Triblock copolymers of ε-caprolactone, trimethylene carbonate, and L-lactide: Effects of using random copolymer as hard-block

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 6, Issue , 2012, Pages 80-88

  Widjaja, Leonardus Kresna ^a   Kong, Jen Fong ^a   Chattopadhyay, Sujay ^a   Lipik, Vitali T ^a   Liow, Sing Shy ^a   Abadie, Marc J M ^a,b   Venkatraman, Subbu S ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Biodegradability; Copolymers; Elastomer; Mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE POLYURETHANES; CAPROLACTONE; CREEP TESTS; CRYSTALLINITIES; CYCLIC TESTS; DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; DEGRADATION RATE; HARD BLOCKS; L-LACTIDE; PLLA; PROCESSABLE; RANDOM COPOLYMER; SEPTAL DEFECT; SOFT SEGMENTS; STENT COATINGS; TRIBLOCKS; TRIMETHYLENE CARBONATE;

BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; COPOLYMERS; DEGRADATION; ELASTICITY; ELASTOMERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS;

COPOLYMER; MAXON; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYGLACTIN; POLYURETHAN;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELASTICITY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE;

BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS; CATALYSIS; DIOXANES; ELASTOMERS; HARDNESS; HEXANOIC ACIDS; LACTONES; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLASTICS; POLYMERIZATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 82055169009     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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