Mechanical properties of dense polylactic acid structures fabricated by three dimensional printing

Journal of Biomaterials Science, Polymer Edition

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-75

  Giordano, Russell A ^a,b   Wu, Benjamin M ^a,c   Borland, Scott W ^a   Cima, Linda G ^a   Sachs, Emanuel M ^a   Cima, Michael J ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mechanical properties; Polylactic acid; Tensile strength; Three dimensional printing

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFORM; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; FRACTURE FIXATION; MECHANICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRINTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BINDING SITES; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; ELASTICITY; LACTIC ACID; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0029970747     PISSN: 09205063     EISSN: 15685624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156856297X00588     Document Type: Article

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