CAS 9003-05-8: Poly(acrylamide)

Applications Polyacrylamide is a polymer formed from acrylamide subunits. Polyacrylamide has been extensively used in applications such as polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (1,2). References (1) Guertler, A., et al.: Anal. Biochem., 433, 105 (2013) (2) Kurien, B.T., et al.: Methods. Molec. Biol., 869, 617 (2012)

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Polyacrylamide

Polyacrylamide is a polymer that is used in many industrial and research applications. Polyacrylamide can be used to separate biomolecules, such as proteins, based on their size. It also has been shown to have a high chemical stability and is used in clinical pathology for the detection of basic proteins. Polyacrylamide has also been shown to be efficient in wastewater treatment and biological studies. Polyacrylamide can be used to bind with basic proteins, which are important for sample preparation. The polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis technique is also commonly used for the separation of DNA molecules. Polyacrylamide has been shown to be effective against solid tumours in rats and liver microsomes from rat livers. Polyacrylamides are usually immobilized on surfaces or membranes by covalent bonding or adsorption, depending on the application.