Changes in morphology of starch-based prothestic thermoplastic material during enzymatic degradation

Journal of Biomaterials Science, Polymer Edition

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1263-1280

  Araújo, M Alberta ^a,b   Cunha, António M ^a   Mota, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE VIANA DO CASTELO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biodegradable polymer; Enzyme; Microstructure; Porosity; Starch; Surface analysis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONTACT ANGLE; DEGRADATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENCAPSULATION; ENZYMES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMER BLENDS; REACTION KINETICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUTIONS; STARCH;

CONTACT ANGLE MEASUREMENTS; DEGRADATION RATE; ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; STRUCTURAL CHANGES;

THERMOPLASTICS;

AMYLASE; COPOLYMER; PLASTIC; POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; STARCH;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENCAPSULATION; ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; ENZYME KINETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMERSION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MICROMORPHOLOGY; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ALCOHOLS; ALPHA-AMYLASE; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ETHYLENES; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; HEAT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MALTOSE; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; POLYMERS; POLYSACCHARIDES; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; STARCH; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 7044260765     PISSN: 09205063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568562041960007     Document Type: Article

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