Effects of crosslink density on hydrolytic degradation of poly(l-lactide)-based networks

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 964-971

  George, Karina A ^a,b   Chirila, Traian V ^a,b,c   Wentrup Byrne, Edeline ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND EYE INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crosslinked; Degradation; Hydrolysis; Polylactide

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED DEGRADATION; CROSS-LINK DENSITIES; CROSSLINKED; CROSSLINKS; DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; DEGRADATION RATE; DELAYED RELEASE; HYDROLYTIC DEGRADATION; MASS LOSS; NMR ANALYSIS; PLLA; POLY LACTIDE; POLY-L-LACTIDE; PREPOLYMERS; RATE OF MASS LOSS; SEM IMAGE;

HYDROLYSIS;

DEGRADATION;

EID: 84860357672     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2012.03.017     Document Type: Article

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