Water absorption properties of phosphate glass fiber-reinforced poly-ε-caprolactone composites for craniofacial bone repair

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 3750-3755

  Onal, Levent ^a   Cozien Cazuc, Sophie ^b   Jones, I Arthur ^b   Rudd, Christopher D ^b  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodegradable composites; Degradation; Diffusion coefficient; Moisture absorption; Phosphate glass fiber

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; DEGRADATION; DIFFUSION; MOISTURE; VOLUME FRACTION; WATER ABSORPTION;

CRANIOFACIAL BONE REPAIR; MASS GAIN; MOISTURE ABSORPTION; PHOSPHATE GLASS FIBER;

GLASS FIBERS;

BONE REPAIR; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; GLASS FIBER; LAMINATE; MEDICAL USE; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYMERIZATION; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 40749144428     PISSN: 00218995     EISSN: 10974628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/app.27518     Document Type: Article

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