Microporous foams of polymer blends of poly(L-lactic acid) and poly(ε-caprolactone)

Desalination

Volumn 234, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 175-183

  Tanaka, Takaaki ^a,b   Eguchi, Satoko ^a,b   Saitoh, Hiroshi ^a,b   Taniguchi, Masayuki ^a,b   Lloyd, Douglas R ^b  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradable polyesters; Microporous foams; Polymer blends; Thermally induced phase separation

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; ACIDS; BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; BLENDING; BODY FLUIDS; ESTERS; ETHERS; ISOMERS; LACTIC ACID; MICROPOROSITY; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHASE MODULATION; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYESTERS; POLYMERS; SEPARATION;

BIODEGRADABLE FOAMS; BIODEGRADABLE POLYESTERS; BLEND RATIOS; CAPROLACTONE; HEPATIC CELLS; HEPG2 CELLS; MICROPOROUS; MICROPOROUS FOAMS; POLY(LLACTIC ACID); POROUS POLYMERS; POROUS STRUCTURES; SEPARATION METHODS; SOLUBILITY PARAMETERS; THERMALLY INDUCED PHASE SEPARATION;

POLYMER BLENDS;

BIODEGRADATION; POLYMER; SEPARATION; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 55049090958     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2007.09.084     Document Type: Article

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