Chemical stability of polyether urethanes versus polycarbonate urethanes

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 550-559

  Tanzi, Maria Cristina ^a   Mantovani, Diego ^b   Petrini, Paola ^a   Guidoin, Robert ^b   Laroche, Gaétan ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chemical stability; DSC; FTIR; GPC; Polyurethane

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BIOMATERIALS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROLYSIS; LIPIDS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NITRIC ACID; OXIDATION; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYCARBONATES; POLYETHERS;

CHEMICAL STABILITY;

POLYURETHANES;

BIOMATERIAL; CORETHANE; POLYCARBONATE; POLYETHERURETHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; HYDROLYSIS; OXIDATION; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; KINETICS; POLYURETHANES; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0142055551     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(19970915)36:4<550::AID-JBM14>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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