The present invention relates to a biodegradable polyester and use thereof, including components: A) acid components containing following repeating units: 50 to 58 mol % of terephthalic acid A1; 30 to 40 mol % of sebacic acid A2; and 2 to 20 mol % of an aliphatic dibasic acid A3 with a carbon chain length of 6 or less; B) butanediol. In the present invention, in the case of a high content of the terephthalic acid, the biodegradable polyester prepared by introducing an aliphatic dibasic acid unit having a carbon chain length of 6 or less can satisfy the degradation performance and rigidity and improve the tenacity of the material simultaneously.

Hydroxyacetal or hydroxyketal monomers, processes for their preparation, their use to produce degradable polymers, hydroxy-functional intermediates resulting from degradation, and repurposed polymers made from the hydroxy-functional intermediates are described. The invention avoids the energy-intensive conditions normally used to degrade polyurethanes and generates new hydroxy-functional intermediates that can be repurposed or upcycled. Polyurethanes and melamines, materials once destined for a landfill, can have a second life. Incorporation of a photoacid generator into microcapsule core materials and fabrication of the shell from the hydroxy-functional acetal or ketal monomers promotes facile, inside-out, solid-state degradation of the microcapsule shell triggered by UV light and acid generation in a hydrophobic environment. This enables controlled release of flavors, fragrances, biocides, agricultural actives, or other oil-based beneficial agents from within the microcapsules.

Degradable ethylene oxide-based copolymers, including random, tapering, and block copolymers are described. For example, the present disclosure describes materials and methods for synthesizing degradable hydrophilic ethylene oxide-based copolymers, degradable amphiphilic ethylene oxide-based block copolymers, degradable hydrophobic polyethers and degradable functionalized polyethers via boron-activated copolymerization of ethylene oxide monomers with carbon dioxide.

Generally spherical resin particles formed of a thermoplastic resin, having a sphericity of 0.90 to 1.00, a light scattering index of 0.5 to 1.0 and a linseed oil absorption of 30 to 150 mL/100 g.

The invention relates to a self-healing copolymerized polycarbonate and a preparation method thereof. The method comprises the following steps: mixing a reducing sugar, an oxetane derivative and a first catalyst, heating and reacting at 50 to 80° C. for 0.5 to 2 h to obtain the first product; adding a diol, a diester and a second catalyst to the first product, and then heating to 180 to 220° C. for 2 to 4 h to obtain an oligomer; heating the oligomer to 230 to 270° C. and holding at the temperature and reacting for 1 to 3 h to obtain a self-healing copolymerized polycarbonate. The self-healing copolymerized polycarbonate material prepared by the method of the invention has self-healing property and biodegradability, which ensures the consistency and uniformity of the product. In addition, the block introduced into the main chain is green and environmentally friendly, and the original intention of clean production of polycarbonate has not been changed.

The present invention provides new classes of phenol compounds, including those derived from tyrosol and analogues, useful as monomers for preparation of biocompatible polymers, and biocompatible polymers prepared from these monomeric phenol compounds, including novel biodegradable and/or bioresorbable polymers. These biocompatible polymers or polymer compositions with enhanced bioresorbabilty and processibility are useful in a variety of medical applications, such as in medical devices and controlled-release therapeutic formulations. The invention also provides methods for preparing these monomeric phenol compounds and biocompatible polymers.

The invention is directed to a biodegradable tissue-adhesive polyurethane polymer comprising at least one amorphous segment and at least one polyurethane segment, wherein at least one of said polyurethane segment comprises a tissue-reactive functional group. A further aspect of the invention is directed to biodegradable tissue-adhesive medical devices, based on the polyurethane polymer, having the structure of a sheet, foam, stent, tube or gel. The polyurethane polymer and the device can be used in medical application.

The present invention relates to a polylactic acid resin composition and a molded product using same. Since the polylactic acid resin composition according to the present invention has excellent environmental friendliness and biodegradability, has excellent heat resistance characteristics due to high heat deformation temperature (HDT), and may be injection molded within a commercially reasonable cycle time due to high crystallinity and crystallization rate, it is suitable for the preparation of a molded product.

Techniques regarding polymers with antimicrobial functionality are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can regard a polymer, which can comprise a repeating ionene unit. The repeating ionene unit can comprise a cation distributed along a degradable backbone. The degradable backbone can comprise a terephthalamide structure. Further, the repeating ionene unit can have antimicrobial functionality.

Enteric elastomers and related methods are generally provided. In some embodiments, the enteric elastomer is a polymer composite. Certain embodiments comprise a polymer composite in which hydrogen bonds within two carboxyl group-containing polymers cross-link the polymer networks into an elastic and pH-responsive polymer composite. Advantageously, this polymer composite has the capacity of being stable and elastic in an acidic environment such as that of the stomach but can be dissolved in a neutral pH environment such as that of the small and large intestines. In some embodiments, the polymer composites described herein comprise a mixture of two or more polymers with carboxyl functionality such that the two or more polymers form hydrogen bonds. In certain embodiments, the polymer composite has both enteric and elastic properties.