Perfluorocarbon (PFC) nanoemulsions have great potential in biomedical applications due to their unique chemical stability, biocompatibility, and possibilities for enhanced oxygen supply. The addition of amphiphilic block copolymers promotes the formation long-term stability emulsion-based gels. In this work, we report systematic study impact adding triblock water-in-perfluorocarbon on structur...

Monolithic aerogels of high molecular weight polyethylene (Mw= 3x106- 6x106 g/mol) have been prepared by solvent extraction with supercritical carbon dioxide from thermoreversible gels prepared in decalin. These low density and highly porous aerogels present an apparent porosity up to 90%. The aerogel morphology observed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) is characterized by spherulitic stru...

Aqueous solutions of a Pluronic copolymer P104 have been investigated by rheological techniques in order to characterize its gelation and its gel properties. P104 solutions have a low viscosity at low temperatures but form an elastic gel at physiological temperatures. Elastic moduli are of the order 10 kPa with a significant yield stress. Possible use of P104 to prevent flow in pipes or blood v...

Ulvan is a bioactive marine sulphated polysacharide that can be extracted from green algae. This biopolymer form thermoreversible gels depending on the chemical composition and structure, showing great potential. The cold-set gelling properties unique shear-thickening fluid of this could valuable for exploration ulvans as new source water-soluble biodegradable polysaccharides. lack cytotoxicity...

Thermoreversible biogels can serve as effective systems for delivery of drugs through nose with increased nasal residence time. The objective of this study was to use chitosan and glycerophosphate based thermoreversible systems for delivery of doxepin to brain through intranasal administration. Formulations were prepared by admixture of suitable dilutions of chitosan and glycerophosphate with o...

WATER-IN-OIL MICROEMULSIONS: COUNTERION EFFECTS IN AOT SYSTEMS AND NEW FLUOROCARBON-BASED MICROEMULSION GELS FEBRUARY 2010 XIAOMING PAN, B.S., TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY Ph.D., UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST Directed by: Professor Surita R. Bhatia Microemulsions have important applications in various industries, including enhanced oil recovery, reactions, separations, drug delivery, cosmetics and...

Syndiotactic poly(methyl methacrylate) (sPMMA)-polybutadiene (PBD)—sPMMA triblock copolymers, or MBM, have been studied in the presence of o-xylene which is a selective solvent for the central PBD block. Syndiotactic PMMA is known to self associate in o-xylene. The central PBD sequence does not prevent the selfassociation of sPMMA from occurring. Actually, this phenomenon contributes to the sta...