Flexible, elastic and tear-resistant networks prepared by photo-crosslinking poly(trimethylene carbonate) macromers

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3576-3585

  Schuller Ravoo S ^a   Feijen, J ^a   Grijpma, D W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Elasticity; Mechanical properties; Photo crosslinking; Poly(trimethylene carbonate) networks; Suturability

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; CARBONATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CREEP RESISTANCE; CROSSLINKING; GLASS TRANSITION; RING OPENING POLYMERIZATION; RUBBER; SILICONES; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MACROMERS; PHOTO-CROSS-LINKINGS; POLY (TRIMETHYLENE CARBONATE); POLY(TRIMETHYLENE CARBONATE) NETWORK; POLYTRIMETHYLENE CARBONATE; RING-OPENING POLYMERIZATION; SUTURABILITY; TEAR-RESISTANT; TRIMETHYLENE CARBONATE MACROMERS;

MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

CHLOROFORM; DIMETICONE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; LATEX; METHACRYLIC ACID; POLY(TRIMETHYLENE CARBONATE); POLYMER; SILASTIC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; ELASTICITY; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHOTO CROSSLINKING; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RING OPENING METATHESIS POLYMERIZATION; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING; WETTABILITY;

EID: 84865479346     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: 18787568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2012.06.004     Document Type: Article

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