Polysiloles are fascinating to scientists, especially those in the field of electronics, because of their unique optical and electrical properties.  However, the applications of polysiloles in devices have been limited due to the difficulty in their preparation.  We have been interested in polysiloles for the same reasons as other scientists; however, we also aim to investigate their ability to function as biomaterials.  In order to do this, we must develop reliable synthetic methods to synthesize and further functionalized these polymers.  We are in the process of improving current methods and developing new methods to realize these valuable compounds.  We will present our progress towards this endeavor; to develop reliable synthetic methods towards the synthesis of polysiloles, and to further functionalized them with a RGD peptide sequence. 

Developments in the synthesis of a RGD-functionalized polysilole

243rd National Meeting (2012)

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