Advanced drug delivery systems rely on the availability of biocompatible materials.
Moreover, biodegradability is highly desirable in the design of those systems. Consequently …

Lactic acid, the most important hydroxycarboxylic acid, is now commercially produced by the
fermentation of sugars present in biomass. In addition to its use in the synthesis of …

This Perspective article summarizes efforts paid in our group to develop efficient metal-
based catalysts for the immortal ring-opening polymerization (iROP) of cyclic esters in the …

Four poly (L-lactide-co-ε-caprolactone)(PLCL) copolymers were synthesized at 120, 130,
140 and 150° C by ring opening polymerization using stannous octoate catalyst at a 2000: 1 …

A new aliphatic hybrid guanidine N, O‐donor ligand (TMGeech) and its zinc chloride
complex ([ZnCl2 (TMGeech)]) are presented. This complex displays high catalytic activity for …

An exponential growth has been observed in the last decade where enzymes were used as
catalysts for polymerization of different monomers and due to enzyme's origin from natural …

Polylactones are important biodegradable and biocompatible environmentally friendly
polyesters widely used for many applications and more particularly for biomedical …

The development of nontoxic initiators which display both high activity and stability at low
catalyst concentrations can be challenging, as these desired attributes often involve …

Catalytic ring-opening copolymerization of limonene oxide with phthalic anhydride was
performed applying metal t-Bu–salophen complexes (t-Bu–salophen) MX; M= Cr, X= Cl (1) …

Poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid)(PLGA) is a biodegradable copolymer that is also acceptable for
use in a variety of biomedical applications. Typically, a random PLGA polymer is …