Thermal degradation processes of end-capped poly(L-lactide)s in the presence and absence of residual zinc catalyst.

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Published in Biomacromolecules on July 12, 2004

Authors

Hideki Abe1, Naoki Takahashi, Kang Ju Kim, Masafumi Mochizuki, Yoshiharu Doi

Author Affiliations

1: Polymer Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN Institute, Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan. habe@riken.jp

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