Erosion of biodegradable block copolymers made of poly(D,L-lactic acid) and poly(ethylene glycol)

Biomaterials

Volumn 18, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 1599-1607

  Von Burkersroda, Friederike ^a   Gref, Ruxandra ^b   Göpferich, Achim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Block copolymer; Erosion; Me.PEG; Me.PEG PLA; PLA

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; EROSION; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; REACTION KINETICS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMER EROSION;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

COPOLYMER; MACROGOL; POLYLACTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; EROSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CRYSTALLIZATION; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DRUG STABILITY; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; LACTIC ACID; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYMERS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0031429762     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9612(97)00098-7     Document Type: Article

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