Bismuth Thiolate Coordination Polymers with CT Contrast Properties

Congratulations to my Ph.D. student, Guoxian, who published his second paper as first author, this time in ACS Applied Bio Materials. This new work discusses the synthesis of bismuth thiolate network polymers with computed tomography (CT) contrast properties. [Link to article]

Metal-Free MRI Contrast Agents - a Radical Solution!

My paper on organic radical-functionalized polymers has just been published in ACS Macro Letters. This was work that was done 2 years ago at IBM Almaden Research Center. The idea behind this research was to employ a metal-free spin-active system that is also biodegradable. Our work on these radical-functionalized diblock copolymers can be accessed here: ACS Macro Lett. 2017, 6, 176-180.

Accompanying patent application: Chan, et al. “Biodegradable Organic Radical-Functionalized Polycarbonates for Medical Applications”, U.S. Patent App. 14/609,778, 2015.