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Biodegradable Polymers

Biodegradable Polymers is a class of polymeric materials that are designed or selected so that, under specified environmental conditions and within a defined time frame, they are depolymerized and mineralized by the metabolic action of microorganisms into low–molecular weight, environmentally benign products such as carbon dioxide, water, mineral salts, and biomass, thereby avoiding long-term persistence in the environment.

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Poly Lactic-co-Glycolic Acid (PLGA) as Biodegradable Controlled Drug Delivery Carrier

Hirenkumar K. Makadia, Steven J. Siegel · Polymers · 2011 · 4.6K citations · Full text

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Biodegradable polymers as biomaterials

Lakshmi S. Nair, Cato T. Laurencin · Progress in Polymer Science · 2007 · 4.3K citations

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A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate)

Shosuke Yoshida, Kazumi Hiraga, Toshihiko Takehana et al. · Science · 2016 · 3.2K citations

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Biofibres, biodegradable polymers and biocomposites: An overview

Amar K. Mohanty, Manjusri Misra, G. Hinrichsen · Macromolecular Materials and Engineering · 2000 · 2.8K citations

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Synthetic biodegradable polymers as orthopedic devices

John Middleton, Arthur James Tipton · Biomaterials · 2000 · 2.7K citations

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  1. AA
    Ann‐Christine Albertsson

    KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

    90 publications · 7.9K citations

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  2. AK
    Amar K. Mohanty

    University of Guelph, Canada

    81 publications · 12.5K citations

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    Yoshiharu Doi

    Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

    75 publications · 8.8K citations

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  4. MM
    Manjusri Misra

    University of Guelph, Canada

    69 publications · 10.9K citations

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  5. MV
    Michel Vert

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    58 publications · 7.3K citations

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  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    85 h-index

    2.1K publications

    123.6K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    78 h-index

    1.2K publications

    81.7K citations

  3. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

    Stockholm, Sweden

    59 h-index

    428 publications

    33.7K citations

  4. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    59 h-index

    436 publications

    25K citations

  5. Sichuan University

    Chengdu, China

    57 h-index

    1.1K publications

    54K citations

  6. Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry

    Changchun, China

    54 h-index

    710 publications

    47.4K citations

  7. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    53 h-index

    240 publications

    24.7K citations

  8. National University of Singapore

    Singapore, Singapore

    53 h-index

    244 publications

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  1. Polymer Degradation and Stability

    843 publications · 59.3K citations

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  2. Biomaterials

    308 publications · 49.5K citations

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  3. Journal of Applied Polymer Science

    969 publications · 46.9K citations

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  4. Biomacromolecules

    361 publications · 28.6K citations

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  5. Macromolecules

    306 publications · 25.9K citations

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