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ReviewFrontiers in chemistry2018

Living Ring-Opening Polymerization of

Yongliang Zhong, Rong Tong

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Review in Frontiers in chemistry, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Functional Polyesters: Tailoring Structure and Biomedical Functions.Polymer science & technology (Washington, D.C.) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Yongliang ZhongDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States.
Rong TongDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biodegradable poly(α-hydroxy acids) can be synthesized by means of ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of

Indexed as

living polvmerizationO-carboxyahydridesorganocatalystphotoredox catalysispoly(a-hydroxy acid)polyesterring-opening polymenzationstereoselective polymerization

Identifiers

PMID30622943
PMCPMC6308324

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