The effect of polymer composition on the gelation behavior of PLGA-g-PEG biodegradable thermoreversible gels

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 248-254

  Tarasevich, B J ^a   Gutowska, A ^b   Li, X S ^a   Jeong, B M ^c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Advanced Imaging Technologies   (United States)

^c Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Drug delivery; Polymers; Thermoreversible gels; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; CONCENTRATION OF; GELATION BEHAVIORS; GELATION TEMPERATURES; GLYCOLIC ACIDS; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; LOW TEMPERATURES; POLY(D ,LLACTIC ACID-CO-GLYCOLIC ACID) (PLGA); POLY-LACTIC ACIDS; POLYMER COMPOSITIONS; POLYMER MOLECULAR WEIGHTS; PRECURSOR CONCENTRATIONS; REACTION TEMPERATURES; SIDE CHAINS; SOL-TO-GEL TRANSITIONS; SOLUTION BEHAVIORS; THERMOREVERSIBLE GELS; WATER SOLUBLE;

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COAGULATION; COPOLYMERIZATION; DRUG DELIVERY; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GELS; GRAFT COPOLYMERS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); LACTIC ACID; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POLYMERS; THERMOPLASTICS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

GELATION;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; DRUG CARRIERS; GELS; LACTIC ACID; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHASE TRANSITION; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; RHEOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 62249107375     PISSN: 15493296     EISSN: 15524965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.32025     Document Type: Article

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