Enzymatic degradation of 3D scaffolds of starch-poly-(ε-caprolactone) prepared by supercritical fluid technology

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2110-2117

  Duarte, Ana Rita C ^a,b   Mano, João F ^a,b   Reis, Rui L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b IBB   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Enzymatic degradation; Natural polymers; Polycaprolactone; Starch; Supercritical fluids; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; BIOPOLYMERS; BOND STRENGTH (CHEMICAL); COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTACT ANGLE; DEGRADATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; POROUS MATERIALS; SCAFFOLDS; STARCH; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; TISSUE;

3D SCAFFOLDS; BUFFER SOLUTIONS; BULK ANALYSIS; BULK DEGRADATION; CAPROLACTONE; ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; HUMAN BODIES; IN-VITRO; MATRIX; MICROCOMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHASE INVERSION; POLYMER CHAINS; POLYMERIC BLENDS; STARCH-BASED POLYMERS; SUPER-CRITICAL; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID TECHNOLOGY; TISSUE ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; WEIGHT LOSS;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 77958042614     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2010.06.020     Document Type: Article

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