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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Crosslinked Polymer Networks"”.
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Ideal reversible polymer networks : theory and applications
Hydrogels are crosslinked polymer networks with high water contents that can be designed to have similar properties as native tissue. Due to the tunability and unique properties of this class of materials, they are considered ideal biomaterials and have been explored for a variety of tissue …
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Materials with supramolecular chirality : liqid crystals and polymers for catalysis
… supramolecular architectures. Incorporation of polymerizable groups within a liquid crystalline template can set the stage for the synthesis of anisotropic molecular networks. This dissertation details the synthesis and characterization of chiral liquid crystals and crosslinked polymer networks, …
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Advances in the Synthesis and Application of Dynamic Covalent Polymer Networks
… is an important strategy. Thermoplastics (linear polymers) and Thermosets (crosslinked polymer networks) are two main categories of plastic materials. Thermosets have excellent chemical stability, strength, and durability but cannot be recycled. On the other hand, thermoplastics are recyclable, …
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Polymer molecular sieve membranes
… of membranes from novel molecularly defined polymers and understanding their physical properties, particularly the transport properties of gas molecules in polymer membranes. First, we demonstrate a simple approach of fabricating novel polymer nanocomposite membranes using established …
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Thiol-Ene Click Chemistry for Solid State Triplet-Triplet Annihilation Upconversion and Parts-Per-Billion Pyrophosphate Sensing in Artificial Seawater
… is a robust approach to molecularly engineering polymers for many applications. Within this work, thiol-ene click chemistry is used to fabricate thiol-ene networks for TTA-UC and to synthesize a conjugated polyelectrolyte (CPE) used as a pyrophosphate (PPi) sensor in complex aqueous media. …
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Synthesis, Characterization, and Theory of Polymer Gels to Elucidate Topology-Property Relationships
Crosslinked polymer networks and gels are pervasive in daily life, with applications ranging from tires to contact lenses to precision drug delivery. For any application, it is desirable to engineer the material based on fundamental principles and predictive theories a priori to synthesis or …
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Functional Polymers Containing Semi-Rigid Alternating Sequences
Alternating copolymers represent a special class of copolymers in which the two comonomers copolymerize in a regular alternating sequence along the polymer chain. Of particular interest in our group are the stilbene-maleic anhydride/maleimide alternating copolymers. These copolymers possess …
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Development of an Injectable Hydrogel Platform to Capture and Eradicate Glioblastoma Cells with Chemical and Physical Stimuli
… of their swelling characteristics, sufficiently crosslinked polymer networks, degradation rates, viscoelastic properties, and interactions with normal human astrocytes. Loading the hydrogel with 5 µg/mL of CXCL12 was optimal for the slow, sustained release of the chemokine payload. A dual layer …
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Structural relaxation and penetrant diffusion in polymer networks
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-02-04 without embargo terms