摘要:
Polymers are provided having a structure selected from: R(—O—R1,)x and R(—NH—R1)x wherein R(—O—)x is a polyol moiety and R(—NH—)x is a polyamine moiety, with the x being between 2 and 10, inclusive, and each R1 independently has the structure: wherein a divalent amino acid moiety with R2 being a covalent bond or having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, and y and z are between 0 and 10, inclusive, provided that y and z are not both 0; is a divalent dicarboxylic acid moiety in which R3 is an alkylene or cyclolkylene group containing from 1 to about 15 carbon atoms substituted with a total of from 1 to about 10 hydroxyl groups, with at least a portion of the hydroxyl groups being acylated with 3 to 24 carbon atom carboxylic acids; and R4 is a poly(alkylene oxide) having the structure: R5—(R6—O—)a—R6—Q— with R5 selected from 1 to 40 carbon atom alkyl groups, —OH—, —OR7, —NH—, —NHR7, —NR7R8, —C—OH, —C—OR7, —C—O—C—R7, —C-NH2, —C—NHR7 and —C—NHR7R8; R6, R7 and R8 are independently selected from 2 to 40 carbon atom, straight-chain or branched alkylene groups; Q is a divalent linkage moiety; and a is between 2 and 110, inclusive. Polymer encapsulates of hydrophobic molecules are also disclosed, including pharmaceutical dosage forms containing the encapsulates in which the hydrophobic molecule has biological or pharmaceutical activity, as well as transdermal delivery devices. Methods of treating patients with the pharmaceutical dosage forms are also disclosed.
摘要:
A polymer having a fractal configuration of structure which is self-similar or is scale invariant at different scales. As a consequence of their fractal configuration, such polymers have superior properties as an interstitial material for the adsorption of substances, and are useful as an additive or adjunct to ion exchange, filtration and membrane separation of compounds.
摘要:
Polyoxazolines having the structural formula: ##STR1## wherein R is phenylene or alkylene containing 2 to 18 carbon atoms, R.sup.2 is C.sub.1-4 alkyl and R.sub.1 is selected from the group consisting of C.sub.1-12 alkyl, vinyl, isopropylidene, pentafluoroethyl, phenyl, hydroxyphenyl which is optionally interrupted by up to 20 ethylene oxide groups, C.sub.1-2 -alkoxyphenyl which is optionally interrupted by up to 20 ethylene oxide groups and .paren open-st.CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --O.paren close-st..sub.r CH.sub.3 in which r ranges from 1-20, X is NH.sub.2 or OH, n ranges from 2 to 50 and m ranges from 0 to 50, wherein R.sub.1 is hydroxyphenyl optionally interrupted by up to 20 ethylene oxide groups only when X is NH.sub.2, are polymerizable to form hyperbranched polymers which have a number average molecular weight ranging from 5,000 to 150,000, a weight average molecular weight ranging from 5,500 to 5,000,000 and a polydispersity ranging from 1.1 to 300 and which are very polar and highly wettable and are useful as adhesives, biodegradable materials, biomaterials, carriers for chemicals, carriers for image contrast agents, coatings, components of blends, components of medical imaging formulations, crosslinkers, dispersants, drug carriers, imaging materials, resists for lighography, slow release agents, vectors for gene therapy, and viscosity modifiers.
摘要:
A hyperbranched macromolecule of polyester type comprising a central monomeric or polymeric nucleus and at least one generation of a branching chain extender having at least three reactive sites of which at least one is a hydroxyl or hydroxyalkyl substituted hydroxyl group and at least one is a carboxyl or terminal epoxide group. The nucleus is an epoxide compound having at least one reactive epoxide group. Optionally, the macromolecule comprises at least one generation consisting of at least one spacing chain extender having two reactive sites of which one is a hydroxyl or hydroxyalkyl substituted hydroxyl group and one is a carboxyl or terminal epoxide group. The macromolecule may be terminated by means of at least one chain stopper.
摘要:
Polymers, oligomers or copolymers, having a dendrimer structure and containing electronegative heteroatoms, such as etheric oxygens, capable of complexing with cationic species, for use in ionically-conductive polymeric electrolytes, Relatively high ambient conductivity is a feature of such electrolytes.
摘要:
The present invention provides novel one-step processes for preparing highly branched macromolecule polymers that have highly controlled molecular architectures. The process comprises the reaction of a branching monomer such as a substituted phenyl compound having the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, and R.sub.3 are defined herein, with a core monomer and an end-capping monomer, such as a phenolic ester, for a sufficient period of time and at a sufficient temperature to directly produce the highly branched polymer, in a single processing step.
摘要:
Hyperbranched aramids, made from an aromatic aminodicarboxylic acid or an aromatic aminodicarboxylic acid, and optionally an aromatic aminocarboxylic acid are disclosed. The hyperbranched aramids are useful as aids for the processing of aramid solutions. Also disclosed are novel monomers used to make the hyperbranched aramids.
摘要:
The present invention pertains to a polymeric liquid polysiloxane material comprising non-organofunctional Q-type siloxane moieties and optionally mono-organofunctional T-type siloxane moieties, for efficient rearrangement and curing reactions. The present invention further pertains to associated uses of the material.