Course Notes: Degradable Polyesters

Relevant articles from the literature regarding degradable plastics:

• Polymeric Materials from Agricultural Feedstocks : R. Narayan, in Polymers from Agricultural Coproducts, M.L. Fishman, R.B. Friedman and S.J. Huang, eds., ACS Symposium Series 575, American Chemical Society: Washington DC, 1994.

• Degradable Plastics : H. Omichi, in Handbook of Polymer Degradation, S.H. Hamid, M.B. Amin and A.G. Maadhah, eds., Marcell Dekker: New York (1992).

• The Classification, Preparation and Utility of Degradable Polymers, P.J. Hocking, J.M.S.-Rev. Macromol. Chem. Phys., C32(1), 35, 1992.

• The Design of Biodegradable Polymers: Two Approaches : R.D. Gilbert, V. Stannett, C.G. Pitt and A. Schindler, Developments in Polymer Degradation, N .Grassie, ed., Chapter 8, Applied Science Publishers: London, 1982.

• "Microbial Polyesters, Ch 6: Structure and Properties of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) and Ch 7: Solid State Properties of Copolyesters", Y. Doi, VCH Publishers: New York, 1990.

• Physical properties and biodegradability of blends of isotactic and atatic poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) : Y. Kumagai and Y. Doi, Makromol. Chem., Rapid Commun., 13, 179-183, 1992.

• Physico-mechanical properties of degradable polymers used in medical applications: a comparative study : I. Engelberg and J. Kohn, Biomaterials, 12, 292-304, 1991.

Importance of Distinct Water Environments in the Hydrolysis of Poly(DL-lactide-co-glycolide)

E.A. Schmitt, D.R. Flanagan and R.J. Linhardt, Macromolecules, 27, 743-748, 1994.

Biodegradation of Polymers

A.-C. Albertsson, in Handbook of Polymer Degradation, S.H. Hamid, M.B. Amin and A.G. Maadhah, eds., Marcell Dekker: New York (1992).

Starch-Based Degradable Plastics

W.J. Maddever, in Handbook of Polymer Degradation, S.H. Hamid, M.B. Amin and A.G. Maadhah, eds., Marcell Dekker: New York (1992).

Controlled Degradation of Plastics: Environmental Toxicology

R.S. Ennis, in Handbook of Polymer Degradation, S.H. Hamid, M.B. Amin and A.G. Maadhah, eds., Marcell Dekker: New York (1992).

Structure-property relationships in the case of the degradation of massive aliphatic poly(alpha-hydroxy acids) in aqueous media, Part 1: Poly(DL-lactic acid)

S.M. Li, H. Garreau and M. Vert,J. Mat. Sci.: Mat. Med., 1, 123-130, 1990.

Structure-property relationships in the case of the degradation of massive aliphatic poly(alpha-hydroxy acids) in aqueous media, Part 2: Degradation of lactide-glycolide copolymers

S.M. Li, H. Garreau and M. Vert,J. Mat. Sci.: Mat. Med., 1, 131-139, 1990.

Poly(beta-hydroxybutyrate) Stereoisomers: A Model Study of the Effects of Stereochemical and Morphological Variables on Polymer Biological Degradability

J.E. Kemnitzer, S.P. McCarthy and R.A. Gross, Macromolecules, 25, 5927-5934, 1992.

Biodegradation of Surgical Polymers

D.F. Williams, J. Mat. Sci., 17, 1233-1246, 1982.

Molecular Conformation of Poly(S-lactic acid)

P. De Santis and A.J. Kovacs, Biopolymers, 6, 299-306, 1968.

General Crystallization Behavior of Poly(L-lactic acid)

B. Kalb and A.J. Pennings, Polymer, 21, 607-612, 1980.

X-Ray Structure of Poly(beta-hydroxybutyrate)

K. Okamura and R.H. Marchessault, Biopolymers, 709-720.

Biodegradable Polymers

Huang, S.J., in Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology, Vol. 2, p202-243.