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Over the past decades biodegradable (or more precisely “resorbable”) polyesters have found rapidly increasing interest of scientists and chemical companies. Among the numerous potential applications which are under investigations certain medical and pharmaceutical applications have already proven their usefulness, for instance: devices for controlled drug release,1-4 resorbable medical sutures,4-6 resorbable and transparent wound dressings,7.8 tissue separating film for surgery,9 resorbable rods, pins, and screws for the fixation of bone fractures,10 scaffolds for surgery,4 and cell containers for osteosyntheses.4 This situation has stimulated intensive research activities in the field of synthesis and characterization of biodegradable polyesters.
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Kricheldorf, H.R., Eggerstedt, S., Langanke, D., Stricker, A., Fechner, B. (2003). Biodegradable Block Copolymers, Star-Shaped Polymers, and Networks Via Ring-Expansion Polymerization. In: Geckeler, K.E. (eds) Advanced Macromolecular and Supramolecular Materials and Processes. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8495-1_15
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