Branched polyesters: Preparative strategies and applications

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Volumn 107, Issue , 2016, Pages 60-81

  d'Arcy, Richard ^a   Burke, Jason ^b   Tirelli, Nicola ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dendritic polymers; Graft; Hyperbranched; Lactides; Lactones; Polycondensation; Ring opening polymerization; Star polymers

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; DENDRIMERS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); GRAFTS; MACROMOLECULES; POLYCONDENSATION; POLYESTERS; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYMERIZATION;

BIODEGRADABLE POLYESTERS; CHEMICAL FUNCTIONALITY; CONTROLLED/LIVING POLYMERIZATION; HYPERBRANCHED; LACTIDES; LACTONES; MACROMOLECULAR ARCHITECTURE; STAR POLYMERS;

RING OPENING POLYMERIZATION;

POLYESTER;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLYCONDENSATION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY;

POLYESTERS; POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 84969927143     PISSN: 0169409X     EISSN: 18728294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2016.05.005     Document Type: Review

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