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Contents

List of Contributors XIII
List of Abbreviations and Symbols XVII
Preface XIX

1 Biodegradable Polyesters: Synthesis, Properties, Applications 1
Chi Zhang
1.1 Historical Overview on the Origin of Polymer Science and Synthesis
of Polyamides and Polyesters 1
1.1.1 Synthesis of Polyamides 3
1.1.2 Initial Knowledge about Polyesters 5
1.2 Publication Trend of Representative Biodegradable and
Nonbiodegradable Polyesters in the Past Century 6
1.3 Biodegradable Polyesters 6
1.3.1 Biodegradable Aliphatic Polyesters and Their Copolymers 7
1.3.1.1 Poly(lactic acid) 7
1.3.1.2 Polyglycolide or Poly(glycolic acid) 12
1.3.1.3 Poly(caprolactone) 15
1.4 Concluding Remarks 18
Acknowledgment 18
References 19

2 Functional (Bio)degradable Polyesters by Radical Ring-Opening
Polymerization 25
Seema Agarwal
2.1 Introduction 25
2.2 Radical Ring-Opening Polymerization (RROP) of Cyclic Ketene
Acetals 26
2.2.1 Starting Monomers: Cyclic Ketene Acetals 26
2.2.2 Radical Ring-Opening Polymerization Mechanism 28
2.2.3 Functional Polyesters by Conventional and Controlled Radical
Homopolymerization of CKAs 30
2.2.4 Functional Polyesters by Copolymerization of CKAs and Vinyl
Monomers 31