A New Thermosensitive Poly(N‐propionyl‐aspartic acid/ethylene glycol) with No Cytotoxicity and Tunable UCST. Issue 4 (16th January 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Di, Yingying; Ma, Xin; Li, Chunxiu; Liu, Hongmei; Fan, Xueying; Wang, Meng; Deng, Heying; Jiang, Ting; Yin, Ziming; Deng, Kuilin
• Is Part Of: Macromolecular chemistry and physics. Volume 215:Issue 4(2014:Feb.)
• Page Start: 365
• Page End: 371
• Publication Date: 2014-01-16
• Subjects: Polymers -- Periodicals; Polymerization -- Periodicals; Synthetic products -- Periodicals; Macromolecules -- Periodicals; 547.7
• DOI: 10.1002/macp.201300687
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1022-1352

Abstract

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