Branched polyesters: Recent advances in synthesis and performance

Progress in Polymer Science (Oxford)

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 507-539

  McKee, Matthew G ^b   Unal, Serkan ^a   Wilkes, Garth L ^b   Long, Timothy E ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Branching; Crystallization; Entanglements; Polyesters; Rheology; Step growth polymerization

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; CRYSTALLIZATION; GLASS TRANSITION; MONOMERS; POLYMERIZATION; RHEOLOGY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

BRANCHING; ENTANGLEMENTS; REAGENTS; STEP-GROWTH POLYMERIZATION;

POLYESTERS;

EID: 18444384813     PISSN: 00796700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2005.01.009     Document Type: Review

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