Degradation of high molar mass poly(ethylene glycol), poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) and poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) by reactive oxygen species

31 August 2017, Version 1
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Abstract

The development of the apparent molar mass of different poly(ethylene glycol), poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) and poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) upon incubation with hydrogen peroxide and different concentrations and catalytic amounts of CuSO4 was followed used gel permeation chromatography.

Keywords

polymer degradation
reactive oxygen species
gel permeation chromatrography
oxidative degradation
biomaterials
polymer stability
hydrogen peroxide
Chemistry

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