Kinetic and thermodynamic considerations in the synthesis of a new three-arm poly(ε-caprolactone)

Polymer Engineering and Science

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1491-1497

  Balakrishnan, Sunder ^a   Krishnan, Mohan ^a   Dubois, Philippe ^b   Narayan, Ramani ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL BONDS; COORDINATION REACTIONS; GLASS TRANSITION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONOMERS; POLYCARBONATES; REACTION KINETICS; RING OPENING POLYMERIZATION; SOLVENTS; THERMODYNAMICS;

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; BULK POLYMERIZATION; LINEAR POLYMERS; THREE-ARM POLY(Ε-CAPROLACTONE);

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

EID: 4544307423     PISSN: 00323888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pen.20145     Document Type: Article

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