3715 results about "Polyethylenimine" patented technology

A method for reducing odor is provided. The method comprises forming a coordination complex between a transition metal and a polydentate compound, and contacting the coordinated complex with an odorous compound. The transition metal provides one or more active sites for capturing the odorous compound. In some embodiments, the polydentate compound may be a polyalkylimine, such as polyethyleneimine, polypropyleneimine, or a dendrimer thereof.

A biodegradable cross-linked cationic multi-block copolymer of linear polyethylenimine (LPEI) wherein the LPEI blocks are linked together by hydrophilic linkers with a biodegradable disulfide bond and methods of making thereof. The biodegradable cross-linked cationic multi-block copolymer may also contain pendant functional moieties which are preferably receptor ligands, membrane permeating agents, endosomolytic agents, nuclear localization sequences, pH sensitive endosomolytic peptides, chromogenic or fluorescent dyes.

One aspect of the present invention generally relates to methods of sealing a wound or tissue plane or filling a void splace. In a preferred embodiment, the wound is an ophthalmic, pleural or dural wound. In certain instances, the compositions used to seal the wound or tissue plane comprises a polyalkyleneamine. In a preferred embodiment, the polyalkyleneamine is polyethyleneimine. Treatment of the polyethyleneimine with a cross-linking reagent causes the polyethyleneimine polymers to polymerize forming a seal. In certain instances, the cross-linking reagent is a polyethylene glycol having reactive terminal groups. In certain instances, the reactive terminal groups are activated esters, such as N-hydroxy succinimide ester. In certain instances, the reactive terminal groups are isocyanates. In certain instances, the polyethyleneimine has a lysine, cysteine, isocysteine or other nucleophilic group attached to the periphery of the polymer. In certain instances, the polyethyleneimine is mixed with a second polymer, such as a polyethylene glycol containing nucleophilic groups. In certain instances, the compositions used to seal the wound or tissue plane are formed by reacting a polyalkyleneamine bearing electrophilic groups with a cross-linking reagent containing nucleophilic groups. In certain instances, the electrophilic groups on the polyalkyleneamine are activated esters, such as N-hydroxy succinimide ester. In certain instances, the compositions used to seal the wound or tissue plane are formed by reacting a polyalkyleneamine bearing photopolymerizable groups with ultraviolet or visibile light. Compositions used to seal the wound which contain PEI or a derivative of PEI are found to adhere tightly to the tissue. Other aspects of the present invention relate to methods of filling a void of a patient or adhering tissue. In certain instances, the methods use a polyalkyleneamine. In a preferred embodiment, the polyalkyleneamine is polyethyleneimine. Another aspect of the present invention relates to a polymeric composition formed by exposing a polyalkyleneamine to an activated polyalkylene glycol. In certain instances, the composition is attached to mammalian tissue.

There are provided amphiphilic biodegradable block copolymers comprising polyethylenimine (PEI) as a hydrophilic block and aliphatic polyesters as a hydrophobic block, which can form various size of polymer aggregates and have very low critical micelle concentration, approximately 10-3 g / l in comparison with low-molecular-weight micelle, and self-assembled polymer aggregates formed from the block copolymers in aqueous milieu, which can be applied to solubilization of insoluble drug and a delivery system of proteins, genes or drugs.

Bioscaffoldings formed of hydrogels that are crosslinked in situ in an infarcted region of the heart (myocardium) by a Michael's addition reaction or by a disulfide bond formed by an oxidative process are described. Each of the bioscaffoldings described includes hyaluronan as one of the hydrogel components and the other component is selected from collagen, collagen-laminin, poly-l-lysine, and fibrin. The bioscaffolding may further include an alginate component. The bioscaffoldings may have biofunctional groups such as angiogenic factors and stem cell homing factors bound to the collagen, collagen-laminin, poly-l-lysine, or fibrinogen hydrogel component. In particular, the biofunctional groups may be PR11, PR39, VEGF, bFGF, a polyarginine / DNA plasmid complex, or a DNA / polyethyleneimine (PEI) complex. Additionally, the hydrogel components may be injected into the infarct region along with stem cells and microspheres containing stem cell homing factors. The bioscaffolding may be formed on a stent or a cardiac medical device.

