Biodegradable Polymers Composed of Naturally Occurring α-Amino Acids

Handbook of Biodegradable Polymers: Isolation, Synthesis, Characterization and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 107-131

  Katsarava, Ramaz ^a,b   Gomurashvili, Zaza ^c  

^a TBILISI STATE UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

^b GEORGIAN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

^c PEA Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

Active polycondensation (AP); Amino acids (AAs); Biodegradable polymers; Functional polymers (FPs); Interfacial polycondensation (IP); Poly(depsipeptides)s (PDPs); Poly(ester amide)s (PEAs); Poly(ester urea)s (PEUs); Poly(ester urethane)s (PEURs)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862525001     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527635818.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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