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Renaissance of aliphatic polycarbonates: New techniques and biomedical applications
Author(s) -
Xu Jianwen,
Feng Ellva,
Song Jie
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.39822
Subject(s) - copolymer , the renaissance , polymerization , monomer , polymer science , materials science , nanotechnology , polymer , chemistry , polymer chemistry , organic chemistry , art , art history
Aliphatic polycarbonates (APCs) were discovered a long time ago, with their conventional applications mostly limited to low‐molecular‐weight oligomeric intermediates for copolymerization with other prepolymers or small molecules. Recent developments in polymerization techniques have overcome the difficulty in preparing high‐molecular‐weight APCs. These in turn, along with new functional monomers, have enabled the preparation of a wide range of APCs with diverse chemical compositions and structures. This review summarizes the latest polymerization techniques for preparing well‐defined functional APCs and the new applications of those APCs, especially in the biomedical field. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 2014 , 131 , 39822.