Thermal properties and physical ageing behaviour of tyrosine-derived polycarbonates

Biomaterials

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 463-468

  Tangpasuthadol, Varawut ^a   Shefer, Adi ^a   Hooper, Kimberly A ^a   Kohn, Joachim ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential scanning calorimetry; Enthalpy relaxation kinetics; Physical ageing; Polycarbonates; Tyrosine

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; CHEMICAL RELAXATION; COPOLYMERS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DRUG PRODUCTS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

COWIE-FERGUSON MODEL; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; ENTHALPY RELAXATION KINETICS; MATERIAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL AGEING BEHAVIOUR; TYROSINE;

POLYCARBONATES;

COPOLYMER; POLYCARBONATE; TYROSINE;

AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENTHALPY; KINETICS; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMODYNAMICS; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0030087950     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0142-9612(96)89665-7     Document Type: Article

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