Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Polyactiva Pty Ltd

Polymers Australia Pty Limited

Michael Shane O'Shea

Benjamin Aldo Leita

Florian Hans Maximilian Graichen

Graeme Moad

Russell John Tait

Justine Leigh Jeffery

Heng Chy Taing

Gary Peeters

David Lawrence Trimm

Ilias Louis Kyratzis

Nicholas Richard Burke

Robin William Cranston

Gary Joseph Van Diepen

Lance Victor Nichols

Florian Hans Maximillian Graichen

Peter Gray

Louise Catherine Van Der Werff

A composite sensor fiber comprising a filamentary core () and an outer layer () encapsulating an intermediate sensor layer () of a detectably thermoresponsive material. Also disclosed are a method of making composite sensor fibers, a dressing comprising a fabric having a matrix of the fibers, and a method of monitoring a wound that utilizes the dressing.

Composite sensor fibres and applications therefor

Monomers having the structure and a polymer comprising as part of its polymer backbone a moiety of Formula (II): where one of Rto Rrepresents A-O&#x2014; and one of Rto Rrepresents &#x2014;O&#x2014;B and the remainder of Rto Rrepresent H, where A and B represent the remainder of the polymer backbone and may be the same or different. The monomers are diol, dicarboxylic acid, epoxy, and succinate compounds containing a cineole structure wherein a compound for use in preparation of polymer, the compound selected from 

Polymeric materials

The invention relates to a biodegradable polymer comprising a plurality of releasable bioactive moieties, the releasable bioactive moieties being pendant from and covalently bonded to the biodegradable polymer backbone, wherein the biodegradable polymer backbone is formed from monomeric units that are each coupled via a biodegradable moiety, and wherein the bioactive moieties are capable of being released at a rate equal to or faster than the rate of biodegradation of the polymer backbone.

Biodegradable polymer&#x2014;bioactive moiety conjugates

A polymer comprising as part of its polymer backbone a cineole-type moiety having a structure according to Formula (II): 

The present invention relates to a process for producing unsaturated cyclic and/or aromatic compounds from 1,8-cineole, the process comprising pyrolysing 1,8-cineole in the presence of gamma-alumina supported transition metal catalyst.

Cineole

A process for modifying a polypropylene (co)polymer wherein said process comprises melt mixing the polypropylene (co)polymer in the presence of an initiator wherein said initiator is selected from the group defined by formula (1), wherein R is selected from the group consisting of optionally substituted Cto Cacyl, optionally substituted Cto Calkyl, aroyl defined by formula (2), and compounds of formula (3), wherein U, V, X, Y, Z, U', V&#x2032;, X&#x2032;, Y&#x2032; and Z&#x2032; are independently selected from the group consisting hydrogen; halogen; C1-C18 alkyl; C1-C18 alkoxy, aryloxy, acyl, acyloxy, aryl, carboxy, alkoxycarbonyl, aryloxycarbonyl, trialkyl silyl, hydroxy, or a moiety of formula (4), and wherein T is alkylene.

Process for increasing the melt strength of polypropylene

A polymer blend comprising a polyester, a polyfunctional acid anhydride wherein said polyfunctional acid anhydride has a functionality as described herein of three or more, and a polyhydric alcohol or precursor thereto wherein said polyhydric alcohol has a functionality of three or more, and wherein said molar ratio of said polyfunctional acid anhydride to the polyhydric alcohol or precursor thereto is in the range of 0.5:1 to (10&times;C):1, where C is the number of moles of alcohol or equivalent in the polyhydric alcohol or precursor thereto.

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Mulgrave, Australia

Michael Shane O'Shea