Polyhydroxyalkanoates: Chemical modifications toward biomedical applications

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 106-119

  Kai, Dan ^a   Loh, Xian Jun ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chemical modification; Functionalization; Microbial polyesters; Polyhydroxyalkanoates

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

BIOCONVERSION PROCESS; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; CHEMICAL FUNCTIONALITY; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; MICROBIAL POLYESTERS; MULTI-FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITION; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES;

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION;

EID: 84893253417     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sc400340p     Document Type: Review

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