Chemical Modification of Synthetic and Biosynthetic Polyesters
Part 10. General Aspects and Special Applications
Prof. Dr. Baki Hazer,
Prof. Dr. Baki Hazer
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Zonguldak Karaelmas University, Department of Chemistry, Zonguldak, Turkey, 67100
Search for more papers by this authorProf. Dr. Baki Hazer,
Prof. Dr. Baki Hazer
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Zonguldak Karaelmas University, Department of Chemistry, Zonguldak, Turkey, 67100
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- Introduction
- Chemical Modification of Synthetic Polyesters
- Poly(lactic acid), Poly(glycolic acid), and Poly(ɛ-caprolactone)
- Functionalization
- Copolymerization
- Crosslinked PLAs
- Atactic-PHB (a-PHB)
- Functionalization
- Copolymerization
- Poly(lactic acid), Poly(glycolic acid), and Poly(ɛ-caprolactone)
- Chemical Modification of Biosynthetic Polyesters
- Chemical Modification of sPHAs
- Functionalization
- Copolymerization
- Chemical Modification of mPHAs
- High-energy Irradiation
- Peroxide Modification
- Functionalization
- Chemical Modification of sPHAs
- Acknowledgments
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