Toughness decrease of PLA-PHBHHx blend films upon surface-confined photopolymerization

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1079-1086

  Rasal, Rahul M ^a   Hirt, Douglas E ^a  

^a AMRL   (United States)

Author keywords

PHBHHx; Physical aging; PLA; Surface modification; Toughness

Indexed keywords

PHBHHX; PHYSICAL AGING; PLA; SURFACE MODIFICATION; TOUGHNESS;

ACIDS; ACRYLIC MONOMERS; AMIDES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CONTACT ANGLE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); HYDROGELS; HYDROPHILICITY; LACTIC ACID; MECHANICAL TESTING; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION; POLYETHYLENES; SURFACE TREATMENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

ACRYLAMIDE; ACRYLIC ACID COPOLYMER; BIOMATERIAL; COPOLYMER; POLY[(3 HYDROXY BUTYRATE) CO (3 HYDROXYHEXANOATE)]; POLYLACTIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FILM; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION; POLYMERIZATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; HEXANOIC ACIDS; LACTIC ACID; MATERIALS TESTING; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; POLYMERS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

EID: 60349124835     PISSN: 15493296     EISSN: 15524965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.32009     Document Type: Article

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