A method for producing methanol and dimethyl ether using the air as the sole source of materials is disclosed. The invention relates to a method for separating the water (i.e., the moisture in the air) and carbon dioxide content of atmospheric air for their use in the subsequent production of methanol, dimethyl ether and derived synthetic hydrocarbons as products. The method includes the conversion of carbon dioxide and water under conditions sufficient to produce methanol and / or dimethyl ether. Methanol and / or dimethyl ether can be used as fuel or fuel additives or further converted to synthetic hydrocarbons and their products. Carbon dioxide is captured on a suitable absorbent, preferentially polyethyleneimine supported on nano-structured fumed silica. The process can also involve hydrogenation with hydrogen produced by electrolysis of water obtained from the air or from any other water source. Methanol can be dehydrated to produce dimethyl ether or further processed to produce synthetic hydrocarbons, polymers, and products derived from them by other known methods.

The present invention relates to polymeric shading dye and their use in laundry applications. The polymers are polyethylene imines and the dyes are reactive dyes.

The invention discloses a preparation method of a hydrophilic antimicrobial film of which the surface is coated with dopamine and polyethyleneimine cations. The preparation method comprises the following steps that a base film is prepared, the base film is immersed in a dopamine solution, a polydopamine layer is formed on the surface of the base film by dopamine auto-agglutination, and the polydopamine layer and a polyethyleneimine aqueous solution undergo a reaction so that the hydrophilic antimicrobial film is prepared by the cationization reaction. The preparation method is simple and easy and has mild reaction conditions. The prepared hydrophilic antimicrobial film has excellent hydrophilicity and antibacterial properties, reduces adherence of microbes such as organic matters and bacteria, has a bacterium killing capability and prolongs a film service life.

The present invention provides thermosetting aqueous binder compositions of (i) one or more diprimary diamine, e.g. lysine, or poly(primary amine), e.g. polyethylenimine and tris(2-aminoethyl)amine, and (ii) one or more 5-carbon reducing sugar, such as xylose. The binders are at least substantially formaldehyde free and cure rapidly at temperatures sufficiently low and with sufficiently little swelling to enable one to provide wood or woody material containing articles, such as particle board, oriented strand board and bamboo boards or articles.

The invention discloses a composite with an adsorption-visible light catalytic degradation synergistic effect and a preparation method and application thereof. The preparation method includes the specific steps that firstly, a bismuth oxyiodide / bismuth oxychloride composite nano-particle loaded activated carbon fiber composite ACF@BiOIxCl1-x is synthesized; then, the fiber surface is grafted with polyethyleneimine, and the end composite PEI-g-ACF@BiOIxCl1-x is obtained. The composite can rapidly adsorb pollutants in water, and meanwhile the pollutants are efficiently degraded with a photocatalyst loaded on the surface of the composite; besides, the purpose of recycling and reusing the photocatalyst is achieved, the comprehensive treatment capability of the composite is improved, the service life of the composite is prolonged, and the use cost is lowered.

The invention provides a metal organic framework material used for absorbing and separating CO2 and a preparation method thereof. The metal organic framework material is a rigid metal carboxyl compound cluster-like structure which is formed by transition metal ions and multidentate organic ligands through covalent bonds and intermolecular forces. An amine polymer is modified on the metal organic framework material; and the metal organic framework material used for absorbing and separating the CO2 has a specific surface area of 1,000 to 1,200 m<2> / g, and a pore volume of 0.4 to 0.6 cm<3> / g. The preparation method comprises the following steps of: respectively dissolving the nitrate, the chloride or the carbonate of copper or zinc and 1,3,5-trimesic acid together in a stoichiometric ratio in water or an organic solvent; mixing uniformly and sufficiently to react to obtain a BTC bridged complex crystal; and applying a product obtained by reacting an obtained BTC bridged complex crystal with the solution of polyethyleneimine to the metal organic framework material used for absorbing and separating the CO2. The material can realize selective absorption of a gas under a low pressure.

