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Fullerene-Containing Polymers: An Overview
2009
Synthesis and Characterization of a New Fully Aromatic LCP
1996
Abstract Liquid crystal polymers (LCP)are a relatively new class of polymers with very interesting and unusual properties. In particular, easy processability and outstanding mechanical and barrier properties make them very attractive. Unfortunately the high stiffness of their chains often leads to compounds having very high melting points and consequently to unprocessable materials. By adding a flexible segments in the chain backbone the LCPs become processable at lower temperatures but lower properties are displayed. A new rigid liquid crystalline polymer, having excellent physical properties, good processing temperature and a good cost/performance compromise, is described in this work. Th…
Rheological and mechanical properties of biodegradable nanocomposites
2018
Polymer nanocomposites have gained huge interest over the last decade. However, traditional thermoplastic nanocomposites do not match the rising concern about environmental issues. Therefore, during the last years, the search for biodegradable polymer nanocomposites is gaining importance. Most of biobased (i.e. based on biodegradable/bioderived polymer matrices) nanocomposites have poly(lactic acid), PLA, as matrix. However, it is of clear interest to take into account also different biobased polymer matrices, such as MaterBi. In this work, we prepared bionanocomposites containing MaterBi or a PLA-based polymer matrix, with two different kinds of nanofillers (organomodified clay and nanosiz…
Controlled release of drugs: Polymers and aggregate systems. Edited byM. Rosoff, VCH Verlagsgesellschaft, Weinheim, 1989, xi, 315 pp., bound, DM 132.…
1989
Liquid Crystalline Elastomers
1989
Today, material science is directed towards the development of multifunctional and oriented structures. One example of such supramolecular systems are liquid crystalline (LC) elastomers which combine the properties of LC phases (the combination of order and mobility) with rubber elasticity, one of the most typical polymer properties. Their most outstanding characteristic is their mechanical orientability; strains as small as 20% are enough to obtain a perfectly oriented LC monodomain. This orientability, if LC elastomers with chiral phases are used, leads, for example, to elastomers with chiral smectic C* phases which are likely to show piezo-electric behavior.
One is Enough: Influencing Polymer Properties with a Single Chromophoric Unit
2011
1) Institute for Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, University of Hamburg, Bundesstrasse 45, D-‐20146 Hamburg, Germany 2) WCU program of C2E2, School of Chemical and Biological, Engineering, College of Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea Designing a polymer usually involves the incorporation of multiple functional units into a polymer chain, which mutually determine the polymer properties. By combining various functional units, a myriad of polymer properties can be fine-‐ tuned. Classical polymer chemistry teaches us that a single functional group -‐-‐ in particular the end-‐group of a polymer chain -‐-‐ does not contribute to the polymer properties, as is indee…
A Fractional-Order Model of Biopolyester Containing Naturally Occurring Compounds for Soil Stabilization
2019
Currently, the use of polymers and biopolymers as soil-stabilizer additives for control of the soil degradation, deterioration, and desertification and for improving the arid and semiarid soils has been expanded significantly in the agricultural sector. This research was conducted to determine the effect of naturally occurring compounds, such as quercetin (Q) and sodium montmorillonite (NaMMt) at different weight ratios, in biopolyester, such as polylactic acid (PLA), aiming to formulate ecosustainable materials to control the soil degradation and to protect the environment. As known, the use of sophisticated analytical tools to describe the material rheology and melting properties is nowad…
Glycopolymer Functionalization of Engineered Spider Silk Protein-based Materials for Improved Cell Adhesion
2014
Silk protein-based materials are promising biomaterials for application as tissue scaffolds, due to their processability, biocompatibility, and biodegradability. The preparation of films composed of an engineered spider silk protein (eADF4(C16)) and their functionalization with glycopolymers are described. The glycopolymers bind proteins found in the extracellular matrix, providing a biomimetic coating on the films that improves cell adhesion to the surfaces of engineered spider silk films. Such silk-based materials have potential as coatings for degradable implantable devices.
Hyperbranched polymer architectures: From Flory's AB(f-1) polycondensates to controlled structures
2020
Abstract Celebrating the 100th anniversary of Staudinger's “macromolecular concept”, polymer scientists critically evaluate the past developments and future challenges of polymer science, asking: Quo vadis, Macromolecular Science? The main focus in Polymer Science has been on linear polymers or crosslinked systems (elastomers and thermosets) until the late 1980ies. The advent of dendritic polymers, i.e. dendrimers and hyperbranched polymers (HBPs) attracted wide-spread attention in the polymer community. This article gives a brief overview of the developments in the area of hyperbranched polymers and demonstrates that they have since become a novel class of polymer materials.