NSERC of Canada and Nankai University for financial support. H. Li thanks the National Natural Science Foundation of China for a travel award in support of the collaborative research program (No. 20074016).
A new copolymer was synthesized by free radical polymerization in solution from methyl 3α-methylacryloyl-7α, 12α-dihydroxy-5β-cholan-24-oate (MACAME) and maleic anhydride (MAN). The copolymer was characterized by ...