Highly branched radial block copolymers via dendritic initiation of aliphatic polyesters

Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry

Volumn 36, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 2793-2798

  Trollsås, Mikael ^a   Hawker, Craig J ^a   Remenar, Jules F ^a   Hedrick, James L ^a   Johansson, Mats ^b   Ihre, Henrik ^b   Hult, Anders ^b  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alipatic polyesters; Dendritic initiation; Highly branched radial block copolymers

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMERIZATION; INITIATORS (CHEMICAL); MACROMOLECULES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POLYESTERS; RING OPENING POLYMERIZATION;

CAPROLACTONE; LIVING RING OPENING COPOLYMERIZATION; PROPIONIC ACID;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 0032202956     PISSN: 0887624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0518(19981115)36:15<2793::AID-POLA16>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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