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a – medical applications 64
aliphatic poly(alkylene dicarboxylate) – medical implant materials 59, 60
polyesters (APDs) 73 – micelle model 54
aliphatic polyesters – non-covalently attached proteins 55
– acronyms and chemical structures 8 – packaging films 59
– hydrophilicity 7 – polyester synthases, see polyester synthases
–lipases 7 – spherical inclusions, see PHA inclusions
– poly(caprolactone), see poly(caprolactone) –surface proteins 61
(PCL) bamboo/PLA composites 329
– poly(glycolic acid), see poly(glycolide) bare metal stents (BMSs) 300
– poly(lactic acid), see poly(lactic acid) (PLA) bioactive molecules 170, 172, 179
–RROP, see radical ring-opening biodegradability 235, 322
polymerization (RROP) biodegradable polyesters blends 325, 326
American Society for Testing and Materials biodegradable stents 302
(ASTM) 236 – balloon expansion 302, 303
amorphous PLA 109 – creep 303, 304
APDs, see aliphatic poly(alkylene – engineering solutions vs. clinical
dicarboxylate) polyesters (APDs)
implications 305
Aramids 324
– fatigue failure 304
ART stent 383
– magnesium 307
atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP)
– material degradation 304
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– material requirements 305, 306
– polymers 308
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– selection of 307
bacterial polyhydroxyalkanoate granules
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Biomax Strong 253
– amphiphilic proteins 64
biopolymers, classification of 235, 236
–biofuels 58
block PHAs 63
– biogenesis 48, 49
BMSs, see bare metal stents (BMSs)
–bioplastics 59
budding model 54, 55
– biopolyester nanoparticles 61, 62
–biopolyesters 49–51
– budding model 54, 55 c
– cellular robustness 64 CAD/CAM technologies 218
– drug delivery carrier 60 carbon fiber reinforced PLA composites 326
–fibers 59 carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP)
–fine chemicals 60 composites 323, 326
– industrial production 56–58 cellulosic fiber reinforced composites 329
– low production cost 63 chain-growth polymerization 1
Biodegradable Polyesters, First Edition. Edited by Stoyko Fakirov.
© 2015 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. Published 2015 by Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA.