Initial development into a novel technique for manufacturing a long fibre thermoplastic bioabsorbable composite: in-situ polymerisation of poly-ε-caprolactone

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 737-746

  Corden, T J ^a   Jones, I A ^a   Rudd, C D ^a   Christian, P ^a   Downes, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIALS; BONE; DEGRADATION; ELASTIC MODULI; POLYMERIZATION; THERMOPLASTICS; THERMOSETS; TRANSFER MOLDING;

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; FIBER THERMOPLASTIC BIOABSORBABLE COMPOSITE; POLYCAPROLACTONE; RESIN TRANSFER MOULDING;

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0032648727     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-835X(98)00189-4     Document Type: Article

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