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The Evaluation of Poly(imide) Siloxane to use in Biomedical and Radiotherapy Applications

       JUNIPER PUBLISHERS-   ACADEMIC JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE Abstract Poly(imide) siloxane encourages new research studies that offer innovative and comprehensive industrial areas, experimental approaches and their innovative products. Poly(imide) siloxane covers the studies in fundamental organic polymer chemistry and physical organic chemistry, noval researches on membranes and interfaces. The possible applications of the poly(imide) siloxane as shielding material include facilities such as biological shielding at nuclear medicine departments. Keywords:  Copolymers; Poly(imide) siloxane; Radiation Introduction Polymer based drug gene delivery systems with critical structural features at the nanometere scale have attracted immense interest. Besides, polymer applications to drug/gen delivery has offered unprecedented opportunities for the creation of a variety of polymeric structures. The drugs including nanocarriers can be derived from poly(imide) silo...

Ion Exchange Membrane for Reverse Electrodialysis

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     JUNIPER PUBLISHERS-   ACADEMIC JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE Abstract Ion exchange membranes (IEMs) are used for exchanging or removing ions from the solutions so that they are fabricated by polymers rather than metals or ceramics. When metal is in contact with the solutions, some reaction or corrosion occurs, and ceramic is difficult to use in membrane form because it is brittle. Also, normal metals and ceramics do not have high ion-exchange properties so that polymers are used widely as a host material of the IEM. The conventional IEMs are either layered membrane consisted of ion exchange material and support layer, and thick bulk membrane. There are no critical problems to use them for water treatment, but they are not suitable for electrochemical application such as reverse electrodialysis (RED). RED is a method of making electricity by sequential ion transport through semi-permeable membranes and electrochemical reaction at the electrode part so that the IEMs ...

A New Composition of High Heat General Purpose Polystyrene (High Heat GPPS) Resin

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       JUNIPER PUBLISHERS-   ACADEMIC JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE Abstract A new composition of high heat general-purpose polystyrene (High heat GPPS) resin synthesis is discussed. The new composition of resin involves addition of cross-linker/comonomer in very low concentration during synthesis process. Commercially available vinyl cross-linkers like divinylbenzene (DVB), Ethylene dimethacrylate (EDM), Tricycle (5.2.1.02,6) decanedimethanol diacrylate (TDDDA), Dicyclopentadiene (DCPD) and vinyl comonomer like maleic anhydride, α-methylstyrene have been evaluated via bulk polymerization method. DVB showed enhancement in the heat distortion temperature (HDT), vicat softening temperature (VST) & melt flow index (MFI) compared to the benchmark grade of GPPS, whereas other mechanical and impact properties remained same or better than benchmark grade under identical methods of measurement. Keywords:  Divinylbenzene; Cross-linked; Branching; Polymerization; He...

Co- Excipient: Future of Formulation Industry

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     JUNIPER PUBLISHERS-   ACADEMIC JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE Abstract This article will give complete overview on recent development in co-process excipient technology and approaches involved in its development. The co-processed excipients help to overcome deficiencies occurring with use of single general grade excipients. Formulation scientist recognized that the single component excipient cannot always provide the essential performance in manufacturing or formulation to certain active pharmaceutical ingredient (API). Hence attention on the production of multifunctional excipient with improve performance was seen to meet the need of formulation. In order to justify rise in new drug development and also high industrial output demand new combinations of existing excipient were tested for improving excipient functionality. Now days the particle engineering of individual excipient and their combinations by using co-processing technique has provided an attribute tool f...