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ReviewPolymers2021

From Anionic Ring-Opening Polymerization of β-Butyrolactone to Biodegradable Poly(hydroxyalkanoate)s: Our Contributions in This Field.

Grażyna Adamus, Adrian Domiński, Marek Kowalczuk, Piotr Kurcok, Iza Radecka

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In one paragraph

Review in Polymers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
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, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Grażyna AdamusCentre of Polymer and Carbon Materials, Polish Academy of Sciences, 34 M. Curie-Sklodowskiej Str., 41-800 Zabrze, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-5439-7400
Adrian DomińskiCentre of Polymer and Carbon Materials, Polish Academy of Sciences, 34 M. Curie-Sklodowskiej Str., 41-800 Zabrze, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-7716-5597
Marek KowalczukCentre of Polymer and Carbon Materials, Polish Academy of Sciences, 34 M. Curie-Sklodowskiej Str., 41-800 Zabrze, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-2877-7466
Piotr KurcokCentre of Polymer and Carbon Materials, Polish Academy of Sciences, 34 M. Curie-Sklodowskiej Str., 41-800 Zabrze, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-8748-1649
Iza RadeckaWolverhampton School of Science, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton WV1 1LY, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3257-8803
Centre of Polymer and Carbon Materials · PLUniversity of Wolverhampton · GB

Funding

European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie 872152
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The feasibility of synthesis of functionalized poly(3-hydroxybutanoic acid) analogue and its copolymers via ring-opening polymerization of β-butyrolactone mediated by activated anionic initiators is presented. Using these new synthetic approaches, polyesters with a defined chemical structure of the end groups, as well as block, graft, and random copolymers, have been obtained and characterized by modern instrumental techniques, with special emphasis on ESI-MS. The relationship between the structure and properties of the prepared polymeric materials is also discussed.

Indexed as

anionic ring-opening polymerizationbiodegradable polymerspoly(hydroxyalkanolate)sβ-butyrolactone

Identifiers

PMID34960919
PMCPMC8707542
OpenAlexW4200625422

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