The present provides a carrier molecule for transporting a polyanioic macromolecule such as a nucleic acid across a biological barrier of a cell. The carrier has a biocompatible backbone polymer with two or more polycationic polymer fragments covalently linked. In one embodiment, the backbone polymer is polyethylene glycol (PEG) and the polycationic polymer is polyethylenimine (PEI). The copolymer carrier molecule can be complexed with a polyanionic macromolecule such as a nucleic acid (NA). The NA / copolymer complex is stable in biological conditions by forming a special coreshell-like micelle structure. The nucleic acid can be rapidly released from the complex when biodegradation linker are used to bind the polycationic polymer fragments to the polymer backbone. The carriers and complexes of the invention can be used tin methods of delivering the polycainonic macromolecules to cells both in vitro and in vivo.

The present invention provides thermosetting aqueous binder compositions of one or more diprimary diamine, e.g. lysine, or poly(primary amine), e.g. polyethylenimine, and one or more reducing sugar in which the number of equivalents of primary amine relative to the number of equivalents of carbonyl groups in the reducing sugar ranges from 0.4:1 to 2:1, the binders being suitable for use on fiber, nonwoven, woven web and finely divided substrates. The binders are at least substantially formaldehyde free, need no polycarboxylic or polycarboxylate component, and yet provide excellent hot wet tensile strength when cured for as little time as a minute or less in use.

A method of preparing a crimped tow of cellulose acetate filaments comprising the steps of: a) providing cellulose acetate dope b) forming filaments (23) from the dope c) applying at least one additive to the filaments d) crimping the filaments to form a crimped tow wherein the at least one additive is capable of removing a component from cigarette smoke. Preferably, the component is a Hoffmann analyte. The additive may comprise a solution, liquid, emulsion or particulate material or combinations thereof. Preferably, the additive comprises an acidic compound or an alkaline compound. The additive may comprise malic acid, potassium carbonate, citric acid, tartaric acid, lactic acid, ascorbic acid, polyethyleneimine, cyclodextrin, sodium hydroxide, sulphamic acid, sodium sulphamate, polyvinyl acetate and carboxylated acrylate, carbon, silica, zeolite, clay, alumina, metal, molecular sieves or an ion exchange resin. The product tow can be processed on standard equipment to make efficient filter rods from which cigarette filter tips can be made which give significantly increased and selective retention of key smoke constituents.

The invention relates to an acid-resistant magnetic chitosan microsphere adsorbent as well as a preparation method and the application thereof, and in particular relates to acid-resistant magnetic chitosan microspheres which have the excellent absorption performance and recycling performance for acid waste water containing hexavalent chromium, a preparation method of the acid-resistant magnetic chitosan microspheres and the application of the acid-resistant magnetic chitosan microspheres. The preparation method of the acid-resistant magnetic chitosan microspheres comprises the following steps: (1) preparing Fe3O4 nano-particles modified by citric acid by using a coprecipitation method; (2) preparing single-coated magnetic SiO2 nano-particles by using a sodium silicate hydrolysis method or a sol-gel method; and (3) preparing the chitosan microspheres coated with magnetic SiO2 by taking chitosan powder as a raw material by adopting an emulsion crosslinking method. Furthermore, in order to further improve the adsorbing capacity of the microspheres, in the method, dendritic polyethylene imine is taken as a functional group for modifying the adsorbent, so that the modified chitosan microspheres can be obtained. The magnetic chitosan microspheres prepared by adopting the method not only have the excellent acid resistance, but also have the good absorption performance on Cr (VI) ions.

The present invention provides improved cell delivery compositions. In particular, the invention provides biocompatible endosomolytic agents. In a preferred embodiment, the endosomolytic agents are also biodegradable and can be broken down within cells into components that the cells can either reuse of dispose of. In one aspect, the present invention provides endosomolytic agents capable of effecting the lysis of an endosome in response to a change in pH, and methods for effecting the lysis of an endosome. These inventive endosomolytic agents obviate the need for known agents (i.e., chloroquine, fusogenic peptides, inactivated adenoviruses and polyethyleneimine) that can burst endosomes and have negative effects on cells. In another aspect, the present invention provides cell delivery compositions comprising an endosomolytic component that is capable of effecting the lysis of the endosome in response to a change in pH, and an encapsulating, or packaging, component capable of packaging a therapeutic agent to be delivered to cellular or subcellular components.

The present invention relates to a method and a wood preserving composition which comprises mixtures of a metal compound, complexing agents selected from ethanolamines, polyethylenimine, ammonia or a mixture of these compounds, and a vinyl based polymer selected from poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA), poly(acrylamide) (PA), poly(N-vinyl pyrrolidone) (PVP) and poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide) (PNIPAM). The resulting metal amine solution can then be used to formulate a variety of metal-based cellulosic material preserving products.

