The present invention is an antimicrobial agent containing a polyalkyleneimine derivative formed by adding a substituent group having a structure of a following Formula (1) to a nitrogen atom of polyalkyleneimine.

—CH.sub.2CH(OH)CH.sub.2—O—R.sup.1  (1)

In the formula, R.sup.1 represents an alkyl group with 6 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group with 6 to 20 carbon atoms, an aryl group with 6 to 20 carbon atoms, or —(CH.sub.2CH.sub.2O).sub.n—R.sup.2. R.sup.2 represents an alkyl group with 6 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group with 6 to 20 carbon atoms, or an aryl group with 6 to 20 carbon atoms. n represents an integer of 1 to 50.

Provided is an ethyleneimine polymer which exhibits excellent close adhesion properties and adhesive properties and has a low water content, and a method for producing the same. An ethyleneimine polymer, in which the number average molecular weight (Mn) of the ethyleneimine polymer measured by gel permeation chromatography in terms of pullulan is 13,000 or more and the value obtained by dividing the weight average molecular weight by the number average molecular weight (weight average molecular weight: Mw/number average molecular weight: Mn=degree of dispersion) of the ethyleneimine polymer is from 1.4 to 3.0.

A resin composition for golf balls includes (a) an acid-containing copolymer having an amount of acid constituent per 100 wt % of the sum of monomer units in the copolymer that is from 1 to 30 wt %, and (b) an amine-containing polymer having a branched structure. The resin composition imparts golf balls with an excellent rebound resilience and also confers an outstanding durability to repeated impact and an outstanding scuff resistance, making it particularly useful as a cover material in golf balls.

A gas-barrier composition including nanocellulose containing at least one of a sulfuric acid group, a sulfo group, or a phosphoric acid group; and a reactive crosslinking agent.

A cell culture substrate for cultivating adherent cells, including: a substrate (S), a polymer (P) comprising amino groups, which is bonded to the substrate, and a saccharide (Z) having at least two monosaccharide units for attaching the adherent cells, wherein the saccharide (Z) is covalently bonded to the polymer (P) via the amino groups.

Such a cell culture substrate is suitable for cultivating adherent cells and allows the cells to be detached from the cell culture substrate in a gentle manner by adding a saccharide.

The subject disclosure is directed to functionalized bile acids, preparation thereof, and usage thereof for therapeutic and material applications. In one embodiment, a method of generating functionalized bile acid materials can comprise directly activating a carboxylic acid of a bile acid compound using a coupling agent comprising an amide or ester compound, thereby generating an intermediate bile acid derivative material. The method can further comprise attaching a functional group material to the intermediate bile acid derivative material by reacting the functional group material and the intermediate bile acid derivative material, thereby generating a functionalized bile acid material.

The present invention relates to an alkoxylated polyalkylene imine or an alkoxylated polyamine according to the general formula (I) (I), in which the variables E, R, B, y and z are defined below. The present invention further relates to a process for preparing such alkoxylated polyalkylene imines or alkoxylated polyamines as well as to the use of such compound within, for example, cosmetic formulations.

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There is provided an ethyleneimine polymer (solution) capable of expressing excellent properties when used in such usages as, for example, coagulants for wastewater, papermaking chemicals such as freeness improvers and the like, enzyme immobilization agents, and adhesion improvers (for example, adhesion promoters for extrusion laminate (anchor coating agent)). To solve the above object, there is provided an ethyleneimine polymer solution including an ethyleneimine polymer and water, wherein a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of the ethyleneimine polymer is 200,000 or more, the weight average molecular weight (Mw) being measured based on pullulan by gel permeation chromatography (GPC), and a ratio of a component having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 30,000 or more is 60 mass % or more with respect to 100 mass % of a total amount of the ethyleneimine polymer.

The present disclosure relates to a novel method for lateral flow immunoassay (LFIA) by utilizing plasmonic enhancement strategy. More specifically, the present disclosure provides a plasmonic enhanced lateral flow sensor (pLFS) concept by introducing a liposome-based amplification of the colorimetric signals on the lateral flow platform for ultrasensitive detection of pathogens.

In some aspects, the present disclosure pertains to multi-arm polymers that comprise a core, a plurality of polymer segments having a first end that is covalently attached to the core and a second end comprising a moiety that comprises a reactive group, wherein the polymer segments comprise one or more free-radical-polymerizable monomers. In some aspects, systems are provided that comprise a first composition comprising such a multi-arm polymer and a second composition comprising a multifunctional compound that comprises functional groups that are reactive with the reactive groups of the multi-arm polymer. In some aspects, systems are provided that comprise crosslinked reaction products of such a multi-arm polymer and such a multifunctional compound.