Toward biodegradable nanogel star polymers via organocatalytic ROP

Eric A. Appel; Victor Y. Lee; Timothy T. Nguyen; Melanie McNeil; Frederik Nederberg; James L. Hedrick; William C. Swope; Jullia E. Rice; Robert D. Miller; Joseph Sly

doi:10.1039/C2CC31406A

Toward biodegradable nanogel star polymersvia organocatalytic ROP†

Eric A. Appel,^a Victor Y. Lee,^a Timothy T. Nguyen,^b Melanie McNeil,^b Frederik Nederberg,^a James L. Hedrick,^a William C. Swope,^a Jullia E. Rice,^a Robert D. Miller*^a and Joseph Sly*^a

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^b Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, San Jose State University, San Jose, USA

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Organocatalytic ring opening polymerization (OROP) is used to effect the rapid, scalable, room temperature formation of size-controlled, highly uniform, polyvalent, nanogel star polymer nanoparticles of biodegradable composition.

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Toward biodegradable nanogel star polymersvia organocatalytic ROP†

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