AbstractsBiology & Animal Science

Reductively degradable polymeric biomaterials

by Walter Eugene Partlo




Institution: University of Minnesota
Department:
Year: 2015
Keywords: Azide; Degradable; Polymer; Reduction; Chemistry
Record ID: 2060819
Full text PDF: http://hdl.handle.net/11299/171674


Abstract

Polymers were synthesized that included functional groups that allowed for the triggering of polymer degradation via reduction of the present azide groups. This degradation was demonstrated and characterized.