Star PEG-based amphiphilic polymers: synthesis, characterization and swelling behaviors

Amphiphilic Polymer Conetworks Studied by SANS: Effect of the Type of Solubilizate and Molecular Architecture on the Swollen Gel Structure

“…26 solubility in water: n-octane: 0.66 mg/L (25 °C); 28 toluene: 0.519 g/L (25 °C); 29 eugenol: 2.46 g/L (25 °C); 30 based amphiphilic copolymers with 1,8 bis(triethoxysilyl) octane as the hydrophobic part. 24 However, no systematic study has been done in which the molecular architecture of the APCN has been varied in a controlled way and in which different types of solubilizates of variable polarity have been employed. Especially, the extent of hydrophobic modification of the APCN is a very interesting parameter to vary and, thereby, to control the solubilization properties, something that has never been addressed so far.…”

A Mini‐Review on the Application of Computational Strategies in Multi‐Armed Star‐PEG Polymeric Micelles for Drug Delivery

“…Increasing the number of arms can also alter the pharmacokinetics and in vivo dispersion characteristics [16,17] . Fourth, network topologies suitable for the production of biocompatible hydrogels can be easily generated by turning a liquid polymer into a ′solid′ or ′gel′ by intermolecular connection between star polymers with variable end groups [18,19] . For these reasons, star‐shaped poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) hydrogels gained much attention among researchers and are studied in a wide range of applications such tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, and other biomedical applications [20–23] .…”

“…[16,17] Fourth, network topologies suitable for the production of biocompatible hydrogels can be easily generated by turning a liquid polymer into a 'solid' or 'gel' by intermolecular connection between star polymers with variable end groups. [18,19] For these reasons, star-shaped poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) hydrogels gained much attention among researchers and are studied in a wide range of applications such tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, and other biomedical applications. [20][21][22][23] A few review articles reported on star polymers published in the literature, and the number of studies on this type of PM continues to rise.…”

Reactivity of multi-arm polyols towards isocyanates

“…15 Thus beside the isocyanate components, the crosslinking agent has a significant role in designing various PURs with targeted properties. The reaction between isocyanates and several crosslinkers with different number of functionalities including pentaerythritol (and its alkoxylated derivatives), [16][17][18][19][20] carbohydrates 21,22 or polyamines 23 have been studied. However, these results were obtained from experiments performed under rather diverse reaction conditions (for instance, applying different temperature, solvent or catalyst); thus, direct comparisons of the kinetic data are not straightforward.…”