Recent Advances in Ionic Polymerizations and Related Processes, Rubber Science and Rubbery Biomaterials: A Themed Issue in Honor of Professor Judit E. Puskas on the Occasion of Her 70th Birthday
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Macromolecular Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 March 2023) | Viewed by 3041
Special Issue Editors
Interests: polymer chemistry; polymer synthesis; precision cationic polymerization; precision radical polymerization
Interests: polyesters; tissue engineering; impants; electrospinning; photocurable systems; biopolymers; renewable resources; composites and nanocomposites.
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Interests: polymer synthesis; electrospinning; drug delivery; hydrogel; size exclusion chromatography; implants
Interests: Natural Rubber Biosynthesis & Production
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This special issue is to honor Dr. Judit E. Puskas on the occasion of her 70th birthday and to celebrate her unique career, spanning more than a combined 40 years in industry and academe and her commitment to polymer science and engineering. Her research interest has always been in polymers for the betterment of humanity. Throughout her career she focused on several major topics, such as fundamentals of carbocationic polymerization, enzyme catalyzed polymer functionalization, understanding the biosynthesis of natural rubber and advanced implants and health care materials for women suffering from breast cancer. With her coworkers she pioneered controlled/living polymerizations, including carbocationic polymerizations in solution and emulsion, RAFT polymerization and Reversible Radical Recombination Polymerization (R3P). She is one of the co-inventors of the drug-eluting coating on the TAXUS coronary stent (Boston Scientific) that has been implanted into more than 10 million people since its FDA approval, generating more than five million dollars in license fees for the University of Akron. She was the first woman to receive the Charles Goodyear Gold Medal, the highest honor given by the Rubber Division of the American Chemical Society to scientist for their contribution to rubber science since 1941. She is Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) and external member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
As Guest Editors of Molecules, we would like to celebrate her career and contribution to polymer science by preparing this Special Issue collecting works related to recent advances in ionic polymerizations and related processes.
Prof. Dr. Mitsuo Sawamoto
Prof. Dr. Miroslawa El Fray
Dr. Kristof Molnar
Prof. Dr. Katrina Cornish
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- (separated by semicolon) controlled/living polymerizations
- carbocationic polymerizations, rubber science and technology
- polymers for biomedical applications
- “green” polymer chemistry and engineering
- enzyme catalysis
