In vitro degradation of porous poly(L-lactic acid) foams

Biomaterials

Volumn 21, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 1595-1605

  Lu, Lichun ^a   Peter, Susan J ^a   Lyman, Michelle D ^b   Lai, Hui Lin ^b   Leite, Susan M ^b   A Tamada, Janet ^b   Vacanti, Joseph P ^c   Langer, Robert ^b   Mikos, Antonios G ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Autocatalysis; Biodegradable; Poly(L lactic acid) (PLLA); Porous foams; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CATALYSIS; FOAMED PLASTICS; MORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; SALTS; TISSUE;

AUTOCATALYSIS; PARTICULATE-LEACHING TECHNIQUE; POLYLACTIC ACID; SOLVENT CASTING;

BIOMATERIALS;

POLYGLACTIN; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; HALF LIFE TIME; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; DRUG STABILITY; LACTIC ACID; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERS;

EID: 0034030822     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9612(00)00048-X     Document Type: Article

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