The University of Akron

Emily Q Rosenthal-Kim

Judit Eva Puskas

Alejandra Alvarez Albarran

A polymer composite includes a functionalized polyisobutylene and an additional polyisobutylene-containing material. The functionalized polyisobutylene includes an &#x3b1;-lipoic acid functional group. A method for producing the polymer composite includes providing the additional polyisobutylene-containing material as a substrate having a surface, and coating the surface of the substrate with the functionalized polyisobutylene. A method for producing a coated substrate including the polymer composite includes providing a polymer combination including the functionalized polyisobutylene and the additional polyisobutylene-containing material, and depositing the polymer combination on to a substrate to thereby form the coated substrate.

Modular surface functionalization of polyisobutylene-based materials

A method for the polymerization of &#x3b1;-lipoic acid and &#x3b1;-lipoic acid derivatives includes preparing an &#x3b1;-lipoic formulation, exposing the &#x3b1;-lipoic formulation to an aqueous phase and a gaseous phase at a gas/water interface, and allowing the &#x3b1;-lipoic formulation to polymerize at the gas/water interface to form a poly(&#x3b1;-lipoic acid) polymer. The &#x3b1;-lipoic formulation can be an &#x3b1;-lipoic solution of an &#x3b1;-lipoic solute and an organic solvent miscible with water, and can also be an &#x3b1;-lipoic acid or oligomer or polymer thereof in liquid (typically melt) form.

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Dublin, OH, United States of America

Emily Q Rosenthal-Kim