The invention discloses a preparation method of a positively charged composite nanofiltration membrane, belonging to the technical field of the membrane. The key technology comprises the processes of utilizing polyethyleneimine (PEI), chitosan quaternary ammonium salt, and nano TiO2 as water-phase film-forming materials; taking trimesoyl chloride (TMC) as an organic-phase film-forming material; taking ultrafiltration membranes such as polysulfone, polyether sulfone and sulfonated polyethersulfone as supported base membranes, and preparing the PEI / chitosan quaternary ammonium salt / TiO2 / TMC composite nano-filtration membranes by an interfacial polymerization method. The membrane has the advantages of high flux, high dye intercept rate, and low intercept rate of inorganic salt such as sodium sulfate and sodium chloride, can generate negative intercept phenomenon of salt when dye / salt system is separated, is high in dye and inorganic salt separating efficiency, and is suitable for desalination and purification of coarse liquid dye, especially the preparation of high-purity liquid dye for digital ink-jet printing.

A liquid laundry detergent for improved grease and oil cleaning having a lipase enzyme, a modified polyethyleneimine polymer and a liquid carrier.

A novel coating for medical devices provides nitric oxide delivery using nanofibers of linear poly(ethylenimine)diazeniumdiolate. Linear poly(ethylenimine)diazeniumdiolate releases nitric oxide (NO) in a controlled manner to tissues and organs to aid the healing process and to prevent injury to tissues at risk of injury. Electrospun nano-fibers of linear poly(ethylenimine) diazeniumdiolate deliver therapeutic levels of NO to the tissues surrounding a medical device while minimizing the alteration of the properties of the device. A nanofiber coating, because of the small size and large surface area per unit mass of the nanofibers, provides a much larger surface area per unit mass while minimizing changes in other properties of the device.

Polymers comprising a polyethylenimine, a biodegradable group, and a relatively hydrophobic group are useful for the delivery of bioactive agents to cells.

The invention relates to a medical hydrogel composition, a medical hydrogel as well as a preparation method and an application of the medical hydrogel. The medical hydrogel composition consists of a first component and a second component, wherein the first component includes polylysine and polyethyleneimine; the second component includes one or more of 4arm-polyethylene glycol-succinimidyl glutarate, 4arm-polyethylene glycol-succinimidyl succinate and 4arm-polyethylene glycol-succinimidyl carbonate, wherein the polymerization degree of the polylysine is above 20, preferably 25-35. The medical hydrogel disclosed by the invention is low in swelling degree, which is just 10-50%, and the medical hydrogel is applicable to narrow parts that cranial, spinal and peripheral nerves are densely distributed. In addition, the medical hydrogen disclosed by the invention is good in biocompatibility and is excellent in antibacterial property and biodegradability. Moreover, the medical hydrogel disclosed by the invention is also non-irritant to tissues.

A method of clarifying oily waste water comprising adding to the waste water an effective clarifying amount of one or more demulsifiers selected from the group consisting of dendritic polyamines, dendritic polyamidoamines and hyperbranched polyethyleneimines and the reaction products thereof with gluconolactone, alkylene oxides, salts of 3-chloro-2-hydroxypropanesulfonic acid, alkyl halides, benzyl halides and dialkyl sulfates.

Belonging to the technical field of indoor air purification, the invention discloses a macro preparation method of a macroscopic three-dimensional graphene aerogel adsorption material used for indoor air purification. The method provided in the invention uses polyethyleneimine and graphite oxide as raw materials, employs polyethyleneimine to guide assembling of grapheme, and adopts a freeze-drying technique to obtain the three-dimensional graphene aerogel, which is an adsorption material applicable to indoor air purification. The invention adopts a mild solution method, the synthesis method has the advantages of low cost, green environmental protection, simplicity and feasibility, easy control, macro preparation ability and the like, thus being suitable for industrial mass production. The prepared three-dimensional graphene aerogel shows excellent adsorption performance on toxic formaldehyde gas, can reach an adsorption capacity of 2.43mg / g, thus being a novel adsorption material applicable to the field of indoor air purification.