Polyurethanes in Biological Media

Authors: 

Klara Gumargalieva, Lidiya Zimina and Gennady Zaikov

This paper provides information about macrokinetics of the degradation of polyesterurethanes in model biological media. Special attention was paid to stability of segmented polyurethanes in blood and development of colloid structures at long incubation in blood serum.

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