Probing the surface chemical structure of the novel biodegradable polymer poly(β-malic acid) and its ester derivatives using ToF-SIMS and XPS

Macromolecules

Volumn 30, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 6920-6928

  Leadley, S R ^a,b   Davies, M C ^b   Vert, M ^c   Braud, C ^c   Paul, A J ^d   Shard, A G ^b   Watts, J F ^e  

^a DOW CORNING LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^d CSMA Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; COPOLYMERS; DERIVATIVES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

POLYMALIC ACID;

POLYESTERS;

EID: 0031551625     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma9702612     Document Type: Article

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