Atomic force microscopic and encrustation studies of novel prospective polyisobutylene-based thermoplastic elastomeric biomaterials

Polymers for Advanced Technologies

Volumn 14, Issue 11-12, 2003, Pages 763-770

  Puskas, Judit E ^a   Chen, Yaohong ^a   Antony, Prince ^a   Kwon, Yongmoon ^a   Kovar, Milan ^a   Harbottle, Robert R ^a   De Jong, Kathy ^a   Norton, Peter R ^a   Cadieux, Peter ^a   Burton, Jeremy ^a   Reid, Gregor ^a   Beiko, Darren ^a   Watterson, James D ^a   Denstedt, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

AFM; Biomaterials; Morphology; Polyisobutylene; Thermoplastic elastomer

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMATERIALS; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEINS; SILICONES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

ENCRUSTATION STUDIES; MEDICAL-GRADE SILICONE RUBBERS;

THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS;

ELASTOMER; POLYMER SCIENCE;

EID: 10744227756     PISSN: 10427147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pat.392     Document Type: Article

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