Search Results - "Brannigan, Ruairí P"
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Synthesis of mechanically robust renewable poly(ester-amide)s through co-polymerisation of unsaturated polyesters and synthetic polypeptides
Published in European polymer journal (15-01-2020)“…[Display omitted] As an alternative to polyester-based materials, synthetic polypeptides have received a great deal of attention as bio-derived polymers for…”
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pH-Responsive, Functionalizable Spyrocyclic Polycarbonate: A Versatile Platform for Biocompatible Nanoparticles
Published in Biomacromolecules (13-08-2018)“…Polymeric nanoparticles are widely investigated to enhance the selectivity of therapeutics to targeted sites, as well as to increase circulation lifetime and…”
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Application of Modified Amino Acid-Derived Diols as Chain Extenders in the Synthesis of Novel Thermoplastic Polyester–Urethane Elastomers
Published in ACS sustainable chemistry & engineering (07-08-2017)“…Owing to their robust processability and mechanical dexterity, thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPUs) have been utilized in a wide variety of applications from…”
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Enhanced drug delivery to cancer cells through a pH-sensitive polycarbonate platform
Published in Biomaterials science (31-01-2023)“…Polymer-drug conjugates are widely investigated to enhance the selectivity of therapeutic drugs to cancer cells, as well as increase circulation lifetime and…”
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Biocompatible polypeptide-based interpenetrating network (IPN) hydrogels with enhanced mechanical properties
Published in Journal of materials chemistry. B, Materials for biology and medicine (14-09-2020)“…Hydrogels are widely used for biomedical applications such as drug delivery, tissue engineering, or wound healing owing to their mimetic properties in relation…”
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Synthesis, properties and biomedical applications of hydrolytically degradable materials based on aliphatic polyesters and polycarbonates
Published in Biomaterials science (01-01-2017)“…Polyester-based polymers represent excellent candidates in synthetic biodegradable and bioabsorbable materials for medical applications owing to their…”
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Progress and Current Trends in the Synthesis of Novel Polymers with Enhanced Mucoadhesive Properties
Published in Macromolecular bioscience (01-10-2019)“…Mucoadhesion is defined as the adherence of a synthetic or natural polymer to a mucosal membrane via physical or chemical interactions. Mucoadhesive materials…”
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Synthesis and evaluation of mucoadhesive acryloyl-quaternized PDMAEMA nanogels for ocular drug delivery
Published in Colloids and surfaces, B, Biointerfaces (01-07-2017)“…[Display omitted] •Poly((2-dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate) nanogels were synthesized.•The nanogels were quaternized with acryloyl chloride to enhance their…”
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Tunable Thermoplastic Poly(ester–urethane)s Based on Modified Serinol Extenders
Published in Macromolecules (12-04-2016)“…As a consequence of their mechanical properties, thermoplastic poly(ester–urethane)s (TPEUs) have been extensively examined for their potential applications…”
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Synthesis of Novel bis‐Triazolinedione Crosslinked Amphiphilic Polypept(o)ide Nanostructures
Published in Macromolecular chemistry and physics (01-06-2019)“…Owing to their wide range of inherent functionality, hydrolytic stability, biodegradability, and low toxicity, polypeptide‐based materials have been…”
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Block copolymer materials from the organocatalytic ring-opening polymerization of a pentaerythritol-derived cyclic carbonate
Published in Journal of polymer science. Part A, Polymer chemistry (15-08-2014)“…ABSTRACT 9‐Phenyl‐2,4,8,10‐tetraoxaspiro[5,5]undecanone (PTO) was synthesized from pentaerythritol via the acid‐catalyzed acetal formation reaction with…”
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