Hollow fibers made from a poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)/poly-ε-caprolactone blend

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 643-652

  Hinuber C ^a,b   Haussler L ^a   Vogel, R ^a   Brunig H ^a   Heinrich, G ^a,c   Werner, C ^a,b,d  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

^b Max Bergmann Zentrum für Biomaterialien Dresden   (Germany)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d CENTER FOR REGENERATIVE THERAPIES DRESDEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodegradable polymers; Mechanical properties; Melt spinning; PCL; PHB

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956321289     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2011.62     Document Type: Article

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