A novel near-infrared (NIR) electrochromic polyelectrolyte consisting of anthraquinone imide (AQI) pendants and a poly(1-vinylimidazole bromide) main chain was synthesized via radical polymerization. Its AQI content was varied by copolymerization with 1-vinyl-3-butylimidazole bromide to improve the processability of the polymer as well as the monomer conversion. The electrochemical and electroc...

NH2+ implantation was performed on multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) prepared by chemical vapor deposition. The hemocompatibility of MWCNTs and NH2+-implanted MWCNTs was evaluated based on in vitro hemolysis, platelet adhesion, and kinetic-clotting tests. Compared with MWCNTs, NH2+-implanted MWCNTs displayed more perfect platelets and red blood cells in morphology, lower platelet adhesion r...

Synthesis and structure elucidation of optically active tri-, tetra-, and penta-azamacrocycles having 4-methoxyphenyl pendants are described. Regioselective ring opening of a nosylaziridine with secondary benzyl amines was repeatedly performed to afford the cyclization precursors. Intramolecular N-alkylation of N-(omega-haloalkyl) nosylamide provided tri-, tetra-, and penta-azamacrocycles. On t...

A synthetic method was developed to chemically attach few molecules of simple sugars like glucose, mannose, galactose, maltose and xylose (0.09 0.37 wt%) and with quaternary nitrogen pendants (0.42 0.46 atomic%) along the polybutadiene section of polystyrene-block-polybutadiene-block-polystyrene (SBS) block copolymer. These functionalized SBS copolymers were evaluated for biodegradation using t...

A series of dinuclear Pd(II) and Pt(II) with central rectangular cavities have been self-assembled using pyridyl carboxylates as spacers and phosphines [1,1'-bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene (dppf) and triphenylphosphines] as supporting ligands. Some of these function as metallacrowns by capturing adventitious alkali or alkali earth metals ions. Two of the Pt(II) rings bind selectively to Na(+) ...

A survey of our recent work on synthetic polynucleotide analogs is given. Propionic acid and 3-methyl butyric acid derivatives substituted in the 2-position with nucleic acid bases have been used as chiral pendants for attachment to hydrophilic polyamine backbones. Hindered rotation about the amide bonds formed promotes a base-stacked structure as shown by ultraviolet hypochromic effects versus...

Comb-shaped amphiphilic polymers are rapidly emerging as an alternative approach to amphiphilic block copolymers for hydrophobic drug solubilization. These polymers consist of a homopolymer or copolymer backbone to which hydrophobic and hydrophilic pendant groups can be grafted resulting in a comb-like architecture. The hydrophobic pendants may consist of homopolymers, copolymers and other low-...