0000000000285770
AUTHOR
Erik Kersten
The poly(propylene oxide-co-ethylene oxide) gradient is controlled by the polymerization method: determination of reactivity ratios by direct comparison of different copolymerization models
An investigation of the highly relevant copolymerization of ethylene oxide (EO) and propylene oxide (PO) by in situ1H NMR spectroscopy shows striking differences in the copolymerization kinetics, depending on the polymerization method. Examination of the EO/PO copolymerization kinetics using iBu3Al for the monomer-activated anionic ring opening polymerization (AROP) confirmed a strong monomer gradient of the microstructure (rEO = 6.4, rPO = 0.16) in contrast to the known weak gradient in the conventional AROP (rEO = 2.8, rPO = 0.25). The first study via in situ1H-NMR kinetics of the copolymerization of PO and EO under heterogeneous double metal cyanide (DMC) catalysis, a method that produce…
Surface Modification of Porous Polyethylene Implants with an Albumin-Based Nanocarrier-Release System
Background: Porous polyethylene (PPE) implants are used for the reconstruction of tissue defects but have a risk of rejection in case of insufficient ingrowth into the host tissue. Various growth factors can promote implant ingrowth, yet a long-term gradient is a prerequisite for the mediation of these effects. As modification of the implant surface with nanocarriers may facilitate a long-term gradient by sustained factor release, implants modified with crosslinked albumin nanocarriers were evaluated in vivo. Methods: Nanocarriers from murine serum albumin (MSA) were prepared by an inverse miniemulsion technique encapsulating either a low- or high-molar mass fluorescent cargo. PPE implants …
Myrcenol-Based Monomer for Carbanionic Polymerization: Functional Copolymers with Myrcene and Bio-Based Graft Copolymers
A bio-based hydroxyl group-containing diene monomer, silyl-protected β-myrcenol (MyrOSi), is introduced to the field of carbanionic polymerization. Polymerization in cyclohexane, using sec-butyllit...
A Nonconventional Approach toward Multihydroxy Functional Polystyrenes Relying on a Simple Grignard Reagent
Capitalizing on the inertness of styrene toward Grignard reagents, 4-vinylphenylmagnesium bromide was utilized for the rapid and convenient preparation of the protected monomer 2,2-dimethyl-4-(4-vi...