The study of water uptake in degradable polymers by thermally stimulated depolarization currents

Biomaterials

Volumn 19, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 2347-2356

  Suárez, Nery ^a   Brocchini, Stephen ^b   Kohn, Joachim ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Degradable biomaterials; Degradable polymers; Mechanisms of hydration; Polyarylate; Secondary relaxations; Thermally stimulated depolarization currents (TDSC); Tyrosine

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; AMINO ACIDS; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL BONDS; COPOLYMERS; DRYING; HYDRATION; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONOMERS; POLYESTERS; RELAXATION PROCESSES;

POLYARYLATE; THERMALLY STIMULATED DEPOLARIZATION CURRENTS (TDSC); TYROSINE;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

AMIDE; BIOMATERIAL; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; ESTER; POLYMER; SUCCINIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TYROSINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; DEPOLARIZATION; HYDRATION; HYDROLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032404062     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9612(98)00151-3     Document Type: Article

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