A mixture model for water uptake, degradation, erosion and drug release from polydisperse polymeric networks

Biomaterials

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3032-3042

  Soares, João S ^a,b   Zunino, Paolo ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Bioerosion; Controlled drug release; Hydrolysis; Modeling; Polylactic acid

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE SIZE; BIOEROSION; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; BULK EROSION; CONTROLLED DRUG RELEASE; CONTROLLED RELEASE; DESIGN TOOL; DIRECT IMPACT; DRUG RELEASE; FINITE NUMBER; GENERAL CLASS; HYDROLYTIC DEGRADATION; MASS LOSS; MIXTURE MODEL; MODELING; MOLECULAR LEVELS; MULTISCALES; NON-DIMENSIONAL PARAMETERS; POLY LACTIC ACID; POLYDISPERSE POLYMERIC SYSTEMS; POLYDISPERSES; POLYMERIC NETWORKS; REACTION DIFFUSION SYSTEMS; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; TISSUE ENGINEERING SCAFFOLD; WATER UPTAKE;

ACIDS; BIODEGRADATION; DEGRADATION; HYDROLYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MIXTURES; POLYDISPERSITY; SOIL MECHANICS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS;

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DEGRADATION; DIFFUSION; DISPERSION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG RELEASE; EROSION; HYDROLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; WATER TRANSPORT;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; DIFFUSION; DRUG CARRIERS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; POLYMERS; WATER;

EID: 76749122249     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2010.01.008     Document Type: Article

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