NJIT Physics Department Seminar
April 26th, 2010, Monday
Improved Performance Sugar Based Materials
Prof. Michael Jaffe
Dept. of Biomedical
Engineering, NJIT
(Materials Physics, Host: Ravindra)
Time: Noon-1 pm with 11:30 am
tea time
Room: 407 Tiernan
Abstract:
Sugars
provide a rich, sustainable starting chemistry for the synthesis of new
monomers, polymers and active compounds with well defined stereochemistry and chirality. Sugar based chemistries are attractive because
they are generally regarded as safe (GRAS), are a renewable resource and can be
made readily available at competitive pricing. Interest is focused on isosorbide which offers unique molecular geometry and
chemical functionality compatible with many existing commercial and clinically
relevant chemistries. Isosorbide diglycidyl
ether variants are a potential replacement for Bisphenol-A in epoxies and related thermosets.
Of special interest is the impact of asymmetric
reactivity, chirality and controlled stereochemistry
in the design and performance of new, potentially cost-effective structures
with commercial potential.
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