。合金膜中的CS晶型发生了转化。动态力学损耗谱显示,合金膜中仍保持单组分的玻璃化松弛。当PVA含量大于50%％时,两个Tg峰中间产生一新的力学损耗峰。合金膜的模量和断裂强度高于单组分,而断裂伸长率低于单组分,这都表明,PVA与CS间存在强的相互作用,该共混体系为部分相容体系。     

Thermal decomposition properties and compatibility of CL-20, NTO with silicone rubber

The new polycyclic nitramine 2,4,6,8,10,12-hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane (HNIW) has been focused as a considerable amount of research recently on investigating its polymorphs, relative stability, and respective reaction chemistry. It is known as CL-20 popularly, CL-20 is a very high-energy and relatively high oxygen balance value crystalline compound whose method of synthesis and detailed performance data are still classified. 5-oxo-3-nitro-1,2,4-triazole (NTO, or nitrotriazolone) was an insensitive molecule comparison general explosives, and the NTO based polymer bonded explosives (PBX) was a low vulnerability explosive. Both energetic materials are all very important high explosives, which is used in a variety of military formulations widely owing to the properties of high energy and desensitization of PBX, many researchers have demonstrated the usefulness of above two energetic materials in explosive component. In this work, the thermal decomposition characteristics of explosives CL-20 and NTO were studied using thermal analytical techniques (TG, DSC), then the compatibility of above two explosives with silicone rubber, and the decomposition kinetic parameters such as activation energies of decomposition, the frequency factor of the decompose reaction are also evaluated by non-isothermal DSC techniques.     

一种求解序列二次规划结合信赖域的多维滤子算法

求解非线性规划问题最有效的方法之一为序列二次规划。但是,由于序列二次规划结合信赖域时,会出现可能无解的情况(即不相容性)。而本文针对不相容性提出了一类序列二次规划结合信赖域的多维相容滤子算法。首先,本文根据一般文献中提及的方法对其约束条件引进参数变量,对其目标函数加以惩罚,即实行了可行化处理(也就是无需可行性恢复阶段),从而克服了不相容性。其次,本文提出了多维滤子条件来对迭代步进行选择性的接受,从而避免了传统二维滤子算法的严格条件,使得对迭代步的接受程度大大的放松。最后针对可能出现的maratos效应,我们通过二阶校正策略提出了一种修改后的多维滤子算法。同时,在一定的假设条件下算法具有全局收敛性。     

Ionic conductivity and compatibility studies of blends of poly(methyl methacrylate) and poly(propylene glycol) complexed with LICF3SO3

Stable to atmospheric moisture, adhesive and transparent polymer electrolytes have been prepared by blending poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) with poly(propylene glycol)-425/LiCF₃SO₃ complexes. The blending of the polymers has been achieved by a method developed in our laboratory: free radical polymerization of methylmethacrylate in the polyether/salt matrix. A series of polymer blend complexes varying in PMMA content (up to 20% by weight) and oxygen/metal ratios (25, 16, and 8) have been synthesized and their properties studied. All the samples prepared in this study were found to be optically clear unlike the higher molecular weight poly(propylene glycol)-2000 (PPG-2000) system which required a minimum salt concentration to compatibilize a specific amount of PMMA with PPG. The mechanisms by which the salt holds the otherwise incompatible polymers together in a single phase have been investigated by FT-IR. Our studies show a weak coupling of the ether oxygens in the PPG with the ester groups of the PMMA through the lithium cations. Discrete changes has been observed in the FT-IR spectrum of PMMA when doped with the lithium salt hitherto unnoticed with other dopants. Gel permeation chromatography results of the PMMA samples isolated from the solid electrolytes indicate the molecular weight to vary between 43000 and 121000 with relatively narrow distributions, 1.6?2.0. The ionic conductivities of the polymer blend electrolytes were fairly high (10^?5 S/cm) at room temperature. The PMMA neither significantly influenced the T_g of the blend complexes nor effected the ionic conductivities drastically. The ionic conductivity as a function of temperature followed the empirical Vogel-Tammann-Fulcher equation. The blending of PMMA with PPG/LiCF₃SO₃ complexes was found to impart good adhesiveness to the solid electrolytes while making them stable to atmospheric moisture. © 1992 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Investigations of transesterification in PC/PBT melt blends and the proof of immiscibility of PC and PBT at completely suppressed transesterification

