Papers Published

1. Li, Jun and Li, Xu and Ni, Xiping and Leong, Kam W., Synthesis and characterization of new biodegradable amphiphilic poly(ethylene oxide)-b-poly [(R)-3-hydroxy butyrate]-b-poly(ethylene oxide) triblock copolymers, Macromolecules, vol. 36 no. 8 (2003), pp. 2661 - 2667 [ma025725x] .
   (last updated on 2007/04/13)

   Abstract:
   Biodegradable amphiphilic poly(ethylne oxide) (PEO)-poly[(R)-3-hydroxy butyrate] (PHB)-PEO triblock copolymers were synthesized. Two chains of PEO were coupled with a low-molecular weight isotactic PHB chain in the middle. The structures and molecular characteristics of the PEO-PHB-PEO triblock copolymers were studied by gel permeation chromatography (GPC), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR).

   Keywords:
   Synthesis (chemical);Biodegradation;Hydrophobicity;Molecular weight;Precipitation (chemical);X ray diffraction;Thermogravimetric analysis;Differential scanning calorimetry;Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy;Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy;