Polymer Science, Series A

Pioglitazone HCl (PGH) ( Scheme 1a ) is a member of thiazolidinedione drugs used for treatment of type II (non-insulin dependent) diabetes mellitus (T2DM). PGH belongs to class II biopharmaceutical classification system (BCS) characterized by low …

Polysaccharides composing of monosaccharide units bound to each other by glycosidic bonds are biopolymers commonly found in living organisms. Starch, glycogen, cellulose, and chitin may be given as example to natural polysaccharides. Chitin is …

Cellulose acetate (CA) is the acetate ester of cellulose that is one of the most abundant biopolymers on earth. CA has been used in various fields such as textile fibers, plastics, films, membrane separation and biomedical applications including …

With the gradual shortage of petroleum resources and a serious increase in environmental pollution, biodegradable polymer materials have received increasing attention in recent years [ 1 ]. Aliphatic polyesters, including poly(lactic acid) (PLA) …

Cellulose fibers possess many advantages in comparison with synthetic polymers and have been used for more than 150 years in a wide variety of applications [ 1 ]. Bacterial cellulose (BC) is a very valuable biopolymer with a unique nanofibrous …