Resorbable membranes for guided bone regeneration: critical features, potentials, and limitations

S Abtahi, X Chen, S Shahabi, N Nasiri - ACS Materials Au, 2023 - ACS Publications
Lack of horizontal and vertical bone at the site of an implant can lead to significant clinical
problems that need to be addressed before implant treatment can take place. Guided bone …

Recent advances in aliphatic polyesters for drug delivery applications

KE Washington, RN Kularatne… - Wiley …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The use of aliphatic polyesters in drug delivery applications has been a field of significant
interest spanning decades. Drug delivery strategies have made abundant use of polyesters …

Sequence-controlled copolymers prepared via entropy-driven ring-opening metathesis polymerization

RM Weiss, AL Short, TY Meyer - ACS Macro Letters, 2015 - ACS Publications
A new general synthetic approach to sequenced macromolecules was developed and
applied to the synthesis of polymers comprising lactic acid (L), glycolic acid (G), and ε …

A highly elastic and autofluorescent poly (xylitol-dodecanedioic acid) for tissue engineering

N Firoozi, Y Kang - ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 2019 - ACS Publications
In spite of the vast research on developing a highly elastic polymer for tissue regeneration,
using a renewable resource and a simple, environment-friendly synthesis route to …

Cis-Selective Metathesis to Enhance the Living Character of Ring-Opening Polymerization: An Approach to Sequenced Copolymers

AL Short, C Fang, JA Nowalk, RM Weiss, P Liu… - ACS Macro …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The hydrolytic behavior and physical properties of a polymer are directly related to its
constituent monomer sequence, yet the scalable and controllable synthesis of sequenced …

Property impact of common linker segments in sequence-controlled polyesters

JH Swisher, JA Nowalk, TY Meyer - Polymer Chemistry, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Heterogeneous “linkers” are incorporated into polymers for a number of reasons, most
commonly to facilitate the coupling of the targeted backbone segments. Due to their …

Access to bicyclo [4.2. 0] octene monomers to explore the scope of alternating ring-opening metathesis polymerization

L Chen, L Li, NS Sampson - The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2018 - ACS Publications
Bicyclo [4.2. 0] oct-1 (8)-ene-8-carboxamides undergo alternating ring-opening metathesis
polymerization (AROMP) with cyclohexene. Herein, a general method for the preparation of …

Mapping intermediate degradation products of poly(lactic‐co‐glycolic acid) in vitro

J Li, P Nemes, J Guo - … of Biomedical Materials Research Part B …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
There is widespread interest in using absorbable polymers, such as poly (lactic‐co‐glycolic
acid)(PLGA), as components in the design and manufacture of new‐generation drug eluting …

Precision aliphatic polyesters via segmer assembly polymerization

FR Zeng, Y Liang, ZL Li - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
Precise structure-property relation of a biodegradable polymer (eg, aliphatic polyester) is
anticipated only if monomer units and chiral centers are arranged in a defined primary …

Exploration of polymers in drug delivery: The structural and functional considerations

A Kumar, G Joshi, D Puri, S Sardana - Polymer-Drug Conjugates, 2023 - Elsevier
Polymer science has enriched the domain and practice of modified/controlled drug delivery
systems over the last decade. The newer and novel polymeric systems are catering the ever …