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“A series of nanofibrous scaffolds were prepared by electrospinning of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA)/gelatin aqueous solution. PVA and gelatin was dissolved MGCD0103 in vivo in pure water and blended in full range, then being electrospun to prepared nanofibers, followed by being crosslinked with glutaraldehyde vapor and heat treatment to form nanofibrous scaffold.
Field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM) images of the nanofibers manifested that the fiber average diameters decreased from 290 to 90 nm with the increasing of gelatin. In vitro degradation rates of the nanofibers were also correlated with the composition and physical properties of electrospinning solutions. Cytocompatibility of the scaffolds was evaluated
by cells morphology and MTT assay. The FESEM images revealed that NIH 3T3 fibroblasts spread and elongated actively on the scaffolds with spindle-like and star-type shape. The results of cell attachment and proliferation on the nanofibrous scaffolds suggested that the cytotoxicity of all samples are grade 1 or grade 0, indicating that the material had sound biosafety as biomaterials. Compared with pure PVA and gelatin scaffolds, the hybrid ones possess improved biocompatibility and controllability. These results indicate that the PVA/gelatin nanofibrous have potential as skin scaffolds or wound dressing. (C) 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 121: check details buy Bafilomycin A1 3047-3055, 2011″
“We have investigated the availability of liquid crystalline thin films as a precursor of quality polycrystalline thin films for organic field effect transistors
(OFETs) by solution process. The experiments of spin-coating at various temperatures proved that the morphology of resulting polycrystalline thin films at room temperature strongly depend on what the films immediately after spin-coating and solvent evaporation at those temperatures were, i.e., crystal, liquid crystal, or isotropic liquid. The polycrystalline films spin-coated at the temperatures for crystal and isotropic liquid phases were much roughened owing to many small crystal flakes and droplets. On the other hand, the thin films spin-coated at liquid crystal temperatures were very uniform in a whole area and showed high FET mobility having a small variation from device to device. (C) 2011 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3563586]“
“Background: The delta-5 and delta-6 desaturases, encoded by the FADS1 and FADS2 genes, are rate-limiting enzymes in polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) biosynthesis. Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the FADS gene cluster region have been associated with both PUFA concentrations in plasma or erythrocyte membrane phospholipids and cholesterol concentrations in recent genome-wide association studies.