Concepedia

Amphiphilic biodegradable copolymer, poly(aspartic acid-co-lactide): acceleration of degradation rate and improvement of thermal stability for poly(lactic acid), poly(butylene succinate) and poly(ε-caprolactone)

Hosei Shinoda, Yukiko Asou, Takeshi Kashima, Takazo Kato, Yvonne Tseng, Tadashi Yagi

Polymer Degradation and Stability · 2003 · 53 citations · 34 references

Concepts

Natural SciencesChemical EngineeringMaterials EngineeringBiomaterialsPolymer ChemistryPolymer MaterialsBiodegradable PolymersBiodegradationPolymer DegradationPolymer ProcessingPolymer StabilityPolymer StabilizationDegradationPoly(lactic Acid)PolycaprolactonePolycaprolactone DegradationPolylactic Acid DegradationPolylactic Acid MaterialsThermal Stability

References

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Polylactic Acid Technology

Ray Drumright, Patrick Gruber, David E. Henton · Advanced Materials · 2000 · 2.6K citations

Natural Sciences, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +17

Biodegradable polyesters for medical and ecological applications

Yoshito Ikada, Hideto Tsuji · Macromolecular Rapid Communications · 2000 · 1.5K citations

Natural Sciences, Bioengineering, Materials Science +14

Biodegradable polymers for use in surgery—polyglycolic/poly(actic acid) homo- and copolymers: 1

D.K. Gilding, Andrew M. Reed · Polymer · 1979 · 1.3K citations

Natural Sciences, Materials Science, Surgery +14

Hydrolytic degradation of devices based on poly(dl-lactic acid) size-dependence

Ilaria Grizzi, Henri Garreau, Suming Li et al. · Biomaterials · 1995 · 860 citations

Natural Sciences, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +14

Aliphatic polyesters II. The degradation of poly (DL-lactide), poly (ε-caprolactone), and their copolymers in vivo

G.G. Pitt, Margit M. Gratzl, Gary L. Kimmel et al. · Biomaterials · 1981 · 844 citations

Natural Sciences, Biochemistry, Chemistry +12