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MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 36, Issue 12, Pages 1147-1165Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/marc.201500013
Keywords
polyethers; poly(ethylene glycol); poly(glycerol); poly(oxetane); poly(tetrahydrofuran)
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- graduate school Materials Science in Mainz
- Max Planck Graduate Center (MPGC)
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Polyethers-polymers with the structural element (R'-O-R)(n) in their backbone-are an old class of polymers which were already used at the time of the ancient Egyptians. However, still today these materials are highly important with applications in all areas of our life, reaching from the automotive and paper industry to cosmetics and biomedical applications. In this Review, different aliphatic polyethers like poly(epoxide)s, poly(oxetane) s, and poly(tetrahydrofuran) are discussed. Special emphasis is placed on the history, the polymerization techniques (industrially and in academia), the properties, the applications as well as recent developments of these materials.
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