Synthetic Biodegradable Polymers

Salen Metal Complexes as Catalysts for the Synthesis of Polycarbonates from Cyclic Ethers and Carbon Dioxide, by Donald J. Darensbourg

Material Properties of Poly(Propylene Carbonates), by Gerrit. A. Luinstra and Endres Borchardt

Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate) from Carbon Monoxide, by Robert Reichardt and Bernhard Rieger

Ecoflex® and Ecovio®: Biodegradable, Performance-Enabling Plastics, by K. O. Siegenthaler, A. Künkel, G. Skupin and M. Yamamoto

Biodegradability of Poly(Vinyl Acetate) and Related Polymers, by Manfred Amann and Oliver Minge

Recent Developments in Ring-Opening Polymerization of Lactones, by P. Lecomte and C. Jérôme

Recent Developments in Metal-Catalyzed Ring-Opening Polymerization of Lactides and Glycolides: Preparation of Polylactides, Polyglycolide, and Poly(lactide-co-glycolide), by Saikat Dutta, Wen-Chou Hung, Bor-Hunn Huang and Chu-Chieh Lin


Bionolle (Polybutylenesuccinate), by Yasushi Ichikawa, Tatsuya Mizukoshi

Polyurethanes from Renewable Resources, by David A. Babb