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Biodegradable star-shaped 8 arms PEG-b-PLLA block copolymer was synthesized to create a novel implantable soft material. The differences in physicochemical properties between star-shaped 8 arms PEG10K-b-PLLA35K f...
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Preparation of Poly(lactic Acid)-Grafted Polysaccharides as Biodegradable Amphiphilic Materials
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Photo-Induced Drug Release from Liposome Using Photochromic Lipid Having Spiropyran Group
A novel photochromic lipid, SP-16A, having spiropyran group on its terminal was synthesized. It was confirmed that the obtained SP-16A molecule could form liposome with dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine (DPPC) b...
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Design of Macromolecular Prodrug Forms of Antitumor Agents
In recent years, many drugs having high potential were synthesized or purified. Therefore, drug delivery systems (DDS) which allow such new drugs to perform up to their potentials, became more and more importa...
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Effect of polyethyleneglycol on polymerization of methyl methacrylate initiated by sodium salt-type macromolecular electrolytes
The effects of polyethyleneglycol (PEG) on the radical polymerizations of methyl methacrylate initiated with the aqueous solutions of such macromolecular electrolytes as sodium polyphenolate and sodium polycar...
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Cyclic acetal-photosensitized polymerization
The photoirradiation onto 1,3-diphenylimidazolize (1,3-DPhI) was carried out in benzene at 40°C without the ordinary initiator to give the oligomer. Furthermore, the effect of substituent on the ring-opening p...
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Vinyl Polymerization. CDVII. Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate Initiated by Diphenyldisulfide and Cu(II) Ion
Radical polymerization of methyl methacrylate (MMA) initiated by diphenyldisulfide (DPDS) and CuCl2 was carried out in a mixed solvent of 1,4-dioxane and water. The rate was expressed by the equation; Rp=k[DPDS]0...
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Vinyl Polymerization. CCCC. Radical Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate Initiated with Micrococcus lysodeiplicus
The polymerization of methyl methacrylate with Micrococcus lysodeiplicus was carried out in water, and the reaction was found to proceed through a radical mechanism. The effects of the quantity of reagent on the ...
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Vinyl Polymerization. CCCXCVII. On the Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate Initiated with the System of Glutathione, Cu(II) Ion, Urea, and Water
The polymerization of methyl methacrylate (MMA) was carried out in a system of glutathione (oxidized type, GSSG), Cu(II) ion, urea, and water. GSSG having S–S bonds behaved as a lysozyme model. It was confirme...
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Vinyl Polymerization. CCCXCVIII. Radical Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate Initiated with the System of Poly(β-alanine) or α-Amylase and Cu(II) Ion in the Aqueous Solution of Urea
The polymerization of methyl methacrylate with poly(β-alanine) or α-amylase and Cu(II) ions was carried out at 85°C for 3 h in an aqueous solution of urea. The formation of hydrophobic areas by these macromole...
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Vinyl Polymerization. CCCLXXXV. Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate Initiated with Sodium Poly(L-glutamate) in Aqueous Medium of Cu(II) Ion
The polymerization of methyl methacrylate (MM A) by sodium poly(L-glutamate) (PLG-Na), copper(II) chloride and water was carried out. The effects of the pH of the aqueous solution and the mass of each component o...
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Vinyl Polymerization. CCCLXXVI. Polymerization of 2,2-Dimethyl-3-oxobutyl Methacrylate
2,2-Dimethyl-3-oxobutyl methacrylate (DMBM) was synthesized from 4-hydroxy-3,3-dimethyl-2-butanone and methacrylic acid. The polymerization of DMBM was carried out in benzene at 60°C, using 2,2′-azobisisobutyr...
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Resins from Formaldehyde. CIV. Hydroxymethylation of Diisopropyl Ketone with Formaldehyde