The miscibility of polycarbonate PC and poly(butylene terephthalate) PBT is controversially discussed in the literature. Partial miscibility has been generally found in melt blends of the two polymers. However, in solution cast blends they were found to be immiscible. It is known that the transesterification takes place in the melt. Copolyesters formed by the transesterification change the compatibility of PC and PBT. In this work PC/PBT melt blends of various composition were investigated in dependence on the copolyester content by means of DSC and NMR. It can be shown that the time regime of the thermal treatment in the melt determines the transesterification degree. The PBT crystallization behavior is strongly influenced by both the PC and copolyester content. The glass transition temperatures of the PBT-rich and PC-rich phase approach each other with the increasing copolyester content. The analysis of the glass transition behavior permits the conclusion that PC and PBT are inherently immiscible provided that the copolyester content is exactly zero. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 2161–2168, 1997     

（PSF—PDMS—PHS）n／PSF共混物的相容性及表面组成

利用ＤＳＣ、ＤＭＡ、ＴＥＭ和ＸＰＳ对［ＰＳＦ－ＰＤＭＳ－ＰＨＳ］ｎ／ＰＳＦ共混物的相容性及表面组成进行了研究．结果表明，ＰＤＭＳ在共混物表面的富集与ＰＳＦ均聚物和［ＰＳＦ－ＰＤＭＳ－ＰＨＳ］ｎ中硬段的相容性有关；ＰＤＭＳ在相容的共混物体系表面的富集与对应的多嵌段共聚物组成基本相近；不相容共混物体系表面ＰＤＭＳ的富集程度相对较高，当共混物本体中有机硅含量从１％增至５％，表面层ＰＤＭＳ的含量迅速增加，可达到嵌段共聚物中ＰＤＭＳ的含量．     

血液灌流吸附清除中分子物质的实验研究

我们从所研制的系列树脂中筛选出对中分子物质(MMS)吸附作用较好的5种吸附树脂,并将其中HP-A_3和HP-A_9用于尿毒症患者血浆体外模拟灌流和急性肾衰大鼠血液灌流。应用MMS总量测定法和Sephadex G25凝胶层析法研究树脂对MMS的吸附清除作用。结果表明,这两种树脂体内、外清除MMS作用显著,HP-A_9树脂体内清除效果更好,其血液相容性也更为理想,有希望应用于临床治疗某些MMS堆积的疾病。     

Recent advances and future trends in molecularly imprinted polymers-based sample preparation

Molecular imprinting technology is a well-established technique for the obtainment of tailor-made polymers, so-called molecularly imprinted polymers, with a predetermined selectivity towards a target analyte or structurally related compounds. Accordingly, molecularly imprinted polymers are considered excellent materials for sample preparation providing unprecedented selectivity to analytical methods. However, the use of molecularly imprinted polymers in sample preparation still presents some shortcomings derived from the synthesis procedure itself limiting its general applicability. In this regard, molecularly imprinted polymers use to display binding sites heterogeneity and slow diffusion mass transfer of analytes to the imprinted sites affecting their overall performance. Besides, the performance of molecularly imprinted polymers in organic solvents is excellent, but their selective binding ability in aqueous media is considerably reduced. Accordingly, the present review pretends to provide an updated overview of the recent advances and trends of molecularly imprinted polymers-based extraction, focusing on those strategies proposed for the improvement of mass transfer and selective recognition in aqueous media. Besides, with the progressive implementation of Green Chemistry principles, the different steps and strategies for the preparation of molecularly imprinted polymers are reviewed from a green perspective.