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SUMMARY:Precision controlled degradable polymer nanoparticles accessible vi
 a temperature mediated cationic polymerization of cyclic ketene acetals.
LOCATION:Chemistry A101
TZID:America/Denver
DTSTART:20230505T160000
UID:2026-05-15-19-54-42@natsci.colostate.edu
DTSTAMP:20260515T195442
Description:Research Seminar -\n\nAbstract: Cyclic ketene acetals (CKAs) ha
 ve been used in the synthesis of polyester/polyacrylate copolymers via rad
 ical and cationic polymerization since the 1980s. It is a well understood 
 phenomenon that temperature plays a major role in cationic CKA polymerizat
 ion\, with lower temperatures yielding more vinyl addition and higher temp
 eratures favoring ring opening\, however\, this phenomenon has not yet bee
 n exploited to its full potential. In this presentation a method for explo
 iting the unique reactivity of CKAs will be explored and used to enable th
 e synthesis of degradable polymer nanoparticles with applications in a var
 iety of areas including drug delivery and environmental contaminant seques
 tration. 4:00 pm
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