Effect of hydrolytic degradation on the microstructure of quenched, amorphous poly(glycolic acid): An X-ray scattering study of hydrated samples

Polymer International

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 915-920

  King, Elizabeth ^a   Robinson, Susan ^b   Cameron, Ruth E ^b  

^a PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crystallinity; Hydrolytic degradation; Plasticisation; Poly(glycolic acid); Small angle x ray scattering; Wide angle x ray scattering

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; HYDROLYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; X RAY SCATTERING;

HYDROLYTIC DEGRADATIONS; PLASTICIZATION; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; SMALL-ANGLE XRAY SCATTERING (SAXS); WIDE-ANGLE XRAY SCATTERING (WAXS);

BIOPOLYMERS;

EID: 0033193638     PISSN: 09598103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0126(199909)48:9<915::aid-pi245>3.0.co;2-c     Document Type: Article

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