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    Surface roughness modulates the local production of growth factors and cytokines by osteoblast-like MG-63 cells (1996)
    Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Biomedical Materials Research 32 (1996), S. 55-63 
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    ISSN: 0021-9304
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Medicine , Technology
    Notes: Titanium (Ti) surface roughness affects proliferation, differentiation, and matrix production of MG-63 osteoblast-like cells. Cytokines and growth factors produced in the milieu surrounding an implant may also be influenced by its surface, thereby modulating the healing process. This study examined the effect of surface roughness on the production of two factors known to have potent effects on bone, prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) and transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1). MG-63 cells were cultured on Ti disks of varying roughness. The surfaces were ranked from smoothest to roughest: electropolished (EP), pretreated with hydrofluoric acid-nitric acid (PT), fine sand-blasted, etched with HCl and H2SO4, and washed (EA), coarse sand-blasted, etched with HCl and H2SO4, and washed (CA), and Ti plasma-sprayed (TPS). Cells were cultured in 24-well polystyrene (plastic) dishes as controls and to determine when confluence was achieved. Media were collected and cell number determined 24 h postconfluence. PGE2 and TGF-β1 levels in the conditioned media were determined using commercial radioimmunoassay and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kits, respectively. There was an inverse relationship between cell number and Ti surface roughness. Total PGE2 content in the media of cultures grown on the three roughest surfaces (FA, CA, and TPS) was significantly increased 1.5-4.0 times over that found in media of cultures grown on plastic or smooth surfaces. When PGE2 production was expressed per cell number, CA and TPS cultures exhibited six- to eightfold increases compared to cultures on plastic and smooth surfaces. There was a direct relationship between TGF-β1 production and surface roughness, both in terms of total TGF-β1 per culture and when normalized for cell number. TGF-β1 production on rough surfaces (CA and TPS) was three to five times higher than on plastic. These studies indicate that substrate surface roughness affects cytokine and growth factor production by MG-63 cells, suggesting that surface roughness may modulate the activity of cells interacting with an implant, and thereby affect tissue healing and implant success. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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    Effect of titanium surface roughness on chondrocyte proliferation, matrix production, and differentiation depends on the state of cell maturation (1996)
    Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Biomedical Materials Research 30 (1996), S. 145-155 
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    ISSN: 0021-9304
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Medicine , Technology
    Notes: Although it is well accepted that implant success is dependent on various surface properties, little is known about the effect of surface roughness on cell metabolism or differentiation, or whether the effects vary with the maturational state of the cells interacting with the implant. In the current study, we examined the effect of titanium (Ti) surface roughness on chondrocyte proliferation, differentiation, and matrix synthesis using cells derived from known stages of endochondral development. Chondrocytes derived from the resting zone (RCs) and growth zone (GCs) of rat costochondral cartilage were cultured on Ti disks that were prepared as follows: HF-HNO3-treated and washed (PT); PT-treated and electropolished (EP); fine sand-blasted, HCl-H2SO4-etched, and washed (FA); coarse sand-blasted, HCl-H2SO4-etched, and washed (CA); or Ti plasma-sprayed (TPS). Based on surface analysis, the Ti surfaces were ranked from smoothest to roughest: EP, PT, FA, CA, and TPS. Cell proliferation was assessed by cell number and [3H]-thymidine incorporation, and RNA synthesis was assessed by [3H]-uridine incorporation. Differentiation was determined by alkaline phosphatase specific activity (AL-Pase). Matrix production was measured by [3H]-proline incorporation into collagenase-digestible (CDP) and noncollagenase-digestible (NCP) protein and by [35S]-sulfate incorporation into proteoglycan. GCs required two trypsinizations for complete removal from the culture disks; the number of cells released by the first trypsinization was generally decreased with increasing surface roughness while that released by the second trypsinization was increased. In RC cultures, cell number was similarly decreased on the rougher surfaces; only minimal numbers of RCs were released by a second trypsinization. [3H]-thymidine incorporation by RCs decreased with increasing surface roughness while that by GCs was increased. [3H]-Uridine incorporation by both GCs and RCs was greater on rough surfaces. Conversely, ALPase in the cell layer and isolated cells of both cell types was significantly decreased. GC CDP and NCP production was significantly decreased on rough surfaces while CDP production by RC cells was significantly decreased on smooth surfaces. [35S]-sulfate incorporation by RCs and GCs was decreased on all surfaces compared to tissue culture plastic. The results of this study indicate that surface roughness affects chondrocyte proliferation, differentiation, and matrix synthesis, and that this regulation is cell maturation dependent. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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    LC multiblock copolymers containing polysulfone segments. I. Synthesis and morphology (1996)
