Bernhard Rieger (EDT), Andreas Kunkel (EDT), Geoffrey W. Coates (EDT), Robert Reichardt (EDT), Eckhard Dinjus (EDT), Thomas A. Zevaco (EDT) Synthetic Biodegradable Polymers

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Salen Metal Complexes as Catalysts for the Synthesis of Polycarbonates from Cyclic Ethers and Carbon Dioxide, by Donald J. Darensbourg.- Material Properties of Poly(Propylene Carbonates), by Gerrit. A. Luinstra and Endres Borchardt.- Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate) from Carbon Monoxide, by Robert Reichardt and Bernhard Rieger. -Ecoflex and Ecovio: Biodegradable, Performance-Enabling Plastics, by K. O. Siegenthaler, A. Knkel, G. Skupin and M. Yamamoto.- Biodegradability of Poly(Vinyl Acetate) and Related Polymers, by Manfred Amann and Oliver Minge.-Recent Developments in Ring-Opening Polymerization of Lactones, by P. Lecomte and C. Jrme.-Recent Developments in Metal-Catalyzed Ring-Opening Polymerization of Lactides and Glycolides: Preparation of Polylactides, Polyglycolide, and Poly(lactide-co-glycolide), by Saikat Dutta, Wen-Chou Hung, Bor-Hunn Huang and Chu-Chieh Lin.-Bionolle (Polybutylenesuccinate), by Yasushi Ichikawa, Tatsuya Mizukoshi.- Polyurethanes from Renewable Resources, by David A. Babb.-