Degradation behaviors of star-shaped poly(ethylene glycol)-poly(ε-caprolactone) nanoparticles in aqueous solution

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1891-1898

  Shen, Chunhua ^a   Guo, Shengrong ^a   Lu, Chengfei ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Degradation; Dynamic light scattering (DLS); Nanoparticle; Star shaped block copolymer

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; EVAPORATION; NANOPARTICLES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYETHYLENES;

BLOCK LENGTH; DEGRADATION BEHAVIOR; STAR SHAPED BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 34948896535     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2007.06.012     Document Type: Article

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