Publications by authors named "Hegoi Amestoy"
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- PCL was combined with barium sulfate particles to create biodegradable composites that show radiopacity, achieving effective imaging with just 15 wt.% BaSO.
- Thermal analysis indicated that increasing BaSO to 25 wt.% enhanced PCL crystallinity from 46% to 52%.
- Crystallization studies revealed changes in PCL crystal structure due to BaSO, boosting stiffness but having no significant impact on overall strength, likely due to debonding issues at the reinforcement interface.
Ultrasound micro-molding technology was successfully applied to prepare nanocomposites based on a poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) matrix and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs). Optimization of processing parameters (i.e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEffect of molecular weight on the physical properties of poly(ethylene brassylate) homopolymers.
J Mech Behav Biomed Mater
December 2016
Poly(ethylene brassylate) (PEB) is a biodegradable polyester that nowadays is of particular interest owing to its poly(ε-caprolactone)-like properties (with a Tg at -30°C and a Tm at 70°C) and the low-cost of its monomer. However, it is not simple to achieve high molar masses with conventional catalysts. In this work, high molar mass PEBs, characterized by SEC-MALS, were successfully synthesized using triphenyl bismuth (Ph3Bi) as catalyst.
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