Physical and mechanical properties of blends based on poly (dl-lactide), poly (l-lactide-glycolide) and poly (ε-caprolactone)

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 678-687

  Mcdonald, Paul F ^a   Geever, Luke M ^a   Lyons, John G ^a   Higginbotham, Clement L ^a  

^a Athletic Rehabilitation Therapy Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Biodegradable; Bioresorbable; Blends; DSC; FTIR; Tensile testing

Indexed keywords

ATR FTIR; ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTANCE FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; BIORESORBABLE; BIORESORBABLE MATERIALS; CAPROLACTONE; DL-LACTIDE; FTIR; GLYCOLIDE; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSS; INITIAL PREPARATION; L-LACTIDE; PHOSPHATE-BUFFERED SALINES; PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SOLVENT CASTING; THIN FILM BLENDS;

ADSORPTION; ANGLE MEASUREMENT; COMPRESSION MOLDING; CONTACT ANGLE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FILM PREPARATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; MATERIALS TESTING APPARATUS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRENGTH; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

TENSILE TESTING;

ADSORPTION; BIODEGRADABILITY; COMPRESSION; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYLACTIDE; POLYMER BLEND; SOLVENT; TENSILE PROPERTY;

EID: 77953743685     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602551003681846     Document Type: Article

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