Enzyme-Catalyzed Ring-Opening Polymerization of ε-Caprolactone in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide

Macromolecules

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2450-2453

  Loeker, Frank C ^a   Duxbury, Christopher J ^a   Kumar, Rajesh ^b   Gao, Wei ^b   Gross, Richard A ^b   Howdle, Steven M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEWIS ACIDS; POLYDISPERSITY;

BIODEGRADATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATALYSIS; DIFFUSION; ENZYMES; MASS TRANSFER; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONOMERS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PLASTICIZERS; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TOLUENE; VISCOSITY;

RING OPENING POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 11144269074     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma0349884     Document Type: Article

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