Synthesis and characterization of poly(L-lactide-co-ε-caprolactone)-b- poly(L-lactide) biodegradable diblock copolyesters: Effect of the block lengths on their thermal properties

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 3315-3320

  Niamsa, Noi ^a   Baimark, Yodthong ^a  

^a MAHASARAKHAM UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Biodegradable; Biomaterials; Block copolymers; Diblock copolymers; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; COPOLYMERIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

DIBLOCK COPOLYESTERS; DILUTE-SOLUTION VISCOMETRY; FIRST-STEP REACTION; L-LACTIDE/PREPOLYMER MOLAR RATIOS;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

BLOCK COPOLYMER; COPOLYMERIZATION; CRYSTALLINITY; CRYSTALLIZATION; MELTING POINT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYESTER; POLYLACTIDE; SYNTHESIS; THERMAL PROPERTY;

EID: 35948990417     PISSN: 00218995     EISSN: 10974628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/app.26993     Document Type: Article

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