Journal of Nanomedicine & Biotherapeutic Discovery
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Department of Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, United States

Publications

• Review Article   
  Production of Single Polymer Composites and Miscible Polymer Blends via Nano-restructuring From Their Cyclodextrin and Urea Inclusion Compounds
  Author(s): Alan E. Tonelli*
  
  Crystalline non-covalent Inclusion Compounds (ICs) have been formed between many guest polymers and several small host molecules, including among them Cyclo-Dextrins (CDs) and Urea (U) hosts. In these ICs, the guest polymer chains are included in the narrow host crystalline lattice channels (0.5-1.0 nm) and are separated and highly extended. Upon the careful removal of the host lattice the guest polymers are coalesced into bulk samples that are organized differently from bulk samples obtained from their solutions and melts. Likely, because such coalesced polymers are more extended and less entangled, they evidence distinct behaviour and properties, which surprisingly are highly resistant to annealing above their Tgs and Tms. Coalesced polymers allow the production of materials with unique behaviours, two types of which are the subject of this review chapter: 1. Single polymer composit.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-983X. 22.12.174

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