The specific aim of this study was to prepare sustained release matrix tablets containing indapamide as a low dose and low water solubility model drug. The matrix formers were composed of blends of hydroxypropyl methylcellulose as a swellable polymer and methyl cellulose as an erodible polymer. The matrix tablets were prepared by the direct compression technique and they have shown robust and a...

Three design principles are presented that allow for the molecular design of functional polymer surfaces: surface segregation, surface structure, and surface reorganization. These design principles are illustrated by a description of the behavior of model endfunctional polymers that accurately reflect the general behavior of essentially all possible linear functional polymer architectures. Seve...

Elastomers are one of the most important materials in modern society because of the inherent viscoelastic properties due to their cross-linked polymer chains. Their vibration-absorbing and adhesive properties are especially useful and thus utilized in various applications, for example, tires in automobiles and bicycles, seismic dampers in buildings, and seals in a space shuttle. Thus, the nonde...

The mixed solvent approach has been demonstrated as a promising method to modify nanomorphology in polymer solar cells. This work aims to understand the unique role of the additive in the mixture solvent and how the optimized nanoscale phase separation develops laterally and vertically during the non-equilibrium spin-coating process. We found the donor/acceptor components in the active layer ca...

The characteristic features of luminescence from solid polymers are compared with the emission from the isolated 'monomer'. The dominance of excimer emission in the solid enables this to be used for the characterization of polymer blends, relaxation processes and transport properties. These may also be studied by electronic energy transfer and the incorporation of a luminescent probe enables th...

General as well as more specific physicochemical data obtained by studying the structure and various dynamical properties of aqueous polymer systems of methyl cellulose, [Formula: see text]carrageenan, and [Formula: see text]carrageenan are presented in graphical and numeric tabular form. The data provide basic polymer characterization info as also a specific structural and dynamical info for a...

Metalworking-fluids (MWFs) perform essential functions to metal-products manufacturing industry. MWFs also have inherent environmental and health liabilities associated to industry. These liabilities viewed as opportunity to reevaluate the functionality of MWFs and improve profitability of operations. Several problems appeared in using of MWFs including biodegradation of constituents. The objec...

Non-annealed graphene paper, prepared via reduction of prefabricated graphene oxide paper with hydrazine hydrate, was employed as the sole component of a binder-free lithium-ion battery anode, circumventing the polymer binders and other additives required for the fabrication of conventional electrodes. The binder-free anode fabricated from this non-annealed paper possessed excellent cyclability...