Effects of mechanical load on the degradation of poly(d,l-lactic acid) foam

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 677-683

  Fan, Yu Bo ^a   Li, Ping ^a   Zeng, Li ^b   Huang, Xue Jin ^b  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Combined load; In vitro degradation; PDLLA; Tensile load

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; POLYMERS; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BIOABSORBABLE POLYMERS; COMBINED LOAD; DEGRADATION RATE; TENSILE LOAD;

FOAMS;

EID: 40249112984     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2007.12.015     Document Type: Article

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