Monofilament

Tubing

Membrane and Film

Bioabsorbable

Teflon® AF Tubing and Film

IOL Haptic Fiber

Publications

Biogeneral grant funded research has led to important new products. For instance, introductory use of DuPont Teflon® AF has resulted in improvements in Raman Spectrometry and degassing circuits for analytical chemistry. Our publications and those of others are listed below:

Bioabsorbable

	A Biodegradable Slotted Tube Stent Based on Poly(L-lactide) and Poly(4-hydroxybutyrate) for Rapid Balloon-Expansion
	Expandable Bioresorbable Endovascular Stent. I. Fabrication and Properties
	Biopolymers: Overview of Several Properties and Consequences on their Applications
	Synthetic Biodegradable Polymers as Orthopedic Devices
	Characterization of Poly(L-lactic acid) Fibers Produced by Melt Spinning
	Mechanical Properties and In-Vitro Degradation of Bioabsorbable Self-Expanding Braided Stents

Teflon® AF Liquid-Core Waveguide

	Characterization and Use of a Raman Liquid-Core Wavequide Sensor Using Preconcentration Principles
	Long Pathlength Absorbance Spectroscopy: Trace Analysis of Fe(II) Using a 4.5 m Liquid Core Waveguide
	Raising the Sensitivity Benchmark in Diode Array Detection with Optical Improvements
	Low-Loss Liquid-Core Optical Fiber for Low-Refractive-Index Liquids: Fabrication, Characterization, and Application in Raman Spectroscopy
	A Raman Waveguide Detector for Liquid Chromatography
	High-Sensitivity Gas Sensors Based on Gas-Permeable Liquid Core Waveguides and Long-Path Absorbance Detection
	A Capillary-Scale Liquid Chromatography System that Improves the Practical Sensitivity of HPLC-MS(MS) Analysis
	Detector Cell Based on Plastic Liquid-Core Waveguides Suitable for Aqueous Solutions: One-to-Two Decades Improved Detection Limits in Conventional-Size Column Liquid Chromatography with Absorption Detection
	Transversely Illuminated Liquid Core Waveguide Based Fluorescence Detection. Fluorometric Flow Injection Determination of Aqueous Ammonium/Ammonia
	Small-Volume Raman Spectroscopy with a Liquid-Core Waveguide
	Raman Performance Characteristics of Teflon® AF 2400 Liquid-Core Optical-Fiber Sample Cells

Teflon® AF Permeability

	Flow Ozonoysis Using a Simipermeable Teflon AF-2400 Membrane To Effect Gas - Liquid Contact
	High Transport Parameters and Free Volume of Perfluorodioxole Copolymers
	Gas and Vapor Properties of Amorphous Perfluorinated Copolymer Films Based on 2,2-Bistrifluoromethyl-4,5-Difluoro-1,3-Dioxole/Tetrafluoroethylene