Accelerated degradation behaviour of poly(ε-caprolactone) via melt blending with poly(aspartic acid-co-lactide) (PAL)

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 213-220

  Little, Uel ^a   Buchanan, Fraser ^a   Harkin Jones, Eileen ^a   McCaigue, Mervyn ^a   Farrar, David ^b   Dickson, Glenn ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b Smith and Nephew Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Additive; Degradation; Mechanical properties; Microstructure; Poly( caprolactone); Poly(aspartic acid co lactide)

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; ASTROPHYSICS; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMECHANICS; BLENDING; CELL CULTURE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; ORGANIC ACIDS; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ABSENCE OF CELLS; ACCELERATED DEGRADATIONS; APPLICATIONS.; DEGRADATION PROFILES; IN VITRO; MASS CHANGES; MASS LOSSES; MELT BLENDING; PHOSPHATE BUFFER SOLUTIONS; POLY(ASPARTIC ACID-CO-LACTIDE); SEM STUDIES; SLOW DEGRADATIONS; TIME PERIODS;

DEGRADATION;

EID: 58149154524     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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