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- Title
Poly(hydroxy alkanoate)s in Medical Applications.
- Authors
Sindhu, R.; Pandey, A.; Binod, P.
- Abstract
This review summarizes the state-of-the-art knowledge of the usage of poly(hydroxy alkanoate)s in medical and sanitary applications. Depending on the monomers incorporated into the polymers and copolymers, this class of polymers exhibits a broad range of (thermo-)plastic properties, enabling their processing by, e.g., solution casting or melt extrusion. In this review, strategies for the polymer analogous modification of these materials and their surfaces are highlighted and correlated with the potential applications of the corresponding materials and blends. While the commercial availability of purified PHAs is addressed in brief, special focus is put on the (bio-)degradability of these polymers and ways to influence the degradation mechanism and/or the duration of degradation.
- Publication
Chemical & Biochemical Engineering Quarterly, 2015, Vol 29, Issue 2, p287
- ISSN
0352-9568
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.15255/CABEQ.2014.2261