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Elastomers: Reinventing Butyl Rubber For Stretchable Electronics (Adv. Funct. Mater. 29/2016), Akhil Vohra, Heather L. Filiatrault, Stanley D. Amyotte, R. Stephen Carmichael, Natalie D. Suhan, Conrad Siegers, Lorenzo Ferrari, Gregory J.E. Davidson, Tricia Breen Carmichael
Elastomers: Reinventing Butyl Rubber For Stretchable Electronics (Adv. Funct. Mater. 29/2016), Akhil Vohra, Heather L. Filiatrault, Stanley D. Amyotte, R. Stephen Carmichael, Natalie D. Suhan, Conrad Siegers, Lorenzo Ferrari, Gregory J.E. Davidson, Tricia Breen Carmichael
Chemistry and Biochemistry Publications
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Polyisobutylene-Paclitaxel Conjugates With Pendant Carboxylic Acids And Polystyrene Chains: Towards Multifunctional Stent Coatings With Slow Drug Release, John F. Trant, Mahmoud M. Abd Rabo Moustafa, Inderpreet Sran, Elizabeth R. Gillies
Polyisobutylene-Paclitaxel Conjugates With Pendant Carboxylic Acids And Polystyrene Chains: Towards Multifunctional Stent Coatings With Slow Drug Release, John F. Trant, Mahmoud M. Abd Rabo Moustafa, Inderpreet Sran, Elizabeth R. Gillies
Chemistry and Biochemistry Publications
Drug-eluting stents are used in the treatment of atherosclerosis, where the incorporation of anti-proliferative or anti-inflammatory drugs decreases the rate of restenosis, the recurrence of artery narrowing. However, these stents can suffer from limitations such as drug depletion and delamination of the drug-eluting coating from the stent surface. Described here is an approach aimed at addressing these issues. Starting from a maleic anhydride adduct of polyisobutylene (PIB) prepared from butyl rubber, ring opening using paclitaxel (PTX) or a combination of PTX and polystyrene (PS) afforded covalent conjugates of PTX and PIB or PIB-PS graft copolymers bearing pendant carboxylic acids. When …
Reinventing Butyl Rubber For Stretchable Electronics, Tricia B. Carmichael, Akhil Vohra, Heather L. Filiatrault, Stanley Amyotte, R. Stephen Carmichael, Natalie D. Suhan, Siegers Conrad, Lorenzo Ferrari, Gregory J E Davidson
Reinventing Butyl Rubber For Stretchable Electronics, Tricia B. Carmichael, Akhil Vohra, Heather L. Filiatrault, Stanley Amyotte, R. Stephen Carmichael, Natalie D. Suhan, Siegers Conrad, Lorenzo Ferrari, Gregory J E Davidson
Chemistry and Biochemistry Publications
The development of stretchable electronic devices that are soft and conformable has relied heavily on a single material – polydimethylsiloxane – as the elastomeric substrate. Although polydimethylsiloxane has a number of advantageous characteristics, its high gas permeability is detrimental to stretchable devices that use materials sensitive to oxygen and water vapor, such as organic semiconductors and oxidizable metals. Failing to protect these materials from atmosphere-induced decomposition leads to premature device failure; therefore, it is imperative to develop elastomers with gas barrier properties that enable stretchable electronics with practical lifetimes. Here, we reinvent butyl rubber – a material with an intrinsically …