Effect of excimer laser irradiation on crystallinity and chemical bonding of biodegradable polymer

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 88-97

  Hsu, Shan Ting ^a   Tan, Huade ^a   Yao, Y Lawrence ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradable polymer; Chemical modification; Crystallinity; Laser irradiation; Poly(l lactic acid); Radical mobility

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDINGS; CONTINUOUS MODIFICATION; CRYSTALLINITIES; DEGRADATION RATE; DRUG DELIVERY APPLICATIONS; DRUG RELEASE; HUMAN BODIES; LASER FLUENCES; LASER IRRADIATIONS; LASER TREATMENT; PLLA; POLY L LACTIC ACID; SURFACE CRYSTALLINITY; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; UNIFORM INTENSITY; WIDE-ANGLE X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; CHEMICAL BONDS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DEGRADATION; DRUG DELIVERY; EXCIMER LASERS; FREE RADICALS; IRRADIATION; LACTIC ACID; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; QUANTUM YIELD; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; SURFACE TREATMENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

LASER CHEMISTRY;

EID: 82755187441     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2011.10.006     Document Type: Article

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