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Publications Details for Grant Number R831530

Enhancing Properties of Polylactides

RFA: Technology for a Sustainable Environment (2003)

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Book Chapter Dorgan JR, Braun B, Wegner JR, Knauss DM. Poly(lactic acids) – a brief review. In: Khemani K, Scholtz C, eds. Degradable Polymers and Materials:Principles and Practice, ACS Symposium Series 939. Washington, DC:Oxford University Press, 2006, pp. 102-125. R831530 (2005)
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Journal Article Bao L, Dorgan JR, Knauss D, Hait S, Oliviera NS, Maruccho IM. Gas permeation properties of poly(lactic acid) revisited. Journal of Membrane Science 2006;285(1-2):166-172. R826733 (Final)
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Journal Article Braun B, Dorgan JR, Dec SF. Infrared spectroscopic determination of lactide concentration in polylactide:an improved methodology. Macromolecules 2006;39(26):9302-9310. R831530 (2005)
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Journal Article Braun B, Dorgan JR, Knauss DM. Reactively compatibilized cellulosic polylactide microcomposites. Journal of Polymers and the Environment 2006;14(1):49-58. R831530 (2004)
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Journal Article Braun B, Dorgan JR, Chandler JP. Cellulosic nanowhiskers. Theory and application of light scattering from polydisperse spheroids in the Rayleigh-Gans-Debye regime. Biomacromolecules 2008;9(4):1255-1263. R831530 (Final)
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Journal Article Braun B, Dorgan JR. Single-step method for the isolation and surface functionalization of cellulosic nanowhiskers. Biomacromolecules 2009;10(2):334-341. EPD07088 (Final)
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Journal Article Hutchinson MH, Dorgan JR, Knauss DM, Hait SB. Optical properties of polylactides. Journal of Polymers and the Environment 2006;14(2):119-124. R831530 (2005)
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Journal Article McNamee KP, Pitet LM, Knauss DM. Synthesis, assembly, and cross-linking of polymer amphiphiles in situ--polyurethane-polylactide core--shell particles. Polymer Chemistry 2013;4(8):2546-2555. R831530 (Final)
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Journal Article Oliveira NS, Dorgan J, Coutinho JAP, Ferreira A, Daridon JL, Marrucho IM. Gas solubility of carbon dioxide in poly(lactic acid) at high pressures. Journal of Polymer Science Part B-Polymer Physics 2006;44(6):1010-1019. R831530 (2005)
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Journal Article Pitet LM, Hait SB, Lanyk TJ, Knauss DM. Linear and branched architectures from the polymerization of lactide with glycidol. Macromolecules 2007;40(7):2327-2334. R831530 (2005)
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Patent/Patent Application Dorgan JR, Braun B. High modulus polymer composites and methods of making the same. U.S. Patent No. 8,569,428, October 29, 2013. R831530 (Final)
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Patent/Patent Application Dorgan JR, Hollingsworth LO. Sustainable polymeric nanocomposites. U.S. Patent No. 8,877,338, November 4, 2014. R826733 (Final)
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Patent/Patent Application Knauss DM. Star polymers and polymeric particles in the nanometer-sized range by step growth reactions. U.S. Patent No. 6,252,014, June 26, 2001. R826733 (Final)
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Presentation Braun B, Dorgan JR. Reactively compatibilized cellulosic polylactide microcomposites. Presented at the BioEnvironmental Polymer Society's 12th Annual Meeting, Monterrey, Mexico, December 2004. R831530 (Final)
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Presentation Braun B, Dorgan JR. Ecobionanocomposites: a new class of green materials. Presented at the First NanoScience & Applications Conference, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO, October 17-19, 2005. R831530 (Final)
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Presentation Braun B, Dorgan JR, Hollingsworth L. Ecobionanocomposites:a new class of green materials. Presented at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers' Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 12-17, 2006. R831530 (Final)
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Presentation Braun B, Dorgan JR, Knauss DM, Pitet LM. FT-IR spectroscopic determination of L-lactide polymerization conversion. Presented at the BioEnvironmental Polymer Society's 13th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, June 14-17, 2006. R831530 (Final)
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Presentation Braun B, Dorgan JR. Cellulosic nanowhiskers:size determination of an important ingredient in green nanocomposites. Poster presented at the 11th Annual Green Chemistry Conference, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, June 26-29, 2007. R831530 (Final)
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Presentation Braun B, Dorgan JR. Dimensional analysis of cellulosic nanowhiskers using multi-angle laser-light scattering. Presented at the 20th Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Denver, CO, August 29-September 1, 2007. R831530 (Final)
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Presentation Dorgan J, Braun B. Reactively compatibilized degradable microcomposites. Presented at the Polymer Division, 229th American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 13-17, 2005. R831530 (2004)
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Presentation Knauss DM, McNamee KP, Pitet LM. Convenient synthesis of polymeric micro- and nanoparticles. Presented at the 80th ACS Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, Boulder, CO, June 2006. R831530 (Final)
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Presentation McNamee KP, Pitet LM, Knauss DM. Synthesis of polymeric nano-and microparticles:polylactide with crosslinked polyurethane cores. Presented at the 231st American Chemical Society National Meeting, Atlanta, GA, March 26-30, 2006. R831530 (Final)
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Presentation McNamee KP, Knauss DM. In situ synthesis and self-assembly of polymer amphiphiles: formation of core-shell particles. Presented at the 20th Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Denver, CO, August 29-September 1, 2007. R831530 (Final)
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Presentation Pitet LM, Hait SB, Knauss DM. Synthesis and characterization of linear and branched polylactides initiated by glycidol. Presented at the 231st American Chemical Society National Meeting, Atlanta, GA, March 26-30, 2006. R831530 (Final)
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Presentation Pitet LM, McNamee KP, Knauss DM. Branched polylactides and polylactide particles. Presented at the 234th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 19-23, 2007. R831530 (Final)
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McNamee K, Pitet L, Knauss D. Synthesis of polymeric nano- and microparticles: Polylactide with crosslinked polyurethane core. In: Proceedings of the American Chemical Society, Division of Polymer Material: Science Engineering, 2006;94:152-153.

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Pitet L, Hait S, Knauss D. Synthesis and characterization of linear and branched polylactides initiated by glycidol. In: Proceedings of Polymer Preparation of American Chemical Society, Division of Polymer Chemistry, 2006;47(1):50-51.

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