Journal article
The influence of protein adsorption and surface modifying macromolecules on the hydrolytic degradation of a poly(ether–urethane) by cholesterol esterase
Abstract
Previous investigations have demonstrated that the inflammatory cell derived enzyme, cholesterol esterase (CE) could degrade polyurethanes (PUs) by hydrolyzing ester and urethane bonds. Studies that have investigated the development of protective coatings for PUs have reported that the polymer degradation of polyester-urethanes (PESUs) can be reduced with the use of fluorine containing surface modifying macromolecules (SMMs). Since these latter …
Authors
Jahangir R; McCloskey CB; Mc Clung WG; Labow RS; Brash JL; Santerre JP
Journal
Biomaterials, Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 121–130
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
January 2003
DOI
10.1016/s0142-9612(02)00269-7
ISSN
0142-9612