Aliphatic Polyester Formation, Mechanisms of
Part 3b. Polyesters
Prof. Dr. Andrzej Duda,
Prof. Dr. Stanislaw Penczek,
Prof. Dr. Andrzej Duda
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Polish Academy of Sciences, Center of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Sienkiewicza 112, Lodz, Poland, 90-363
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Polish Academy of Sciences, Center of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Sienkiewicza 112, Lodz, Poland, 90-363
Search for more papers by this authorProf. Dr. Andrzej Duda,
Prof. Dr. Stanislaw Penczek,
Prof. Dr. Andrzej Duda
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- +48-42-6819815 | Fax: +48-42-6847126
Polish Academy of Sciences, Center of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Sienkiewicza 112, Lodz, Poland, 90-363
Search for more papers by this authorProf. Dr. Stanislaw Penczek
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Polish Academy of Sciences, Center of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Sienkiewicza 112, Lodz, Poland, 90-363
Search for more papers by this authorAbstract
- Introduction
- Historical Outline
- Polyesterification
- Thermodynamics of Polyesterification
- Kinetics of Polyesterification
- Molar Mass Distribution in Polyesterfication
- Cyclization in Polyesterification
- ROP of Cyclic Esters
- Thermodynamics of Cyclic Ester Polymerization
- Kinetics and Mechanisms of Cyclic Ester Polymerization
- Ionic Polymerization
- Covalent (Pseudoanionic) Initiators and Initiation
- Propagation in Polymerizations Initiated with Alkylmetal Alkoxides and Metal Alkoxides
- Metal Carboxylates: Tin Octoate
- Chain Transfer via Transesterification
- Intramolecular Chain Transfer
- Intermolecular Chain Transfer
- Stereochemistry of Lactide Polymerization
- Outlook and Perspectives
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