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MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 31, Issue 22, Pages 1923-1937Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/marc.201000088
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block copolymers; polylactide; ring-opening polymerization; tensile properties; thermal properties
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The use of poly(lactide)-based materials is, in part, limited by their physical and mechanical properties. This article reviews the methods that have been employed to enable enhancement of the materials properties through synthetic manipulation of the polymer structure including block copolymer synthesis and modification of the lactide monomer structure, focusing on the application of ring-opening polymerization. In turn the effect of these structural modifications on the properties of the resultant materials are reported.
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