Polymers for biomedicine : synthesis, characterization, and applications

Content: List of Contributors ix Part I. Pseudo-Peptides, Polyamino acids and Polyoxazolines 1 Chapter 1 - Characterization of Polypeptides and Polypeptoides-    Methods and Challenges 3David Huesmann and Matthias Barz Chapter 2- Poly(2-Oxazoline): The structurally Diverse Biocompatibilizing Polymer 31Rodolphe Obeid Chapter 3- Poly(2-oxazoline) Polymers     synthesis, characterization and Applications in Development of Therapeutics 51Randall W. Moreadith and Tacey X. Viegas Chapter 4- Polypeptoid Polymers: Synthesis, Characterization and Properties 77Brandon A. Chan, Sunting Xuan, Ang Li, Jessica M. Simpson and Donghui Zhang Part II - Advanced Polycondensates 121 Chapter 5 - Polyanhydrides: Synthesis and Characterization 123Rohan Ghadi, Eameema Muntimadugu Wahid Khan and Abraham J. Domb Chapter 6 - New Routes to Tailor-Made Polyesters 149Kazuki Fukushima and Tomoko Fujiwara Chapter 7 - Polyphosphoesters: An old biopolymer in a new light 191Kristin N. Bauer, Hisaschi T.C. Tee, Evandro M. Alexandrino and Frederik R. Wurm Part III. Cationically Charged Macromolecules 243 Chapter 8 - Design and Synthesis of Amphiphilic Vinyl Copolymers with Antimicrobial Activity 245Leanna L. Foster, Masato Mizutani, Yukari Oda, Edmund F. Palermo and Kenichi Kuroda Chapter 9 - Enhanced Polyethylenimine-Based Delivery of Nucleic Acids 273Jeff Sparks, Tooba Anwer and Khursheed Anwer Chapter 10 - Cationic graft copolymers for DNA engineering 297Atsushi Maruyama and Naohiko Shimada Part IV. Biorelated polymers by Controlled Radical Polymerization 313 Chapter 11 - Synthesis of (Bio)degradable Polymers by Controlled/   Living    Radical Polymerization 315Shannon R. Woodruff and Nicolay V. Tsarevsky Part V. Polydrugs and Polyprodrugs 355 Chapter 12 - Polymerized drugs     a novel approach to controlled release systems 357B. Demirdirek, J. J. Faig, R. Guliyev and K.E.Uhrich Chapter 13 - Structural design and synthesis of polymer prodrugs 391Petr Chytil, Libor Kostka and Toma   Etrych Part VI. Biocompatibilization of Surfaces 421 Chapter 14 - Polymeric ultrathin films for surface modifications 423Henning Menzel Chapter 15 - Surface Functionalization of Biomaterials by Poly(2-oxazoline)s 457Giulia Morgese and Edmondo M. Benetti Chapter 16 - Biorelated polymer brushes by surface initiated reversible deactivation radical polymerization 487Rueben Pfukwa, Lebohang Hlalele and Bert Klumperman Part VII. Self-assembled Structures and Formulations 525 Chapter 17 - Synthesis of amphiphilic invertible polymers for biomedical applications 527A.M. Kohut, I.O. Hevus, S.A. Voronov and A.S. Voronov Chapter 18 - Bioadhesive Polymers for Drug Delivery 559Eenko Larraneta and Ryan F. Donnelly INDEX