    New York, NY [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Applied Polymer Science 62 (1996), S. 1819-1833 
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    ISSN: 0021-8995
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics , Physics
    Notes: Multiblock copolymers offer the possibility to combine the properties of different polymers. Thus, new materials with tailor-made unique properties are available by coupling of different suitable polymeric segments. The goal of the work discussed in this paper was to combine advantageous properties of liquid-crystalline polymers (LCP) with those of polysulfone (PSU). Therefore, liquid crystalline poly(ethylene terephthalate-co-1,4-oxybenzoates) were connected with PSU oligomers. Chemically homogeneous multiblock copolymers with high molecular weight were obtained by a melt transesterification procedure. It was demonstrated by wide angle x-ray scattering (WAXS), polarizing microscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) that the properties of the multiblock copolymers (solid phase structure, phase behavior, morphology, glass transition, and melting behavior) can be balanced by the segment length of the incorporated blocks. The investigations clearly reveal the existence of a two-phase structure. However, a change of properties compared to the corresponding homopolymers refers to certain interactions between the phase due to the chemical connection of the LCP and PSU segments. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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    Characterization of PTFE on Silicon Wafer Tribological Transfer Films by XPS, Imaging XPS and AFM (1996)
    Chichester [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Surface and Interface Analysis 24 (1996), S. 204-210 
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    ISSN: 0142-2421
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Physics
    Notes: Atomic force microscopy (AFM) shows that PTFE-on-silicon wafer tribological transfer films consist of narrow ribbons of PTFE, 〈1 μm wide and 〈10 nm high, aligned with the film draw direction. Within the ribbons the PTFE molecular chains are also aligned with the draw direction. Such materials are of interest as substrates for the epitaxial crystallization of polymers and small molecules. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy demonstrates that the amount of PTFE put down increases with deposition temperature and pressure. The XPS azimuthal angle dependence at low electron take-off angle is consistent with the aligned ribbon morphology. Azimuthal and polar angle dependence and charging studies show that hydrocarbon contamination observed in the XPS spectrum is located on top of the silicon wafer substrate, in the channels between the PTFE ribbons. Imaging XPS confirms the pressure dependence of PTFE coverage, and at low deposition pressure reveals tracks of PTFE ∽100 μm wide, aligned with the film draw direction. Together with the AFM data this leads to a description of PTFE transfer films as fractal materials.
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    Zwitterionic polymerization of 1-[4-[(4-hydroxy-1-naphthyl)thio]butyl]quinuclidinium hydroxide inner salt (1996)
    Bognor Regis [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry 34 (1996), S. 801-809 
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    ISSN: 0887-624X
    Keywords: zwitterion ; hydroxide inner salt ; polymerization ; Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: The zwitterion, 1-[4-[(4-hydroxy-1-naphthyl)thio]butyl]quinuclidinium hydroxide inner salt, was synthesized from tetrahydro-1-(4-hydroxy-1-naphthyl)thiophenium hydrochloride and quinuclidine and characterized by NMR and IR spectroscopy. Polymerization of the zwitterion was studied over the temperature range 175-225°C. The polymer was identified as poly(1,4-piperidinediylethyleneoxy-1,4-naphthylenethiotetramethylene) based on NMR and IR spectroscopy. The polymer was found to contain 3-butenylthio and 4-hydroxy-1-naphthyl end groups. Based on the signal area of the olefinic end group, the polymer M⊼n varied between 8500 and 13,000. The highest molecular weight was achieved at the lowest temperature, indicating that termination became more favored at higher temperature. A mechanism is proposed to describe the polymerization. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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    The polymerization rate of freshly nucleated particles during emulsion polymerization with micellar nucleation (1996)
    Bognor Regis [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry 34 (1996), S. 1747-1751 
