Degradation Behaviors of Biodegradable Aliphatic Polyesters and Polycarbonates

• DOI: 10.1166/jbmb.2020.1958
• Publication Date: 2019-12-03T04:35:21Z
• Authors: Yonghang Xu; Fangya Zhou; Danmin Zhou; Jintang Mo; Huawen Hu; Limiao Lin; Jingshu Wu; Mingguang Yu; Min Zhang; Hong Chen
• Keywords: Biodegradable polymer; Degradation; Polycaprolactone; Polycarbonate; Polymer degradation

Aliphatic polyesters and polycarbonates such as polylactide (PLA), polycaprolactone (PCL) poly(propylene carbonate) (PPC), are well known biodegradable, biocompatible environmental-friendly polymeric materials, which have been widely used in various areas ranging from packaging to biomedical materials. The production usage of biodegradable plastics can greatly alleviate the safety environmental concerns because fairly short degradation periods low toxicity catabolite. During process polymers, obvious changes appear polymer structures physiochemical properties. Therefore, it is necessary regulate control behaviors polycarbonates, significant for their more widespread popularization applications. In this context, highly desirable make a review contribution field so better understand recent research progress on kinetics, future prospect polymers. Herein, paper reviews materials including PLA, PCL PPC. Through an in-depth study internal/external factors, mechanism these polymers unraveled, will motivate studies into synthesis novel understanding behavior molecular level.