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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"poly(ethylenimine)"”.
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Poly(ethylenimine)-Functionalized Pyroxene Nanoparticles Embedded on Diatomite for Removal of Total Organic Carbon from Industrial Wastewater: Batch and Fixed-bed studies
… friendly, multifunctional, and effective poly(ethylenimine)-functionalized pyroxene nanoparticles to provide an efficient removal of the dissolved total organic carbon from industrial wastewater in batch and contenuious fixed-bed column studies under various conditions. Our study includes …
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A study of recognition coating response for quartz crystal microbalances
… vapors, a QCM coated with varying thicknesses of poly(ethylenimine) (PEI) coating, produces a linear response that is sensitive and selective. The selectivity of the PEI coating toward analytes increases with aliphatic chain length probably due to dispersive interactions. A linear relationship …
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Polyelectrolyte multilayer thin films with antimicrobial, antifouling and drug releasing properties
This thesis work focuses on designing thin polyelectrolyte multilayer (PEM) films via layer-bylayer (LbL) deposition technique with the ability to kill pathogenic bacteria and inactivate human viruses, especially the influenza (flu) virus on contact. This work builds on four years of research at …
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Investigation of Distribution and Transport of CO2 in Polyimine/MCM-41 Hybrid System: Modeling and Simulation Approach
… carbon dioxide reduction by employing novel polyimine materials. From a computational perspective, The study investigates traditional poly(ethylenimine) (PEI) sorbents and novel poly(propylenimine) (PPI) and their derivatives, addressing the pressing environmental challenge of CO2 …
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Nanoscale surface modification of wood veneers for adhesion
… attachment of amine containing water soluble polyelectrolytes provides a path to create functional surfaces in a controlled manner. Furthermore, modification of the surface can be performed using layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly, where the adsorption of polyelectrolytes or nanoparticles in …
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Bioreducible Polymer Nanosystems For Gene Delivery
… describes the research of bioreducible polymers for gene delivery. A series of bioreducible poly(amido amine)s (PAAs) were synthesized. They complex with DNA forming polyplex nanoparticles and layer-by-layer (LbL) thin films as gene delivery vectors. Atomic force microscope (AFM), …
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Regulated release of a novel non-viral gene delivery vector from electrospun coaxial fiber mesh scaffolds
… tissue engineering entails the evolution of biopolymers into multifunctional constructs that can support the proliferation of cells and stimulate their differentiation into functional tissues. With that in mind, biocompatible polymers were fabricated into a novel gene delivery agent as well as …
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Mechanisms of Cytotoxicity and Intracellular Trafficking for Gene Delivery Polymers
Herein, different polymer libraries were examined to determine the effect polymer structure has on intracellular events. The effect of different polyamine lengths in copolymers on cellular uptake, the effect of modifying end groups of trehalose-containing polymers on transfection efficiency, and …