Cyclopolymerization: a versatile approach toward multicyclic polystyrene and polystyrene-containing multicyclic copolymers

Multicyclic treelike reflexive graphs

Birth and growth of multicyclic components in random hypergraphs

Define an `-component to be a connected b-uniform hypergraph with k edges and k(b − 1) − ` vertices. In this paper, we investigate the growth of size and complexity of connected components of a random hypergraph process. We prove that the expected number of creations of `-components during a random hypergraph process tends to 1 as b is fixed and ` tends to infinity with the total number of vert...

Synthesis and Anticoagulant Function of Heparin Containing Block Copolymers on Polystyrene Microspheres

approved: _____________________________________________________________________ Joseph McGuire Contact of blood with the surfaces of synthetic materials is associated with spontaneous protein adsorption, initiating platelet aggregation, the coagulation cascade, and the eventual development of a stable clot. Current therapy to inhibit implant-induced thrombosis is life-long administration of sys...

Electroconductive Composites from Polystyrene Block Copolymers and Cu–Alumina Filler

Technological advancements and development of new materials may lead to the manufacture of sustainable energy-conducting devices used in the energy sector. This research attempts to fabricate novel electroconductive and mechanically stable nanocomposites via an electroless deposition (ELD) technique using electrically insulating materials. Metallic Cu is coated onto Al₂O₃ by ELD, and the prepar...

A versatile "click" chemistry precursor of functional polystyrene nanoparticles.

Functional nanoparticles (NPs) are becoming important building blocks in the emerging fi elds of nanomedicine, nanolithography and nanoelectronics, among others. [ 1 ] Several unexpected nanoscale effects have been discovered for these new materials in recent years. [ 2–4 ] Useful synthetic routes to single-molecule polymeric NPs in the 2–15 nm size range with well-defi ned arrangement of funct...