Properties and medical applications of polylactic acid: A review

Polylactic acid (PLA), one of the well-known biodegradable polyesters, has been studied extensively for tissue engineering and drug delivery systems, and it was also used widely in human medicine. A new method to synthesize PLA (ring-opening polymerization), which allowed the economical production o...

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Main Authors: K. Hamad, M. Kaseem, H. W. Yang, F. Deri, Y. G. Ko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Budapest University of Technology 2015-05-01
Series:eXPRESS Polymer Letters
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Online Access:http://www.expresspolymlett.com/letolt.php?file=EPL-0005820&mi=cd