The synthesis of a series of C1-symmetric metallocene complexes rac-[1-(5,6-dialkoxy-2-methyl1-η5-indenyl)-2-(9-η5-fluorenyl)ethane]zirconium dichlorides (alkyl: n-butyl, n-hexyl, n-octyl, ndecyl) is described. These complexes are versatile catalysts in the polymerization of propylene after in situ activation with triisobutylaluminum (TIBA) and Ph3C[B(C6F5)4] in toluene and heptane solution. Al...

The direct synthesis of methacrylic-based soft polymeric nanoparticles via reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer dispersion polymerization (RAFTDP) is described. The use of poly[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate]s, of varying average degree of polymerization (X¯n), as the stabilizing blocks for the RAFTDP of 3-phenylpropyl methacrylate (PPMA) in ethanol at 70 °C, at various total s...

Reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerization (RAFT) was used to prepare polymer brushes grafted onto silica nanoparticles. Novel RAFT-silane agents were prepared that contained both an active RAFT moiety and a silane coupling agent. RAFT agents were anchored to silica nanoparticles by the functionalization of colloidal silica with the RAFT-silane agents. RAFT polymerizations ...

Surface modification of titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticle is essential to control its surface properties, thereby to enhance its cell penetration capability, reduce its cytotoxicity, or improve its biocompatibility. In order to graft polyvinyl acetate onto TiO2 nanoparticles, xanthate was chemically immobilized on the surface of TiO2 by acylation followed by nucleophilic substitution with a ...

Mediation of reversible deactivation radical polymerization (RDRP) by cobalt(II) complexes (CMRP) is the most highly developed subcategory of organometallic mediated RDRP (OMRP). Attention was paid to CMRP for its unusual high efficiency observed for the control of acrylate and vinyl acetate polymerization that produced homo- and block copolymers with narrow molecular weight distribution and a ...

The complex nature of in vivo gene transfer establishes the need for multifunctional delivery vectors capable of meeting these challenges. An additional consideration for clinical translation of synthetic delivery formulations is reproducibility and scale-up of materials. In this review, we summarize our work over the last five years in developing a modular approach for synthesizing peptide-bas...

The nucleating role of cellular membrane components, such as lipid moieties on amyloid beta (A?1–40) fibrillation, has been reported in recent years. influence conjugates fabricated from anchors (cholesterol, diacylglycerol) and hydrophilic polymers A?1–40 fibrillation is here, aiming to understand the impact cloud point temperature (Tcp) its hydrophobic tails fibrillation. Novel lipid-polymer ...

This report describes two different methodologies for the synthesis of aryl end-functionalized poly(lactide)s (PLAs) catalyzed by indium complexes. In the first method, a series of para-functionalized phenoxy-bridged dinuclear indium complexes [(NNO)InCl]2(μ-Cl)(μ-OPhR) (R = OMe (1), Me (2), H (3), Br (4), NO2 (5)) were synthesized and fully characterized. The solution and solid state structure...

In this work, the combination of different modeling approaches with in-line proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1H-NMR) spectroscopy is used to assist transfer a reversible addition-fragmentation chain (RAFT) polymerization methyl methacrylate micro-scale reactor. This approach then applied find optimal process parameters like temperature or residence time as well best composition reaction mixtu...

polybutadiene nanoparticles were synthesized via batch emulsion polymerization of butadiene in the presence of potassium persulfate, disproportionate rosinate potassium cation and t-dodecyl mercaptane as initiator, emulsifier and chain transfer agent, respectively. polymerization reaction was performed at different temperatures (60, 70 and 80 °c). conversion was measured at the various time int...