Mechanisms of polymer degradation and erosion

Biomaterials

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 103-114

  Göpferich, Achim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Degradation; Erosion; Mechanisms; Modelling; Polymers

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOMATERIALS; CHEMICAL BONDS; COMPOSITION; COPOLYMERS; HYDROLYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONOMERS; MORPHOLOGY; OLIGOMERS; PH;

CHEMICAL DEGRADATION; IN VITRO; POLYMER BACKBONE; POLYMER BOND; POLYMER BULK; POLYMER DEGRADATION; POLYMER EROSION;

POLYMERS;

COPOLYMER; MONOMER; OLIGOMER; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BINDING; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEGRADATION; EROSION; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030033719     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0142-9612(96)85755-3     Document Type: Article

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