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Functional polymers from macrolactones

Ates, Zeliha (2014) Functional polymers from macrolactones. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Abstract
The presented work is focused on the design of (bio)functional materials from naturally occurring macrolactones. Enzymatic ring opening polymerization of such monomers affords aliphatic polyesters with promising material properties including biocompatibility, biodegradation and good mechanical properties. A drawback of these, as well as most aliphatic polyesters, is the lack of functionality, which is a potential hurdle to open biomedical applications in which the materials play a more active and possibly dynamic role. The primary aim of this thesis is the development of a methodology to introduce various functional groups to linear unsaturated poly(globalide) by utilizing thiol-ene coupling reactions as a post-polymerization modification. Secondly, this methodology should allow the design of three-dimensional materials, which can be bioconjugated. This includes for instance functional cross-linked films produced by thiol-ene coupling reactions and subsequent thiol-ene functionalization and well as exploring surface initiated ARGET-ATRP in order to increase the density of surface functional groups. Beyond the development of chemical routes it is the aim of the thesis to provide a first proof of concept for the feasibility of the developed approaches to design advanced biomaterials by investigating the conjugation with biomolecules. Moreover, first evidence for the processibility into the more complex three-dimensional materials such as scaffolds and particles is provided.
Metadata
Item Type:Thesis (PhD)
Date of Award:November 2014
Refereed:No
Supervisor(s):Heise, Andreas
Uncontrolled Keywords:Polymers; renewable materials; polymer films
Subjects:Physical Sciences > Chemistry
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science and Health > School of Chemical Sciences
Use License:This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. View License
Funders:Science Foundation Ireland
ID Code:20059
Deposited On:21 Nov 2014 14:04 by Andreas Heise . Last Modified 19 Jul 2018 15:04
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