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Polymers and Custom Polymer Synthesis

PolySciTech^® (PST) is a division of Akina, Inc based in the Purdue Research Park. PST focuses on commercializing specialty and “hard-to-find” research supplies.

Main product lines include PolyVivo (block copolymers of PLA, PLGA, PCL, PEG, as well as linear polymers, water soluble polymers, fluorescent polymers and reactive intermediates), PolyVitro (release media modifier for testing elution of poorly soluble drugs), and AQUAGEL^® (rapidly swelling superporous hydrogel (SPH)).

PST is the USA distributor of Flamma Fluor fluorescent dyes from DKC-Bioacts as well as Kitopure chitosan from Blue Ocean Sea Products Ltd. In addition to research products PST also performs contract research and custom synthesis to match your specifications.

We sell both directly and through our distributors.

Sample Analysis available with a quick turnaround for just a few samples

NEW! Kits for testing degradable polyesters and water insoluble polymers
We are now offering our first Block Copolymer Kit with a variety of water insoluble polymers, for use in screening multiple polymers for use as films, micro or nanoparticles, and other solid-phase drug delivery systems. And our first Degradable Polyesters Kit for screening biodegradable polyesters for use in medical implants and drug delivery.

Ways to find polymers:

RECENTLY PUBLISHED! Targeted, timed drug delivery

In ACS Nano, Drug Release from Electric-Field-Response Nanoparticles (Full PDF) describes positioning and release of pharmaceuticals using a temperature-sensitive hydrogel and an electric field. Jun Ge, Evgenios Neofytou, Thomas J. Cahill III, Ramin E. Beygui and Richard N. Zare collaborated at Stanford University and used PolyVivo AK12. The drug to be delivered was held in place by the bio-compatible hydrogel and dosed by varying the duration and intensity of an easy-to-generate electric field.

Recently Added

• ELVIS designed to allow for rapid and portable in-vivo imaging.
• Fluorophone Kit turns a cell phone camera into a scientific instrument, for fun and education.
• Fluorescent probes added in Flamma Fluor catalog
• Lab report: Imaging with PolySciTech's FPI-749 and AI10

Expanding...

We are expanding our catalog and are accepting polymers developed by others.
If you are a scientist and have a polymer to offer for sale, please contact John Garner (jg@akinainc.com).
We will include it in our catalog, handle orders and do the shipping, while you reap the rewards.
Read more in Distribution with Akina.pdf.

Now Available

Restiex^® delayed-swelling hydrogel