Degradable Aliphatic Polyesters

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Albertsson, A.-C (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2002.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2002.
• Series: Advances in Polymer Science, 157
• Subjects: Polymers .; Materials science.; Physical chemistry.; Condensed matter.; Biotechnology.; Polymer Sciences.; Materials Science, general.; Physical Chemistry.; Condensed Matter Physics.

A renewed interest in aliphatic polyesters has resulted in developing materials important in the biomedical and ecological fields. Mainly materials such as PLA and PCL homopolymers have so far been used in most applications. There are many other monomers which can be used. Different molecular struct...

Table of Contents:

• Aliphatic Polyesters: Synthesis, Properties and Applications
• Controlled Ring-Opening Polymerization: Polymers with designed Macromolecular Architecture
• Degradable Polymer Microspheres for Controlled Drug Delivery
• Aliphatic Polyesters: Abiotic and Biotic Degradation and Degradation Products
• Polymers from Renewable Resources.