Polydimethylsiloxane/polyether-mixed macrodiol-based polyurethane elastomers: Biostability

Biomaterials

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1021-1029

  Martin, Darren J ^a   Poole Warren, Laura A ^a   Gunatillake, Pathiraja A ^b   McCarthy, Simon J ^b   Meijs, Gordon F ^b   Schindhelm, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biostability; Degradation; Environmental stress cracking (ESC); Poly(dimethylsiloxane); Polyurethanes

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CRACK INITIATION; ELASTOMERS; POLYETHERS; POLYURETHANES; SILICONES; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

BIOSTABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS CRACKING; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANES;

BIOMATERIALS;

DIMETICONE; ELASTOMER; POLYETHER; POLYMER; POLYURETHAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADATION; IMPLANTATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEEP; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANES; DRUG STABILITY; ELASTICITY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYURETHANES; SILICONES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0034057488     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9612(99)00271-9     Document Type: Article

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