Pilot studies assessing the compatibility of the coatings revealed the hypothermic coating was toxic while PCPC coating was deemed suitable for future testing. The uniformity was assessed using scanning and confocal ...

Weight loss measurements proved to be the most effective method of tracking the extent of degradation in PCL films. Differential Scanning Calorimetry and Raman Spectroscopy proved to be inefficient in tracking or characterizing ...

In Chapter 3, the effect of type and concentration of resin additive on photopolymerization kinetics is examined via RT-FTIR ATR. Factors such as network conversion and relative concentration of remaining double bonds ...

The dependency of modern-day human life on synthetic polymers is becoming increasingly evident. At present, polymers are used in a broad spectrum of applications, ranging from commodity polymers in everyday plastics, to ...

In the comparison of chain-growth polymerization in solution versus on surface, we found that surface-initiated polymer chains exhibited a markedly broader distribution of chain lengths and slower chain growth kinetics as ...

Wetting regimes for residual-layer-free filling provide a guide to materials selection and design for multi-layer transfer molding, and the anisotropic dewetting behavior provided insights into the process for achieving ...

In this dissertation, we designed a fully abiotic way to synthesize discrete unimolecular weight polyolefins by using a molecular template. We synthesized discrete and unimolecular oligo(thiophene)s template with alternating ...

Due to the refractory nature of the central nervous system (CNS), injuries such as spinal cord injury (SCI) trigger a complex injury cascade. Currently, no effective therapeutics exist to reverse the outcomes of progressive ...

Remote triggering of smart materials such as shape memory polymers and nanocomposites for drug delivery are research areas of continued interest for magneto-functional nanocomposites. Magnetically susceptible nanoparticles ...