Designing cationic zinc and magnesium catalysts for coordination-insertion polymerization of lactide

Comments on Inorganic Chemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 127-162

  Wheaton, Craig A ^a   Hayes, Paul G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Catalysis; Cation; Lactide polymerization; Magnesium; Zinc

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855569063     PISSN: 02603594     EISSN: 15489574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02603594.2011.634037     Document Type: Article

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