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Cover Picture: Macromol. Biosci. 12/2004
Author(s) -
Yang Jing,
Jia Lin,
Yin Lingzhi,
Yu Jianyong,
Shi Zhen,
Fang Qiang,
Cao Amin
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
macromolecular bioscience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.924
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1616-5195
pISSN - 1616-5187
DOI - 10.1002/mabi.200490026
Subject(s) - amphiphile , copolymer , micelle , ethylene glycol , template , polymer chemistry , peg ratio , macromolecule , materials science , polymer science , chemistry , nanotechnology , organic chemistry , polymer , composite material , aqueous solution , biochemistry , finance , economics
Cover: The Figure schematically shows the synthesis of novel aluminum metal complexes bearing chiral Salen ligand and mono‐/difunctional water‐soluble poly(ethylene glycol) MPEG/PEG. The complexes are used as synthetic templates for the preparation of amphiphilic MPEG‐ b ‐PCL/PVL, PCL/PVL‐ b ‐PEG‐ b ‐PCL/PVL di‐/triblock copolymers with well‐defined macromolecular architectures. The amphiphilic biodegradable copolymers provide new possibilities for preparing uniform biodegradable micelles and/or external‐stimulus sensitive biodegradable gel networks for applications as biomimetic and functional biomaterials. Further details can be found in the Full Paper by J. Yang, L. Jia, L. Yin, J. Yu, Z. Shi, Q. Fang, and A. Cao * on page 1092.