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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jan 15.
Published in final edited form as: Biomacromolecules. 2010 Nov 10;11(12):3432–3439. doi: 10.1021/bm1009574

Scheme 1.

Scheme 1

Synthesis of PPAs with dipropyltriamine side chain. The grafting degree of PPA is defined by the percentage of repeating units conjugated with DPA side chain. The net positive charge density is defined by the number of net positive charge per repeating unit, which can be calculated by 3p-1.