Degradation of poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) microspheres: effect of copolymer composition

Biomaterials

Volumn 16, Issue 15, 1995, Pages 1123-1130

  Park, Tae Gwan ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biodegradable polyester; degradation mechanism; differential scanning calorimetry; microspheres; Poly(dl lactic co glycolic acid)

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMER; MICROSPHERE; POLYGLACTIN;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEGRADATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIODEGRADATION; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; GLYCOLATES; HYDROLYSIS; LACTATES; LACTIC ACID; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSPHERES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERS; STEREOISOMERISM; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0029130253     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0142-9612(95)93575-X     Document Type: Article

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