Elucidation of the physicomechanical and ab initio quantum energy transitions of a crosslinked PLGA scaffold

Biomaterials

Volumn 28, Issue 25, 2007, Pages 3714-3723

  Sibambo, Sibongile R ^a   Pillay, Viness ^a   Choonara, Yahya E ^a   Khan, Riaz A ^b   Sweet, Joe L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ALBANY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ab initio quantum mechanics; Crosslinking; Drug delivery; Physicomechanical; Polylactic co glycolic acid

Indexed keywords

CROSSLINKING; DRUG DELIVERY; MOLECULAR MASS; QUANTUM THEORY;

INCUBATION PERIODS; MATRIX RESILIENCE; PHYSICOMECHANICAL; POLYLACTIC-CO-GLYCOLIC ACID;

BIOMATERIALS;

BIOMATERIAL; N,N DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; POLYGLACTIN; POLYMER; WATER;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ENERGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; REACTION TIME; STEREOMICROSCOPY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; LACTIC ACID; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYMERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 34249826944     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2007.04.045     Document Type: Article

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