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Polymers, Volume 10, Issue 6

June 2018 - 126 articles

Cover Story: Dendritic polyglycerol sulfate (dPGS) is a polyanionic polymer originally investigated as a substitute for heparin. As dPGS showed much less anticoagulant activity, but high anti-inflammatory activity and the ability to target inflamed tissue, it has since been examined for the treatment of inflammatory conditions and related diseases, including rheumatoid and osteoarthritis as well as neurological disorders. Additionally, it showed promising results as a carrier for anticancer drugs, as well as for the treatment of virus infections. Radio- and dye-labeled analogs were used to track dPGS. Our review summarizes the potential applications of dPGS for the imaging, diagnosis and treatment of different diseases. View this paper.
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Articles (126)

  • Review
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,075 Views
14 Pages

A Radio-Fluorogenic Polymer-Gel Makes Fixed Fluorescent Images of Complex Radiation Fields

  • John M. Warman,
  • Matthijs P. De Haas,
  • Leonard H. Luthjens,
  • Antonia G. Denkova and
  • Tiantian Yao

20 June 2018

We review the development and application of an organic polymer-gel capable of producing fixed, three-dimensional fluorescent images of complex radiation fields. The gel consists for more than 99% of γ-ray-polymerized (~15% conversion) tertiary...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
7,891 Views
15 Pages

20 June 2018

In this study, modification of polysulfone (PSf)/sulfonated polysulfone (SPSf) blended porous ultrafiltration (UF) support membranes was proposed to improve the reverse osmosis (RO) performance of aromatic polyamide thin film composite (TFC) membrane...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,053 Views
14 Pages

20 June 2018

Bioreducible, cationic linear poly(amino ether)s (PAEs) were designed as promising gene vectors. These polymers were synthesized by the reaction of a disulfide-functional monomer, N,N′-dimethylcystamine (DMC), and several different diglycidyl e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
7,356 Views
18 Pages

Enzymatic Degradation of Poly(butylene succinate) Copolyesters Synthesized with the Use of Candida antarctica Lipase B

  • Aleksandra Wcisłek,
  • Agueda Sonseca Olalla,
  • Andrew McClain,
  • Agnieszka Piegat,
  • Peter Sobolewski,
  • Judit Puskas and
  • Miroslawa El Fray

20 June 2018

Biodegradable polymers are an active area of investigation, particularly ones that can be produced from sustainable, biobased monomers, such as copolymers of poly(butylene succinate) (PBS). In this study, we examine the enzymatic degradation of poly(...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
8,164 Views
21 Pages

Efficient Shielding of Polyplexes Using Heterotelechelic Polysarcosines

  • Philipp Michael Klein,
  • Kristina Klinker,
  • Wei Zhang,
  • Sarah Kern,
  • Eva Kessel,
  • Ernst Wagner and
  • Matthias Barz

20 June 2018

Shielding agents are commonly used to shield polyelectrolyte complexes, e.g., polyplexes, from agglomeration and precipitation in complex media like blood, and thus enhance their in vivo circulation times. Since up to now primarily poly(ethylene glyc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
6,236 Views
16 Pages

Molecularly Imprinted Polymers for the Selective Extraction of Bisphenol A and Progesterone from Aqueous Media

  • César Cáceres,
  • Catalina Bravo,
  • Bernabé Rivas,
  • Ewa Moczko,
  • Pedro Sáez,
  • Yadiris García and
  • Eduardo Pereira

19 June 2018

This paper describes the development of a novel sorbent for selective extraction of endocrine disruptors (EDs) from aqueous media. The main goal was to obtain sufficient molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) for selective detection, preconcentration,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
41 Citations
8,345 Views
14 Pages

Centrifugally Spun Recycled PET: Processing and Characterization

  • Phu Phong Vo,
  • Hoan Ngoc Doan,
  • Kenji Kinashi,
  • Wataru Sakai,
  • Naoto Tsutsumi and
  • Dai Phu Huynh

19 June 2018

Centrifugal spinning, which is a high-productivity fiber fabrication technique, was used to produce a value-added product from recycled poly(ethylene terephthalate) (rPET). In the present study, rPET fibers, with fiber diameters ranging from submicro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
51 Citations
10,386 Views
13 Pages

Fabric Coated with Shape Memory Polyurethane and Its Properties

  • Md Anwar Jahid,
  • Jinlian Hu,
  • KwanHa Wong,
  • You Wu,
  • Yong Zhu,
  • Hogan Hong Sheng Luo and
  • Deng Zhongmin

19 June 2018

In order to provide thermo-physiological comfort to the wearer, textile materials should have some functional property like water-resistance or water vapor transmission (WVT), so that perspiration can evaporate and be transmitted from the body surfac...

  • Article
  • Open Access
56 Citations
6,734 Views
12 Pages

Sol-Gel Synthesis, Spectroscopic and Thermal Behavior Study of SiO2/PEG Composites Containing Different Amount of Chlorogenic Acid

  • Michelina Catauro,
  • Elisabetta Tranquillo,
  • Roberta Risoluti and
  • Stefano Vecchio Ciprioti

19 June 2018

In this work, new phenol-based materials have been synthesized by the sol-gel method, in which different amounts of the phenolic antioxidant chlorogenic acid (CGA) (from 5 wt % to 20 wt %) were embedded in two different silica matrices: pure silica a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
3,863 Views
15 Pages

19 June 2018

An analytical model was developed to study the interlaminar fracture behaviour of polymer composite reinforced by carbon fibres grafted with carbon nanotubes. Delamination properties, such as load with displacement or crack (R-curve) and toughness wi...

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