Hydrogel formation between enantiomeric B-A-B-type block copolymers of polylactides (PLLA or PDLA: A) and polyoxyethylene (PEG: B); PEG-PLLA-PEG and PEG-PDLA-PEG

Macromolecular Bioscience

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 361-367

  Mukose, Takashi ^a   Fujiwara, Tomoko ^a   Nakano, Junko ^a   Taniguchi, Ikuo ^a   Miyamoto, Masatoshi ^b   Kimura, Yoshiharu ^a   Teraoka, Iwao ^b   Lee, Chan Woo ^c  

^a KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Hoseo University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Block copolymers; Hydrogels; Poly(ethylene glycol); Polylactides; Stereo complex

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXATION; ELASTIC MODULI; GELS; HYDROGELS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); THERMAL EFFECTS;

GEL-TO-SOL TRANSITION; HYDROGEL FORMATION;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

COPOLYMER; MACROGOL; POLYLACTIDE; POLYOXYETHYLENE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; ENANTIOMER; GEL; GELATION; HYDROGEL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

HYDROGELS; PHASE TRANSITION; POLYESTERS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYMERS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 4544240898     PISSN: 16165187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mabi.200300112     Document Type: Conference Paper

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