Miscibility with positive deviation in Tg–composition relationship in blends of poly(2-vinyl pyridine)-block-poly(ethylene oxide) and poly(p-vinyl phenol)

Polymer ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 47 (25) ◽  
pp. 8350-8359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li-Ting Lee ◽  
Eamor M. Woo ◽  
Sheng Shu Hou ◽  
Stephan Förster
Polymer ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
pp. 1179-1185 ◽  
Author(s):  
James J. Sotele ◽  
Valdir Soldi ◽  
Alfredo T. Nunes Pires

2010 ◽  
Vol 287 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel Córdova ◽  
Arnaldo T. Lorenzo ◽  
Alejandro J. Müller ◽  
Panagiota Fragouli ◽  
Hermis Iatrou ◽  
...  

Polymer ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 36 (20) ◽  
pp. 3889-3897 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Pedrosa ◽  
J.A. Pomposo ◽  
E. Calahorra ◽  
M. Cortázar

Polymers ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 1450 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camelia-Elena Iurciuc-Tincu ◽  
Monica Stamate Cretan ◽  
Violeta Purcar ◽  
Marcel Popa ◽  
Oana Maria Daraba ◽  
...  

Smart polymeric micelles (PMs) are of practical interest as nanocarriers for the encapsulation and controlled release of hydrophobic drugs. Two hydrophobic drugs, naturally-based curcumin (Cur) and synthetic 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), were loaded into the PMs formed by a well-defined pH-sensitive poly(2-vinyl pyridine)-b-poly(ethylene oxide) (P2VP90-b-PEO398) block copolymer. The influence of the drug loading on the micellar sizes was investigated by dynamic light scattering (DLS) and it appears that the size of the PMs increases from around 60 to 100 nm when Cur is loaded. On the contrary, the loading of the 5-FU has a smaller effect on the micellar sizes. This difference can be attributed to higher molar mass of Cur with respect to 5-FU but also to higher loading efficiency of Cur, 6.4%, compared to that of 5-FU, 5.8%. In vitro drug release was studied at pH 2, 6.8, and 7.4, and it was observed that the pH controls the release of both drugs. At pH 2, where the P2VP sequences from the “frozen-in” micellar core are protonated, the drug release efficiencies exceed 90%. Moreover, it was demonstrated, by in vitro assays, that these PMs are hemocompatible and biocompatible. Furthermore, the PMs protect the Cur against the photo-degradation, whereas the non-ionic PEO corona limits the adsorption of bovine serum albumin (BSA) protein on the surface. This study demonstrates that these pH-sensitive PMs are suitable for practical utilization as human-safe and smart, injectable drug delivery systems.


2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Araneda ◽  
L. Gargallo ◽  
A. Leiva ◽  
N. Hadjichristidis ◽  
I. Mondragon ◽  
...  

1994 ◽  
Vol 369 ◽  
Author(s):  
Byoung-Koo Choi ◽  
Young–Wa Kim

AbstractConductivity has been measured for mixed alkali systems of LixNa1-xClO4 (PEO)n with n = 6, 16 and 40, and a mixed anion system of LiClxI1−x(PEO)16 complexes with varying concentrations of x. In the LixNa1−xClO4 (PEO)n complexes, it shows no unusual conductivity behavior. In the LiClxI1−x(PEO)16 complexes, the conductivity shows positive deviation from additivity in the mixed-anion region and the mixed-anion effect is also observed in the semicrystalline-toamorphous transition temperature.


1996 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 247-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min-Hui Cui ◽  
Dong-Hua Cheng ◽  
Jun-She Guo ◽  
Hong-Quan Xie

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