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The nanoporous morphology of photopolymerized crosslinked polyacrylamide hydrogelsWang, Jian 15 May 2009 (has links)
Nanoporous polymer hydrogels offer a desirable combination of mechanical,
optical, and transport characteristics that have placed them at the core of a variety of
biomedical technologies including engineered tissue scaffolds, substrates for controlled
release of pharmaceutical compounds, and sieving matrices for electrophoretic
separation of DNA and proteins. Ultimately, we would like to obtain a detailed picture
of the nanoscale pore morphology and understand how it can be manipulated so that we
can rationally identify gel formulations best suited for a specific application. But this
goal has proven elusive because the most fundamental descriptors of the pore network
architecture (e.g., the average pore size and its polydispersity) are particularly difficult to
measure in polymer hydrogels.
Here we introduce an approach that enables both the mean pore size and the pore
size distribution to be quantitatively determined without prior knowledge of any physical
material parameters A novel technique to prepare TEM samples was developed so that
the nanoscale hydrogel pore size, pore shape and distribution are clearly visualized and quantitatively studied for the first time. The pore sizes of the hydrogel are also estimated
with rheology. A new fixture is used in the rheometer and the whole polymerization
process can be directly studied using an in-situ rheology experiment. A series of
thermoporometry experiments are also conducted, and suitable methods and equations to
study hydrogel pore size and distribution are chosen. The pore size derived from TEM,
rheology, DSC is compared and their values are self-consistent. These techniques help
us understand how the nanoporous morphology of crosslinked polyacrylamide hydrogels
is influenced by their chemical composition and polymerization conditions.
It is interesting to find hydrogels with similar pore size but different distribution.
For two hydrogels with similar pore size, the broader the distribution, the faster the
release rate and the higher the accumulated release percentage. So we can control the
release of trapped molecules by simply varying the hydrogel pore size distribution. This
discovery would have a very promising potential in the application of pharmaceuticals.
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Reducing turbidity of construction site runoff via coagulation with polyacrylamide and chitosanRounce, David Robert 09 July 2012 (has links)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is in the process of developing a nationwide standard for turbidity in construction site runoff. It is widely expected that this standard cannot be met with conventional erosion and sediment control measures; consequently, innovative practices for managing sediment on construction sites must be developed. The objective of this research was to develop an understanding of how soil characteristics and polymer properties affect the amount of turbidity reduction that can be achieved through flocculation. The polymers used were PAMs, a proprietary product, and chitosan. The charge density of the PAMs ranged from 0% to 50% and the molecular weights ranged from 0.2 to 14 Mg/mol. A protocol for creating modified synthetic stormwater runoff for soil samples was developed and used on soils from seven construction sites. Particle size distributions were used to compare the modified synthetic stormwater runoff with grab samples of stormwater from one site and showed the synthetic runoff was representative of the actual runoff. Flocculation tests were performed on the synthetic runoffs with PAM and chitosan doses from 0.03 to 10 mg/L. The non-ionic PAM, proprietary product, and chitosan were found to be the most effective at reducing the turbidity of all the synthetic runoff below 200 NTU. The high molecular weight anionic PAMs were effective on only two of the seven synthetic runoff samples. Hardness tests were performed indicating interparticle bridging to be the bonding mechanism of the PAM. Electrophoretic mobility tests were performed on two of the soil suspensions and indicated the bonding mechanism of PAM to be interparticle bridging, and the bonding mechanism of chitosan to be a combination of charge neutralization and interparticle bridging. Tests showed as the charge density of the PAM increased, their effectiveness decreased. / text
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Amperometric DNA sensing using wired enzyme based electrodesZhang, Yongchao 28 August 2008 (has links)
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A metaproteomics-based method for environmental assessment : A pilot studyFröberg, Henric January 2013 (has links)
Metaproteomics, as a proteomic approach to analyse environmental samples, is a new and expanding field of research. The field promises new ways of determining the status of the organisms present in a sample, and could provide additional information compared to metagenomics. Being a novel field of research, robust methods and protocols have not yet been established. In this thesis, we examine several methods for a reliable extraction of protein from soil and periphyton samples. The extraction should preferably be fast, compatible with downstream analysis by mass spectrometry and extract proteins in proportion to their presence in the original sample. A variety of methods and buffers were used to extract proteins from soil and periphyton samples. Concentration determinations showed that all of these methods extracted enough protein for further analysis. For purification and digestion of the samples, several methods were used. The purified samples were analysed on three different mass spectrometers, with the Orbitrap Velos Pro delivering the best results. The results were matched against four genomic and metagenomic databases for identification of proteins, of which the UniProt/SwissProt database gave the best result. A maximum of 52 proteins were identified from periphyton samples when searching against UniProt/SwissProt with strict settings, of which the majority were highly conserved proteins. The main limitation for this type of work is currently the lack of proper metagenomic databases.
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2D-PAGE analysis of myocardial collagen in male and female spontaneously hypertensive rats /Fulton, Benjamin L. January 2008 (has links)
Thesis (M.S.)--Youngstown State University, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 50-53). Also available via the World Wide Web in PDF format.
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Étude de la composition des particules des lipoprotéines de faible densité et des déterminants de leur taille /Dumont, Geneviève, January 2008 (has links)
Thèse (M.Sc.)--Université Laval, 2008. / Bibliogr.: f. [60]-74. Publié aussi en version électronique dans la Collection Mémoires et thèses électroniques.
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Amperometric DNA sensing using wired enzyme based electrodesZhang, Yongchao, Heller, Adam, January 2003 (has links) (PDF)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2003. / Supervisor: Adam Heller. Vita. Includes bibliographical references. Also available from UMI.
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Influence of raindrop energy on polyacrylamide effectiveness /Mattingly, Christina A. January 2004 (has links)
Thesis (M.S.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2004. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 84-88). Also available on the Internet.
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The study of polymers in geometrically confined states by the thermal analysis, the spectroscopic study, and the morphological investigation /Lu, Xiaolin. January 2004 (has links)
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available in electronic version.
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Influence of raindrop energy on polyacrylamide effectiveness /Mattingly, Christina A. January 2004 (has links)
Thesis (M.S.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2004. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 84-88). Also available on the Internet.
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