The quest for sustainable polyesters–insights into the future

C Vilela, AF Sousa, AC Fonseca, AC Serra… - Polymer …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Polyesters from renewable resources are an expanding area with a burgeoning scientific
activity, nevertheless little has been reviewed about this particular class of polymers. The …

The irruption of polymers from renewable resources on the scene of macromolecular science and technology

A Gandini - Green Chemistry, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
The last few decades have witnessed a spiralling growth of interest in polymers from
renewable resources within both the scientific and industrial communities. This review …

Injectable citrate-based mussel-inspired tissue bioadhesives with high wet strength for sutureless wound closure

M Mehdizadeh, H Weng, D Gyawali, L Tang, J Yang - Biomaterials, 2012 - Elsevier
The existing surgical adhesives are not ideal for wet tissue adhesion required in many
surgeries such as those for internal organs. Developing surgical adhesives with strong wet …

A Solution-Phase, Precursor Route to Polycrystalline SnO2 Nanowires That Can Be Used for Gas Sensing under Ambient Conditions

Y Wang, X Jiang, Y Xia - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2003 - ACS Publications
This paper describes a solution-based, precursor method for the facile synthesis of uniform
nanowires containing rutile SnO2 nanocrystallites. In a typical procedure, nanowires of∼ 50 …

Novel citric acid‐based biodegradable elastomers for tissue engineering

J Yang, AR Webb, GA Ameer - Advanced Materials, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
The synthesis and characterization of novel biodegradable elastomers, exemplified by poly
(1, 8‐octanediol‐co‐citric acid), is reported. Biodegradation, mechanical, and …

Ethylene glycol-mediated synthesis of metal oxide nanowires

X Jiang, Y Wang, T Herricks, Y Xia - Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2004 - pubs.rsc.org
A simple and convenient method has been demonstrated for large-scale synthesis of metal
oxide (including TiO2, SnO2, In2O3, and PbO) nanowires with diameters around 50 nm and …

Synthesis and evaluation of poly (diol citrate) biodegradable elastomers

J Yang, AR Webb, SJ Pickerill, G Hageman, GA Ameer - Biomaterials, 2006 - Elsevier
Herein, we report the synthesis and evaluation of a novel family of biodegradable and
elastomeric polyesters, poly (diol citrates). Poly (diol citrates) were synthesized by reacting …

A novel DOPA-albumin based tissue adhesive for internal medical applications

W Zhu, Y Peck, J Iqbal, DA Wang - Biomaterials, 2017 - Elsevier
To date, existing tissue adhesives have various weak points in gluing kinetics and stability–
particularly, in biocompatibility, which make most of them remain suboptimal for internal …

Cross-links–entanglements integrated networks contributing to highly resilient, soft, and self-adhesive elastomers with low hysteresis for green wearable electronics

X Chu, R Wang, H Zhao, M Kuang, J Yan… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Green wearable electronics are attracting increasing attention to eliminate harmful
byproducts generated by traditional devices. Although various degradable materials have …

Synthesis and characterization of novel citric acid-based polyester elastomers

I Djordjevic, NR Choudhury, NK Dutta, S Kumar - Polymer, 2009 - Elsevier
In this paper we report successful simple synthesis of unique elastic polyesters by carrying
out catalyst-free polyesterification of multifunctional non-toxic monomers: 1, 8-octanediol …