DIPC Community Seminars: Synthesis and applications of cyclic polymers
DIPC Seminars
- Speaker
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Fabienne Barroso Bujans, DIPC
- When
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2022/04/28
14:00 - Place
- Hybrid Seminar: Donostia International Physics Center
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**DIPC Community Seminars**
Cyclic polymers possess unique physico-chemical properties compared to their
linear counterparts as a result of the absence of end-groups and their more
compact conformation. The overall interest over these cyclic structures or
rings is really growing. Today, there are two primary methods for the
synthesis of cyclic polymers: (1) ring closure and (2) ring expansion
polymerization. In this seminar, I will talk about our latest results on (a)
the synthesis of cyclic polyethylene glycol (PEG) via ring closure, to be used
as an alternative of classical linear PEG ligands for gold nanoparticle
stabilization, and (b) the synthesis of branched cyclic polyglycidol via ring
expansion polymerization, to be used as a carrier of biologically active
molecules.
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