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    ISSN: 0887-624X
    Keywords: emulsion polymerization ; particle nucleation ; radical desorption ; Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: A simple procedure was developed to account for the contribution of freshly nucleated particles to the total polymerization rate during micellar nucleation. It has been shown that the polymerization rate of the freshly nucleated particles cannot be described by a steady-state solution for a radical population balance over the particle size distribution, i.e., the classical Smith-Ewart recursion relation. Once nucleated, the particles grow for a significant period of time with one radical before either radical desorption or radical absorption, followed by instantaneous bimolecular termination, occur. For most emulsion polymerizations, radical desorption is the dominant process for radical loss of the freshly nucleated particles. A relation for the mean time that the freshly nucleated particles grow with one radical was derived. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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    Laserschweißeignung unterschiedlicher amorpher Cobaltbasis-Legierungen (1996)
    Weinheim : Wiley-Blackwell
    Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik 27 (1996), S. 531-539 
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    ISSN: 0933-5137
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
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    Light scattering studies of supercoiled and nicked DNA (1996)
    New York : Wiley-Blackwell
    Biopolymers 38 (1996), S. 535-552 
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    ISSN: 0006-3525
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Static and dynamic light scattering measurements were made of solutions of pGem1a plasmids (3730 base pairs) in the relaxed circular (nicked) and supercoiled forms. The static structure factor and the spectrum of decay modes in the autocorrelation function were examined in order to determine the salient differences between the behaviors of nicked DNA and supercoiled DNA. The concentrations studied are within the dilute regime, which is to say that the structure and dynamics of an isolated DNA molecule were probed. Static light scattering measurements yielded estimates for the molecular weight M, second virial coefficient A2, and radius of gyration RG. For the nicked DNA, M = (2.8 ± 0.4) × 106g/mol, A2 = (0.9 ± 0.2) × 10-3 mol cm3/g2, and RG = 90 ± 3 nm were obtained. For the supercoiled DNA, M = (2.5 ± 0.4) × 106 g/mol, A2 = (1.2 ± 0.2) × 10-3 mol cm3/g2, and RG = 82 ± 2.5 nm were obtained. The static structure factors for the nicked and supercoiled DNA were found to superpose when they were scaled by the radius of gyration. The intrinsic stiffness of DNA was evident in the static light scattering data.Homodyne intensity autocorrelation functions were collected for both DNAs at several angles, or scattering vectors. At the smallest scattering vectors the probe size was comparable to the longest intramolecular distance, while at the largest scattering vectors the probe size was smaller than the persistence length of the DNA. Values of the self-diffusion coefficients D were obtained from the low-angle data. For the nicked DNA, D = (2.9 ± 0.3) × 10-8 cm2/s, and for the supercoiled DNA, D = (4.11 ± 0.21) × 10-8 cm2/s. The contribution to the correlation function from the internal dynamics of the DNA was seen to result in a strictly bimodal decay function. The rates of the faster mode Γint, reached plateau values at low angles. For the nicked DNA, Γint = 2500 ± 500 s-1, and for the supercoiled DNA, Γint = 5000 ± 500 s-1. These rates correspond to the slowest internal relaxation modes of the DNAs. The dependence of the relaxation rates on scattering vector was monitored with the aid of cumulants analysis and compared with theoretical predictions for the semiflexible ring molecule. The internal mode rates and the dependence of the cumulants moments reflected the difference between the nicked DNA and the supercoiled DNA dynamical behavior. The supercoiled DNA behavior seen here indicates that conformational dynamics might play a larger role in DNA behavior than is suggested by the notion of a branched interwound structure. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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    Molecular structure and mechanisms of action of cyclic and linear ion transport antibiotics (1996)
    New York : Wiley-Blackwell
    Biopolymers 40 (1996), S. 141-155 
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    ISSN: 0006-3525
