Polymer synthesis: To react the impossible ring

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 3-4

  Myers, Dominic ^a   Cyriac, Anish ^a   Williams, Charlotte K ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE PLASTIC; BIOPOLYMER; GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE;

CHEMISTRY; POLYMERIZATION; SYNTHESIS;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; BIODEGRADABLE PLASTICS; BIOPOLYMERS; POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 84951146611     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2424     Document Type: Short Survey

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