The subject invention pertains to peptide-based materials comprising cross-linked peptides with random amino acid sequences that are soluble in water or ethanol before crosslinking but insoluble in water after crosslinking.

Disposable article or nonwoven that includes a first fiber layer comprising a plurality of fibers, each of which comprising an intimate admixture of a thermoplastic polymer, and a wax and/or oil, wherein at least some of the wax and/or oil is exposed at an outer surface of the fibers and wherein a surface energy treatment is disposed on at least some of the plurality of fibers; and a second fiber layer that is adjacent the first fiber layer and that comprises a plurality of cellulosic fibers.

Disposable article or nonwoven that includes a first fiber layer comprising a plurality of fibers, each of which comprising an intimate admixture of a thermoplastic polymer, and a wax and/or oil, wherein at least some of the wax and/or oil is exposed at an outer surface of the fibers and wherein a surface energy treatment is disposed on at least some of the plurality of fibers; and a second fiber layer that is adjacent the first fiber layer and that comprises a plurality of cellulosic fibers.

A polyaspartic coating composition containing (A) an aspartic acid ester compound represented by the following formula (I) ##STR00001##
wherein X is an n-valent organic group, and R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are organic groups which are inert to the isocyanate group under a reaction condition, and n is an integer of 2 or more, and (B) a polyisocyanate component obtained by reacting one or more diisocyanate monomers selected from the group consisting of an aliphatic and alicyclic diisocyanate with a polycaprolactone polyol having a number-average molecular weight of 500 to 1,500, wherein a ratio of the polycaprolactone polyol to a total amount of the polyol is 20% by mass or more, the polyisocyanate component contains 10.0% by mass or less of an isocyanurate trimer, and an average number of isocyanate groups of the polyisocyanate component (B) is 2.4 to 8.0.

A polyaspartic coating composition containing (A) an aspartic acid ester compound represented by the following formula (I) ##STR00001##
wherein X is an n-valent organic group, and R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are organic groups which are inert to the isocyanate group under a reaction condition, and n is an integer of 2 or more, and (B) a polyisocyanate component obtained by reacting one or more diisocyanate monomers selected from the group consisting of an aliphatic and alicyclic diisocyanate with a polycaprolactone polyol having a number-average molecular weight of 500 to 1,500, wherein a ratio of the polycaprolactone polyol to a total amount of the polyol is 20% by mass or more, the polyisocyanate component contains 10.0% by mass or less of an isocyanurate trimer, and an average number of isocyanate groups of the polyisocyanate component (B) is 2.4 to 8.0.

Guanidinyl ligand-functionalized polymers, methods of making the same, and substrates bearing a grafted coating of the ligand-functional polymers are described. The grafted polymer has the requisite affinity for binding neutral or negatively charged biomaterials, such as cells, cell debris, bacteria, spores, viruses, nucleic acids, endotoxins and proteins, at pH's near or below the pI's of the biomaterials.

Guanidinyl ligand-functionalized polymers, methods of making the same, and substrates bearing a grafted coating of the ligand-functional polymers are described. The grafted polymer has the requisite affinity for binding neutral or negatively charged biomaterials, such as cells, cell debris, bacteria, spores, viruses, nucleic acids, endotoxins and proteins, at pH's near or below the pI's of the biomaterials.

A coated biological composition has a mixture of biologic material and a volume of a liquid protectant. The mixture of biologic material has non-whole cellular components or whole cells or combinations of the non-whole cellular components and whole cells, wherein the mixture is compatible with biologic function. The volume of a liquid protectant is intermixed with the mixture of biologic material, wherein the liquid protectant forms a coating externally enveloping each of the non-whole cellular components, if any, and each of the whole cells, if any, of the mixture of biologic material, to form the coated biological composition. The coated biological composition is frozen and thereafter thawed and then frozen a second time for storage or frozen at least once and thawed and stored under refrigeration above freezing, or frozen and thawed and then concentrated by drying, or while frozen without thawing lyophilized for ambient or room temperature storage.

Guanidinyl ligand-functionalized polymers, methods of making the same, and substrates bearing a grafted coating of the ligand-functional polymers are described. The grafted polymer has the requisite affinity for binding neutral or negatively charged biomaterials, such as cells, cell debris, bacteria, spores, viruses, nucleic acids, endotoxins and proteins, at pH's near or below the pI's of the biomaterials.

Guanidinyl ligand-functionalized polymers, methods of making the same, and substrates bearing a grafted coating of the ligand-functional polymers are described. The grafted polymer has the requisite affinity for binding neutral or negatively charged biomaterials, such as cells, cell debris, bacteria, spores, viruses, nucleic acids, endotoxins and proteins, at pH's near or below the pI's of the biomaterials.