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Ionophores are antibiotics that induce ion transport across natural and artificial membranes. The specific function of a given ionophore depends upon its selectivity and the kinetics of ion capture, transport, and release. Systematic studies of complexed and uncomplexed forms of linear and cyclic ionophores provide insight into molecular mechanisms of ion capture and release and the basis for ion selectivity. The cyclic dodecadepsipeptide valinomycin, cyclo[(L-Val-D-Hyi-D-Val-L-Lac)3-]. transports potassium ions across cellular membrane bilayers selectively. The x-ray crystallographic and nmr spectroscopic data concerning the structures of Na+, K+, and Ba+2 complexes are consistent and provide a rationale for the K+ selectivity of valinomycin. Three significantly different conformations of valinomycin are observed in anhydrous crystals, in hydrated crystals grown from dimethylsulfoxide, and in crystals grown from dioxane. Each of these conformations suggests a different mechanism of ion capture. One of the observed conformations has an elliptical structure stabilized by four 4 ← 1 intramolecular hydrogen bonds and two 5 ← 1 hydrogen bonds. Ion capture could be readily achieved by disruption of the 5 ← 1 hydrogen bonds to permit coordination to a potassium ion entering the cavity. The conformation found in crystals obtained from dimethyl sulfoxide is an open flower shape having three petals and three 4 ← 1 hydrogen bonds. Complexation could proceed by a closing up of the three petals of the flower around the desolvating ion. In the third form, water molecules reside in the central cavity of a bracelet structure having six 4 ← 1 hydrogen bonds. Two of these bracelets stack over one another with their valine-rich faces surrounding a dioxane molecule. The stacked molecules form a channel approximately 20 Å in length, suggesting that under certain circumstances valinomycin might function as a channel. A series of analogues of valinomycin differing in ring composition and size have been synthesized and their transport properties tested. Peptide substitution and chiral variation in the dodecadepsipeptide can result in stabilization or modification of the different conformers. While contraction of the ring size results in loss of ion transport properties, expansion of the ring size permits complexation of larger ions and small positively charged molecules.Gramicidin A is a pentadecapeptide that functions as a transmembrane channel for transporting monovalent cations. Crystal structures of the cesium chloride complex and two uncomplexed forms of gramicidin A have been reported. In all three structures the gramicidin A molecule is a left-handed, antiparallel, double-stranded helical dimer. In the cesium complex the β7.2-helix has 6.4 residues per turn with an internal cavity large enough to accommodate cesium ions. In the uncomplexed structures the channel is 31 Å long and has 5.6 amino acids per turn. Because the helix is too tightly wound to permit ion transport, ion transport would require breaking and reforming of hydrogen bonds. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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    Synthesis and properties of chelate polymers of Cu(II), Ni(II), Co(II), Mn(II) and Zn(II) with a schiff's base of 5,5′-methylene-bis(3,3′-dinitrosalicylaldehyde) with 1,6-hexanediamine (1996)
    Weinheim : Wiley-Blackwell
    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 234 (1996), S. 13-20 
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    ISSN: 0003-3146
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Physics
    Description / Table of Contents: Es wird über die Synthese, die Charakterisierung und die Koordinationseigenschaften der im Titel genannten Polymerliganden berichtet. Die polymeren Chelate wurden durch Polykondensation von Übergangsmetallionen (M) mit polymeren Schiffschen Basen (L) hergestellt. Die Analysenergebnisse weisen auf eine Formel (ML)n für die Chelate hin. Die Polychelate sind stabil und unlöslich in gebräuchlichen organischen Lösemitteln. Die geometrische Anordnung der Liganden um das zentrale Metallion wird auf der Basis von Messungen der magnetischen Suszeptibilitäten und UV-Reflexionsspektren beschrieben. Die Ligandenfeldaufspaltungsparameter 10 Dq, der interelektronische Abstoßungsparameter B, der nephelauxetrische Parameter β und die Ligandenfeldaufspaltungsenergien wurden für die Ni(II)- und Co(II)-Chelate berechnet. Alle Chelate sind gegenüber mäßig konzentrierten Säuren und verdiinntem Alkali bei Umgebungstemperaturen bestandig und zeigen unterschiedliche thermische Stabilität. IR-Spektren zufolge ist der Ligand in der Regel über die Carbonylsauerstoffatome (C=O) und die phenolischen OH-Gruppen unter Austausch der Wasserstoffionen durch die Metallionen koordiniert.
    Notes: The synthesis, characterization and coordination aspects of the title polymer ligands are reported. The polymeric chelates were prepared by polycondensations of transition metal ions (M) with a poly(Schiff's base) (L). The analytical data propose a (ML)n formula for the chelates. All the polychelates are stable and insoluble in common organic solvents. The geometry around the central metal ion in each chelate is proposed on the basis of measurements of magnetic susceptibilities and UV reflectance spectra. The ligand field splitting parameters 10 Dq, the interelectronic repulsion parameter B, the nephelauxetric parameter β and ligand field splitting energies (L.F.S.E.) have been calculated for Ni(II) and Co(II) chelates. All chelates are resistant to moderately concentrated acids and dilute alkalies at ambient temperature. They exhibit thermal stabilities to varying degrees. IR spectra show that the ligand usually coordinates via the carbonyl oxygen (C=O) and the phenolic OH with replacement of hydrogen by metal ions.
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