PLASTICS to-day enjoy wide use in many fields, and it is natural that the possibility of their employment in permanent contact with living tissues has been seriously considered. A study of the ...

Meanwhile, multiple dry bands induce multi-arcs properties similar to those of RTV surfaces. For the arc development stage, this paper proposes a model for multi-arcs development applicable to ...

Typically, the hydrophilic head of a lipid points one way while its two hydrophobic tails point in the other, but by having the tails alternate like this, the lipids are more tightly packed ...

isolation of drugs from the surrounding environment and the ability to entrap both hydrophilic and hydrophobic drugs. Through the addition of agents to the lipid membrane, or the alteration of the ...

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are synthetic chemicals with exceptional chemical stability and unique ...

Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa Centre for Health and Life Sciences, Coventry University, Coventry CV1 2DS, United ...

Cell penetrating peptides expand pivotal roles in oncology, neurology, and immunotherapy, connecting specialized carriers ...

CAS Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Materials and Interfacial Science, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P.R. China School of Future Technology, ...

More intensive research and more sensitive methodologies will indicate lipids that modulate the ... controlled studies using a lipophilic and hydrophilic statin in double-blind fashion in selected ...

The Structural and Functional Diversity of Peptides Studies suggest that peptides may exhibit remarkable diversity in structure and function, which arises from variations in amino acid composition, ...