Polydopamine – A Versatile Coating for Surface‐Initiated Ring‐Opening Polymerization of Lactide to Polylactide. Issue 2 (15th October 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mrówczyński, Radosław; Nan, Alexandrina; Turcu, Rodica; Leistner, Joachim; Liebscher, Jürgen
• Is Part Of: Macromolecular chemistry and physics. Volume 216:Issue 2(2015:Jan.)
• Page Start: 211
• Page End: 217
• Publication Date: 2014-10-15
• Subjects: Polymers -- Periodicals; Polymerization -- Periodicals; Synthetic products -- Periodicals; Macromolecules -- Periodicals; 547.7
• DOI: 10.1002/macp.201400380
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1022-1352

Abstract

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