Synthesis, characterization and foaming of PHEA-PLLA, a new graft copolymer for biomedical engineering

Materials Science and Engineering C

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 301-308

  Carfì Pavia, Francesco ^a   La Carrubba, Vincenzo ^a   Brucato, Valerio ^a   Palumbo, Fabio Salvatore ^a   Giammona, Gaetano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Poly L lactic acid; Polymer graft; Scaffold; Thermally induced phase separation

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CHAINS; GRAFT COPOLYMERS; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMER BLENDS; SCAFFOLDS;

CHEMICAL GRAFTING; CRYSTALLINITIES; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLY L LACTIC ACID; POLYMER GRAFTS; THERMALLY INDUCED PHASE SEPARATION; THERMALLY INDUCED PHASE SEPARATION TECHNIQUES;

GRAFTING (CHEMICAL);

BIOMATERIAL; DRUG CARRIER; POLY-ALPHA,BETA-(N-(2-HYDROXYETHYL)ASPARTAMIDE)-G-POLYLACTIDE; POLYESTER; PROTEIN;

CHEMISTRY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; POROSITY; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; DRUG CARRIERS; POLYESTERS; POROSITY; PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84900991509     PISSN: 09284931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2014.04.045     Document Type: Article

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