<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Barros, Maria Teresa</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Petrova, Krasimira T.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Singh, Raj P.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Synthesis of hydrophilic and amphiphilic acryl sucrose monomers and their copolymerisation with styrene, methylmethacrylate and alpha- and beta-pinenes</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">International Journal of Molecular Sciences</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Biodegradable copolymers</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Biodegradation culture test</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">free radical copolymerization</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vinyl sucrose ester monomers</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2010</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">APR</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">4</style></number><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MDPI AG</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">POSTFACH, CH-4005 BASEL, SWITZERLAND</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">11</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1792-1807</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Herein, we report the synthesis of monomethacryloyl sucrose esters, and their successful free radical homo- and co-polymerisation with styrene, methylmethacrylate, alpha- and beta-pinene. The chemical, physical, structural and surface chemical properties of these polymers, containing a hydrophobic olefin backbone and hydrophilic sugar moieties as side chains, have been investigated. Biodegradation tests of the copolymer samples by a microbial fungal culture (Aspergillus niger) method showed good biodegradability. The chemical structure and surface chemistry of the synthesized homo- and co-polymers demonstrate their potential technological relevance as amphiphilic and biodegradable polymers.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">4</style></issue><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Foreign</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2.279</style></custom4></record></records></xml>