Thermo-mechanical properties of poly ε-caprolactone/poly l-lactic acid blends: Addition of nalidixic acid and polyethylene glycol additives

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 45, Issue , 2015, Pages 154-165

  Douglas, P ^a   Albadarin, Ahmad B ^a,b   Al Muhtaseb, Ala'a H ^c   Mangwandi, Chirangano ^a   Walker, G M ^a,b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^c SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Mechanical properties; Poly l lactic acid; Poly caprolactone; Polyethylene glycol; Thermal properties; Topography

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENES; POLYMER BLENDS; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TISSUE REGENERATION; TOPOGRAPHY;

CAPROLACTONE; ELONGATION AT BREAK; FLEXURAL ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGICAL STUDY; POLY L LACTIC ACID; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL ADDITIVES; THERMOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

LACTIC ACID;

MACROGOL; NALIDIXIC ACID; NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYLACTIC ACID; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; POLY(LACTIC ACID-CO-EPSILON-CAPROLACTONE); POLYESTER;

ARTICLE; COOLING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ISOTHERM; MECHANICS; MELTING POINT; MISCIBILITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHASE SEPARATION; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEAR RATE; TEMPERATURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; TOPOGRAPHY; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; YOUNG MODULUS; CHEMISTRY; FLOW KINETICS; POROSITY;

MECHANICAL PROCESSES; NALIDIXIC ACID; POLYESTERS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POROSITY; RHEOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84923358695     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2015.01.022     Document Type: Article

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