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Degradable polymers: design, synthesis and testing
Author(s) -
Finne Anna,
Ryner Maria,
Albertsson AnnChristine
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
macromolecular symposia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-3900
pISSN - 1022-1360
DOI - 10.1002/masy.200390129
Subject(s) - polyester , materials science , polymer , copolymer , biocompatible material , polymerization , ultimate tensile strength , ring opening polymerization , polymer science , polymer chemistry , composite material , biomedical engineering , medicine
Abstract The object for our research is to mimic Nature's perfectly designed resorbable materials to obtain important materials, which are biocompatible and degradable. We have therefore synthesized different architectures and copolymers of aliphatic polyesters with ring‐opening polymerization. The first studies of these materials properties show that properties like hydrophilicity and tensile properties can be controlled.