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"Medical-Grade Polymers with Built-In Surface Modifiers"
Bob Ward, President/CEO, DSMPTG at Medical Grade Polymers Conference, September, 2008 Philadelphia, PA

"A Vertically-Integrated Approach for Tailoring Bioresorbable Polymers: From Monomers to Implantable Devices"
Bob Ward, President/CEO, Polymer Technology Group and Rao Bezwada, President/CEO, Bezwada Biomedical LLC at World Biomaterials Conference, May 2008, Netheralnds

"Thermoplastic Polycarbonate-urethane with Surface-Active Alkylammonium Chloride End Groups"
Shanger Wang, Li Li, Keith McCrea, Meng Ouyang, Yuan Tian, Gail Ward and Robert Ward at World Biomaterials Conference, May 2008, Netheralnds

"The Future of Biomedical Polymers: Controlling (Polymer) Surface Properties with Surface Activity and Self Assembly" (PDF 1.67 Mb)
by Robert S. Ward at MD & DI's 'Building Biomaterials' Web cast on 4/16/08

"New Polymeric Biomaterials with Built-In Surface Modifiers: Technology and Uses of Self-Assembling End Groups" (PDF 10.4 Mb)
by Robert S. Ward at 2008 MedTec, UK

"Engineered Polymer Systems Including Self-Assembling Monolayer End Groups" (PDF 5.8 Mb)
by Robert S. Ward at 2008 MD&M West, Anaheim, CA

"Polymeric Biomaterials: Satisfying Bulk and Surface Requirements without Coatings" (PDF 10.7 Mb)
by Robert S. Ward at 2008 MD&M West, Anaheim, CA

"Specifying Polymeric Biomaterials for Device Applications" (PDF 4.2 Mb)
by Robert S. Ward at 2007 MD&M, Minneapolis, MN

"Two-Dimensional Nanotechnology for Polymer Surface Modification: Technology and Uses of Self-Assembling End Groups" (PDF 9.3 Mb)
by Robert S. Ward at 2007 BioInterface Conference

"The Polymer Chemistry of Contact Lenses: Improving Comfort with Bulk and Surface Modifications " (PDF 8.4 Mb)
by Robert S. Ward at ACS Conference, Boston, MA.

"Segmented Polyurethanes for Medical Applications History, Present and Future" (PDF 1.67 Mb)

"Detection of Hydrophobic End Groups on Polymer Surfaces by Sum-Frequency Generation Spectroscopy" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 10615-20 (PDF 1.67 Mb)

"Environmentally Induced Surface Rearrangement of Polyurethanes using SFG, AFM, XPS, and Contact Angle Goniometry"

"Tailored Polyurethanes with Functional Blocks for Biomedical Applications"

"Surface Studies of Polymer Blends by Sum Frequency Vibrational Spectroscopy, Atomic Force Microscopy, and Contact Angle Goniometry"

"Improved Polymer Biostability via Oligomeric End Groups Incorporated During Synthesis"

"Biomaterials—The Necessary Evil"

"Surface Modification of Segmented Polyurethaneureas via Oligomeric End Groups Incorporated During Synthesis"

"Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering at The Polymer Technology Group"

"Surface Modification of Segmented Polyurethaneureas via Oligomeric End Groups Incorporated During Synthesis"