Cationic Ring-Opening Polymerization(CROP) major mechanistic phenomena

Controlled/living radical polymerization: atom transfer radical polymerization in the presence of transition-metal complexes

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‘Living’ polymers

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Cationic Polymerizations

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Lewis acid catalyzed polymerization of L-lactide. Kinetics and mechanism of the bulk polymerization

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Macromolecular engineering of polyactones and polyactides. 12. Study of the depolymerization reactions of poly(.epsilon.-caprolactone) with functional aluminum alkoxide end groups

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The macroester ⇄ macroion equilibrium in the cationic polymerization of THF observed directly by 300 MHz¹ H NMR

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Controlled/living radical polymerization: Features, developments, and perspectives

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Controlled Ring-Opening Polymerization of Lactide and Glycolide

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Recent Developments in Ring Opening Polymerization of Lactones for Biomedical Applications

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Controlled/living radical polymerization

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Metal-catalyzed immortal ring-opening polymerization of lactones, lactides and cyclic carbonates

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Radical Ring-Opening Polymerization: Scope, Limitations, and Application to (Bio)Degradable Materials

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Ring-Opening Polymerization—An Introductory Review

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Metal catalysts for ε-caprolactone polymerisation

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Controlled Ring-Opening Polymerization: Polymers with designed Macromolecular Architecture

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Diphenyl Phosphate as an Efficient Cationic Organocatalyst for Controlled/Living Ring-Opening Polymerization of δ-Valerolactone and ε-Caprolactone

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Enzyme catalyzed synthesis of polyesters

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Nonleaching antibacterial glass surfaces via grafting onto: the effect of the number of quaternary ammonium groups on biocidal activity

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Recent Developments in Ring-Opening Polymerization of Lactones

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Diphenyl Phosphate as an Efficient Acidic Organocatalyst for Controlled/Living Ring-Opening Polymerization of Trimethylene Carbonates Leading to Block, End-Functionalized, and Macrocyclic Polycarbonates

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Arget atrp of methyl methacrylate in the presence of nitrogen-based ligands as reducing agents

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Bimetallic anilido-aldimine Al or Zn complexes for efficient ring-opening polymerization of ε-caprolactone

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Yttrium catalysts for syndioselective β-butyrolactone polymerization: On the origin of ligand-induced stereoselectivity

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Environmentally benign process for bulk ring opening polymerization of lactones using iron and ruthenium chloride catalysts

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A density functional theory study of the mechanisms of scandium-alkoxide initiated coordination–insertion ring-opening polymerization of cyclic esters

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Vanadium-based imido-alkoxide pro-catalysts bearing bisphenolate ligands for ethylene and ε-caprolactone polymerisation

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Low-Temperature Processable Degradable Polyesters

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Synthesis and properties of Poly(L-lactide)-Poly(ɛ-caprolactone) multiblock copolymers by the self-polycondensation of diblock macromonomers

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“tree-shaped” copolymers based on poly (ethylene glycol) and atactic or isotactic polylactides: Synthesis and characterization

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Tin (IV) alkoxide initiator design for poly (d-lactide) synthesis using DFT calculations

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OH-functional polyesters based on malic acid: Influence of the OH-groups onto the thermal properties

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Physical Properties of PBMA‐<i>b</i>‐PBA‐<i>b</i>‐PBMA Triblock Copolymers Synthesized by Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization

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