Thermoplastic polymers in biomedical applications: Structures, properties and processing

Handbook of Biomaterial Properties, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 261-290

  Teoh, S H ^a   Tang, Z G ^a   Hastings, Garth W ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; PLASTICS APPLICATIONS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; VISCOELASTICITY;

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; CRYSTALLINITIES; KEY CHARACTERISTICS; MOLECULAR FORCES; PLASTIC MATERIALS; SOFTENING TEMPERATURE; THERMOPLASTIC POLYMER; VISCOELASTIC SOLIDS;

FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS;

EID: 85006810904     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-3305-1_19     Document Type: Chapter

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