Strategic Design of Antimicrobial Hydrogels Containing Biomimetic Additives for Enhanced Matrix Responsiveness and HDFa Wound Healing Rates.

Supramolecular nanocomposite materials have emerged as a leading interdisciplinary research area that exploits synergistic relationships at the nanoscale to enhance the properties (mechanical and chemical) of next-generation biopolymeric materials. Hydrogels synthesized from natural biopolymers have emerged because of their intrinsic properties such as noncytotoxicity and biodegradability as well as their well-defined three-dimensional, noncovalent network that is ideal for modification and functionalization. Therefore, it is critical to develop a mechanistic understanding tailored to the nuances involved in the interactions of the biopolymer scaffold with the functional additives present in these complex matrixes.

Multiphase telomerisation of butadiene with phenol: optimisation and scale-up in different reactor types.

The telomerisation with phenol is an efficient way to convert the well accessible 1,3-butadiene into products of higher value. This article describes the optimisation of this reaction both on a laboratory scale using a novel multiphase semi-batch mode and in a loop reactor as an alternative concept for a continuous operation mode. The optimised parameters are applied in a miniplant offering an interesting salt-free route to octadienylphenols.

Telomerization: advances and applications of a versatile reaction.

The transition-metal catalyzed telomerization of 1,3-dienes with different nucleophiles leads to the synthesis of numerous products, such as sugar ethers, substituted lactones, or terpene derivatives, which can be applied in the cosmetic and pharmaceutical industry as well as in polymers and flavors. The reaction can be controlled by the choice of the catalytic system, the feedstock, and the reaction conditions. Since telomerization was developed in 1967, there have been many efforts to utilize this reaction.