The Puskas group proposed to modify the surface properties of polyisobutylene (PIB)-based thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) using a modular approach. PIB-based TPEs are emerging biomaterials; the first generation is used as the drug-eluting coating on coronary stents. The surface chemistry of PIB-based TPEs can be modified using this modular approach by “gluing” low molecular weight functionalized PIBs (PIB-X) to the surface of the TPEs. PIB-OH was made by living carbocationic polymerization using propylene oxide as initiator and titanium tetrachloride (TiCl4) as coinitiator. PIB-PEG was then synthesized from PIB-OH using Candida antartica Lipase B (CALB) as catalyst and spin coated onto the surface of a TPE. Protein adsorption studies using ...
A block copolymer was designed to functionalise the surface of polystyrene-based polymersomes via co...
Polyisobutylene (PIB) is a polymer well known for its desirable properties such as high chemical sta...
A block copolymer was designed to functionalise the surface of polystyrene-based polymersomes via co...
This paper will discuss the design and synthesis of polyisobutylene-based thermoplastic elastomers (...
This article highlights the biomaterial-related research of the Macromolecular Engineering Research ...
Active implantable medical devices such as cardiac pacemakers are required to work in harsh physiolo...
This paper investigates the surface morphology of polyisobutylene–polystyrene (PIB–PS) block-type th...
© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Polyisobutylene (PIB) and its copolymers are used in a wid...
A convenient way for the achievement of polymer-based solid materials for specific biomedical applic...
Linear triblock poly(styrene-b-isobutylene-b-styrene) (SIBS), the first representative of polyisobut...
This article presents the synthesis and initial characterization of polymers having a high molecular...
Polyisobutylene (PIB) and its copolymers are used in a wide range of commercial products owing to th...
An ongoing challenge in polymer science is the preparation of materials with specific surface proper...
© 2015 American Chemical Society. Polyisobutylene (PIB) and other PIB-based materials are of signifi...
A block copolymer was designed to functionalise the surface of polystyrene-based polymersomes via co...
Polyisobutylene (PIB) is a polymer well known for its desirable properties such as high chemical sta...
A block copolymer was designed to functionalise the surface of polystyrene-based polymersomes via co...
This paper will discuss the design and synthesis of polyisobutylene-based thermoplastic elastomers (...
This article highlights the biomaterial-related research of the Macromolecular Engineering Research ...
Active implantable medical devices such as cardiac pacemakers are required to work in harsh physiolo...
This paper investigates the surface morphology of polyisobutylene–polystyrene (PIB–PS) block-type th...
© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Polyisobutylene (PIB) and its copolymers are used in a wid...
A convenient way for the achievement of polymer-based solid materials for specific biomedical applic...
Linear triblock poly(styrene-b-isobutylene-b-styrene) (SIBS), the first representative of polyisobut...
This article presents the synthesis and initial characterization of polymers having a high molecular...
Polyisobutylene (PIB) and its copolymers are used in a wide range of commercial products owing to th...
An ongoing challenge in polymer science is the preparation of materials with specific surface proper...
© 2015 American Chemical Society. Polyisobutylene (PIB) and other PIB-based materials are of signifi...
A block copolymer was designed to functionalise the surface of polystyrene-based polymersomes via co...
Polyisobutylene (PIB) is a polymer well known for its desirable properties such as high chemical sta...
A block copolymer was designed to functionalise the surface of polystyrene-based polymersomes via co...