Hybrid Polypeptide/Polylactide Copolymers with Short Phenylalanine Blocks

Synthesis and Properties of Poly(l-lactide)-b-poly (l-phenylalanine) Hybrid Copolymers

Hybrid materials constituted by peptides and synthetic polymers have nowadays a great interest since they can combine the properties and functions of each constitutive block, being also possible to modify the final characteristics by using different topologies. Poly(l-lactide-b-l-phenylalanine) copolymers with various block lengths were synthesized by sequential ring-opening polymerization of l...

Hybrid nanocapsules: interactions of ABA block copolymers with liposomes.

Amphiphilic ABA triblock copolymers, such as poly(2-methyloxazoline)-block-poly(dimethylsiloxan)-block-poly(2-methyloxazoline) (PMOXA-PDMS-PMOXA), form vesicular structures. Here, the interaction of these ABA molecules with lipids is investigated by electron microscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy, light scattering, and differential scanning calorimetry. Our observations suggest the formation of ...

Short title: BFA blocks translation

Simulating Rhapsody SysML Blocks in Hybrid Models with FMI

The Functional Mockup Interface (FMI) standard enables hybrid simulation of models from different tools. Such tools can have different underlying behavioral semantics, creating challenges when models are combined. A case in point is the combination of the Rhapsody tool, widely used to describe and implement discrete control behavior, and Modelica, widely used to describe continuous plant behavi...

Code Design for Short Blocks: A Survey

The design of block codes for short information blocks (e.g., a thousand or less information bits) is an open research problem which is gaining relevance thanks to emerging applications in wireless communication networks. In this work, we review some of the most recent code constructions targeting the short block regime, and we compare then with both finitelength performance bounds and classica...