Polymer chain scission, oligomer production and diffusion: A two-scale model for degradation of bioresorbable polyesters

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 538-547

  Han, Xiaoxiao ^a   Pan, Jingzhe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Bioresorbable polymers; Diffusion; Kinetic Monte Carlo; Modelling

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; DEGRADATION; DIFFUSION; KINETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POLYESTERS;

BIORESORBABLE POLYMERS; CHAIN SCISSION; COPOLYMER RATIO; DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; KINETIC MONTE CARLO; MODELING; MOLECULAR-WEIGHT DISTRIBUTIONS; MONTE CARLO SCHEMES; POLYMER CHAINS; TWO-SCALE MODEL;

OLIGOMERS;

COPOLYMER; OLIGOMER; POLYESTER; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; COMPUTER MODEL; DEGRADATION; DIFFUSION; KINETICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 78650746019     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2010.09.005     Document Type: Article

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