New PVC materials for medical applications - The release profile of PVC/polycaprolactone-polycarbonate aged in aqueous environments

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 451-458

  Hakkarainen, Minna ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Low molecular weight compounds; Polycarbonate; Polyester; PVC; SPME

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROLYSIS; POLYCARBONATES; POLYMER BLENDS; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION (SPME);

POLYVINYL CHLORIDES;

EID: 0037623207     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-3910(03)00029-6     Document Type: Article

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