Polyesters

- Biocompatible and biodegradable phosphorylcholine ionomers with reduced protein adsorption and cell adhesion. In this paper a recently developed biodegradable phosphorylcholine ionomer (PC ionomer) was evaluated in different biological environments with a focus on...

- Endovascular retention of a ruptured polyester balloon in femoral angioplasty.

- First example of N-heterocyclic carbenes as catalysts for living polymerization: organocatalytic ring-opening polymerization of cyclic esters. A novel metal-free, organocatalytic approach to living polymerization is presented. N-heterocyclic carbenes were employed as nucleophilic catalysts for the...

- Magnetically driven plasmid DNA delivery with biodegradable polymeric nanoparticles. Targeting gene therapy remains a challenge. The use of magnetic force to achieve this was investigated in the present study. It was hypothesized that...

- Production of targeted poly(3-hydroxyalkanoates) copolymers by glycogen accumulating organisms using acetate as sole carbon source. One of the main limitations in bacterial polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) production with mixed cultures is the fact that primarily polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB)...

- Synthesis of beta-lactones: a highly active and selective catalyst for epoxide carbonylation. A new highly active and selective catalyst for the synthesis of beta-lactones from CO and epoxides is reported. The catalyst,...

- Thiolysis of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) with polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase from Ralstonia eutropha. Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) is synthesized from 3-hydroxybutyryl-CoA by polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase and hydrolyzed by PHB depolymerase. In this study, we...