Synthesis and characterization of biodegradable elastomers for soft tissue engineering

• Main Author: Lee, Lan Yin.
• Other Authors: Tan Lay Poh
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Biomaterials
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/15389
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Herein, the synthesis and evaluation of a new group of biodegradable elastomeric polyesters, poly(1, 12-dodecandiol-co-malic acid) is performed. The main objectives of this project are to design a malic acid-based aliphatic polyester material with desirable modulus, elasticity and degradation rat...