Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) have been successfully modified by polystyrene, poly( caprolactone), and their block copolymers by addition reaction of the alkoxyamine-terminated precursors. Polymer-modified MWNTs are easily dispersed in good solvents for the grafted polymer, such as toluene and THF. This observation has been confirmed by TEM analysis. The grafting ratio of polystyrene ch...

In Vitro and In Vivo Bactericidal Activities of Vancomycin Dispersed in Porous Biodegradable Poly(ε-Caprolactone) Microparticles Anne-Marie Le Ray, Hélène Gautier, Marie-Katel Laty, Guy Daculsi, Christian Merle, Cédric Jacqueline, Antoine Hamel, and Jocelyne Caillon* Centre de Recherche sur les Matériaux d’Intérêt Biologique, Equipe INSERM 99-03, UFR Odontologie, Laboratoire de Pharmacie Galéni...

Galway, Ireland Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells Adhere and Proliferate onto Films of Poly(ε-caprolactone) with Hydroxylic Functional Groups Hajar Seyednejad, Tina Vermonden, Natalja E. Fedorovich, Mies J. van Steenbergen, Wouter J. A. Dhert, Cornelus F. van Nostrum, Wim E. Hennink Corresponding author: [email protected] Department of Pharmaceutics, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences (UI...

The reaction of Sm{N(SiMe3)2}3 with the bis(phenol)amines H2O2N(R) (H2O2N(R) = RCH2CH2N(2-HO-3,5-C6H2(t)Bu2)2; R = OMe, NMe2 or Me) gave exclusively zwitterions Sm(O2N(R))(HO2N(R)). For R = OMe or NMe2 these were efficient catalysts for the ring-opening polymerisation of epsilon-caprolactone and D,L-lactide with a tendency to form cyclic esters; in contrast, no polymerisation was observed for R...

2 and Osteoblastic Interactions with the Topographically Distinct 3 Poly(ε-caprolactone)/Hydroxyapatite Thin Films 4 Vuk Uskokovic*́,†,‡ and Tejal A. Desai*,† 5 †Therapeutic Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of 6 California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158-2330, United States 7 ‡Advanced Materials and Nanobiotech...