Other Research Areas

Polymers, Materials and Nanotechnology

Diffusion in Polymers, Composites, Mathematical Modeling and Membrane Science

- Multicomponent diffusion through membranes and polymer films.

- Anomalous diffusion in polymers.

- Solvent - induced crazing of glassy polymers

- Physical chemistry of macromolecular networks.

- Moisture transport in epoxy resins and composites.

- Controlled release theory and applications.

Polymerization Kinetics and Reaction Engineering

- Kinetics of multimethacrylate polymerizations

- Reaction engineering of fast UV-curing reactions

- UV-crosslinkable polymers

- Environmental and thermal stability of poly(alkyl methacrylates)

Interfacial Phenomena

- Gel interactions

- Polymer/polymer interpenetration

Polymer Dissolution: Microelectronics and Optical Applications

- Etching on polymers

- Positive resists

- Polymer dissolution

- Mathematical modeling

Biomedical Engineering

Bionanotechnology

- Microfabricated devices

- Biohybrids

- Intelligent therapeutic systems

Controlled Drug Delivery

- Drug delivery

- Peptide and protein release systems

- Buccal and sublingual release devices

- Nasal formulations

- Modulated release using oral controlled release devices

- Temperature and pH-sensitive systems

- Mucoadhesive controlled release systems

Biomaterials

Non-thrombogenic polymers

- Contact and intraocular lens materials

- Artificial articular cartilage

Biointerfacial Phenomena

- Protein adsorption on polymer surfaces

- Bioadhesive systems

- Blood/polymer interactions