Effects of gamma ray and electron beam irradiation on the mechanical, thermal, structural and physicochemical properties of poly (ether-block-amide) thermoplastic elastomers

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 17, Issue , 2013, Pages 252-268

  Murray, Kieran A ^a   Kennedy, James E ^a   McEvoy, Brian ^b   Vrain, Olivier ^b   Ryan, Damien ^b   Cowman, Richard ^b   Higginbotham, Clement L ^a  

^a Athletic Rehabilitation Therapy Ireland   (Ireland)

^b Synergy Health   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Crosslinking and chain scission; Gamma ray and electron beam irradiation; Mechanical properties; Poly (ether block amide); Structural and chemical properties; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; CROSSLINKING; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRONS; ETHERS; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; INJECTION MOLDING; IRRADIATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS;

BIOMEDICAL POLYMERS; CHAIN SCISSION; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CROSS-LINK DENSITIES; ELECTRON BEAM IRRADIATION; PERCENTAGE ELONGATION; POLY(ETHER BLOCK AMIDE); THERMAL TRANSITIONS;

GAMMA RAYS;

AMIDE; ELASTOMER; POLY(ETHER BLOCK AMIDE); POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINYL DERIVATIVE;

AIR; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COLORIMETRY; DENSITY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM IRRADIATION; FLOW KINETICS; GAMMA RADIATION; HARDNESS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; MECHANICS; MELT FLOW INDEX; MODULATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSTERILIZATION METHOD; RIGIDITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMAL ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84872681485     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2012.09.011     Document Type: Article

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