Water uptake, distribution, and mobility in amorphous poly(d, l -Lactide) by molecular dynamics simulation

Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2759-2771

  Xiang, Tian Xiang ^a   Anderson, Bradley D ^a  

^a University of Kentucky   (United States)

Author keywords

amorphous; diffusion; glass; glass transition; materials science; mobility; molecular dynamics; polymers; solid state stability; water sorption

Indexed keywords

POLYLACTIDE; WATER; GLASS; POLYESTER;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATION; COOLING; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEGRADATION; DENSITY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROLYSIS; ISOTHERM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; SOLID STATE; SOLUBILITY; STATIC ELECTRICITY; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER CONTENT; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TRANSPORT; WATER VAPOR; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; GLASS; HYDROGEN BONDING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; POLYESTERS; SOLUBILITY; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 84906322627     PISSN: 00223549     EISSN: 15206017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jps.23855     Document Type: Article

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