Numerical simulation for enzymatic degradation of poly(vinyl alcohol)

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 393-399

  Watanabe, Masaji ^a   Kawai, Fusako ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enzymatic random depolymerization; Mathematical model; Polyvinyl alcohol

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL BONDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPOLYMERIZATION; ENZYME KINETICS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; OXIDATION;

CARBONYL GROUPS;

POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS;

EID: 0037810361     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-3910(03)00122-8     Document Type: Article

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