Morphology, molecular mass changes, and degradation mechanism of poly-L-lactide in phosphate-buffered solution

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 115-120

  Zhou, Z H ^a   Liu, X P ^a   Liu, Q Q ^a   Liu, L H ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Degradation mechanism; Hydrolytic degradation; Molecular mass changes; Morphology; Poly L lactide

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; MOLECULAR MASS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMERS; RATE CONSTANTS;

BIODEGRADATION PROCESS; DEGRADATION MECHANISM; DEGRADATION TIME; FIRST-ORDER KINETICS; HYDROLYTIC DEGRADATION; HYDROXYL GROUPS; L-LACTIDE; MOLECULAR MASS CHANGES; PHOSPHATE-BUFFERED SOLUTIONS; PLLA; POLY-L-LACTIDE; WEIGHT DISTRIBUTIONS;

DEGRADATION;

BIODEGRADABILITY; DEGRADATION; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; POLYLACTIDE;

EID: 58949084762     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602550802497206     Document Type: Article

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