An entropy spring model for the Young's modulus change of biodegradable polymers during biodegradation

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 14-21

  Wang, Ying ^a   Han, Xiaoxiao ^a   Pan, Jingzhe ^a   Sinka, Csaba ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS POLYMERS; AUTOCATALYTIC; AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT; BIODEGRADABLE DEVICES; D-LACTIC ACID; ENTROPY CHANGES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HYDROLYSIS REACTION; ISOLATED POLYMER CHAINS; L-LACTIDE; LOAD TRANSFER; POLY L LACTIC ACID; POLYLACTIDES; POLYMER BLENDING; POLYMER CHAINS; SPRING MODEL; TACTICITIES; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; BLENDING; BODY FLUIDS; DEGRADATION; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; ENTROPY; HYDROLYSIS; LACTIC ACID; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC POLYMERS;

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS;

LACTIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; ELASTICITY; ENTROPY; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY; ENTROPY; HYDROLYSIS; LACTIC ACID; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERS;

EID: 70350575266     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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