Polymer bulk erosion

Macromolecules

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2598-2604

  Göpferich, Achim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CATALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COPOLYMERS; ESTERS; HYDROLYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); REACTION KINETICS;

AUTO CATALYSIS; BULK EROSION; DEGRADATION RATE CONSTANT; DEGRADATION VELOCITY; EROSION MODEL; POLYHYDROXY ESTERS; SPONTANEOUS MASS LOSS;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

EID: 0031554171     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma961627y     Document Type: Article

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