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Degree

Master of Engineering Science

Program

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Supervisor

Dr. Elizabeth Gillies

Abstract

Polyisobutylene (PIB) and its copolymers are used in a wide range of commercial products owing to their high chemical stability, impermeability, elasticity, and biocompatibility. In this thesis, linear and arborescent PIB containing small percentages of isoprene (IP) were functionalized to provide different derivatives and their physical and biological properties were studied.

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