Cobalt and manganese have been the subject of individual separation studies because their fields of application are different. However, this study shows that high-value products can be manufactured in the form of a cobalt-manganese-bromide (CMB) liquid catalyst by simultaneously recovering cobal...

Exopolysaccharides (EPSs) are high-molecular-weight carbohydrates with a wide range of biophysiological activities, such as antioxidant activity, immunostimulatory activity, antitumor activity, hepatoprotective activity, and antifatigue effects. In the present work, two water-soluble EPSs, namel...

The spleen is a crucial lymphoid organ. It is involved in the recruitment of various immunocytes to their correct locations using specific chemokines, but little is known concerning the role of type-I interferon (IFN) in the regulation of chemokines. In this study, we first used protein microarr...

PIDs are the most widely used controllers in industrial applications. This particular interest generates on-going research regarding simplified tuning methods appealing to the industrial user. Such methods refer also to a fast design of PID controllers in the absence of a mathematical model of t...

BackgroundChemokines and neutrophils, known as important players in the inflammatory cascade, also contribute to heart tissue recovery and scar formation after myocardial infarction (MI). The objective of this study was to determine the importance of ELR-containing CXC chemokine KC in neutrophil...

The sugarcane pre-sprouted plantlets (PSP) production system is an innovative method to enhance crop multiplication rates. This system is greenhouse-grown, where correct irrigation management is essential to maintain the production quality. The purpose of this study was to determine the water re...

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are known as neurotoxic chemicals and possibly alter animal behavior. We previously reported that PCB-exposure induced abnormal schooling behavior in Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes). This abnormal behavior might be caused by the functional alteration of central...

Microbial corrosion of the external surface of carbon steel pipes was investigated using sodium tungstate, sodium nitrite and zinc nitrite as individual and combined inhibitors. The study involved carbon steel pipes in contact with Acidithiobaccillus thiooxidan. Inhibitor efficiencies were deter...

Tungstate enrichment in aquatic systems may cause negative environmental and health effects. This study addresses tungstate removal from aqueous solution by nanocrystalline iowaite, an iron-bearing layered double hydroxide, which has not been used for treatment of tungstate-rich waters so far. T...

The photooxidation behaviour of polyglycerol (PG) has been studied under irradiation at long wavelengths (λ ⩾300 nm) at 40°C and in the presence of oxygen. Photoproducts have been identified by FTIR analysis coupled to chemical treatments and analysis of the gas phase was performed by mass spe...

Nanogels are water soluble cross-linked polymer networks with nanometer size dimensions that can be designed to incorporate different types of compounds and are promising carrier systems for drugs and biological molecules. In this study, the interactions of thermoresponsive nanogels (tNGs) with ...

One of hyperbranched polymers is developed as a novel nanoscale initiator to enhance the heat sink of endothermic hydrocarbon fuels to meet the great cooling requirement of hypersonic aircrafts. In this work, the hyperbranched polyglycerol (HPG) is treated with palmitoyl chloride to obtain a fue...

Electrospinning is a suitable method to produce scaffolds composed of nanoscale to microscale fibers, which are comparable to the extracellular matrix (ECM). Hyperbranched polyglycerol (HPGL) is a highly biocompatible polyether polyol potentially useful for the design of fibrous scaffolds mimick...

In this paper we report a novel approach to generate biodegradable polyglycerol nanogels on different length scales. We developed a mild, surfactant free inverse nanoprecipitation process to template hydrophilic polyglycerol nanoparticles. In situ crosslinking of the precipitated nanoparticles b...

Hyperbranched polyglycerol (HyPG; Mn 2000 g/mol) was derivatized with glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) in dimethyl sulfoxide using 4-(N,N-dimethylamino)pyridine as a catalyst to obtain methacrylated HyPG (HyPG-MA). The degree of substitution (DS, the percentage of derivatized hydroxyl groups), establ...

Synthesis of adsorbents that simultaneously possess high adsorption performance and convenient separation characteristic remains a big challenge. Herein, we report a viable strategy to prepare hyperbranched polyglycerol (HPG)-based multi-carboxylic magnetic gel (MMG) based on the thiol-ene click...

Hyperbranched polyglycerol and acrylic acid were polymerized into smart hydrogel for enzyme immobilization. Lipase from Aspergillus oryzae was selected as model enzyme. Highest enzyme loading amount of 78.93 mg/g and relative enzyme activity of 67.02% were observed. The immobilized enzyme was fu...

Hyperbranched polyglycerols find increasing usage in biomedicine owing to their excellent biocompatibility like polysaccharides. To prepare hydrogels, they are cross-linked mainly by treating with toxic epoxy reagents. Here we suggest a one-stage nontoxic procedure for the jellification of aqueo...

Polyglycerol (PG), a flexible hydrophilic aliphatic polyether polyol, has been explored as a promising candidate for drug delivery purposes driven by its biocompatibility, low immunogenicity, and low toxicity. Considering the fact that PG shows advantages over its polyether analog poly(ethylene ...

The iron - lanthanum mixed oxyhydroxide (FLMOH) and chitosan engraved iron - lanthanum mixed oxyhydroxide materials (CSFLMOH) were prepared successfully and utilized for the hexavalent chromium adsorption studies. The physicochemical properties of pristine and Cr(VI) treated adsorbents were char...