Photodegradation of biodegradable polyesters: A comprehensive study on poly(l-lactide) and poly(ε-caprolactone)

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1128-1137

  Tsuji, Hideto ^a   Echizen, Yoshihisa ^a   Nishimura, Yoshiro ^b  

^a TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Aichi Industrial Technology Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Photodegradation; Poly( caprolactone); Poly(l lactic acid); Poly(l lactide); UV irradiation

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PHOTODEGRADATION; POLARIZATION; POLYMERS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BIODEGRADABLE POLYESTERS; POLY(Ε-CAPROLACTONE); POLY(L-LACTIC ACID); POLY(L-LACTIDE);

POLYESTERS;

EID: 31544461539     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2005.07.007     Document Type: Article

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