Biocompatibility and characterization of polylactic acid/styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene composites

Issue title: Frontiers in Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology – Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology, 18–21 August 2015, Shanghai, China

Guest editors: Feng Liu, Dong-Hoon Lee, Ricardo Lagoa and Sandeep Kumar

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Tsou, Chi-Hui^{a; b; c; *} | Kao, Bo-Jyue^a | Yang, Ming-Chien^a | Suen, Maw-Cherng^d | Lee, Yi-Hsuan^a | Chen, Jui-Chin^c | Yao, Wei-Hua^c | Lin, Shang-Ming^c | Tsou, Chih-Yuan^a | Huang, Shu-Hsien^e | De Guzman, Manuel^b | Hung, Wei-Song^{b; *}

Affiliations: [a] Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 10607, Taiwan | [b] R&D Center for Membrane Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Chung Yuan University, Jhongli 32023, Taiwan | [c] Department of Materials and Textiles, Oriental Institute of Technology, Pan-Chiao 22064, Taiwan | [d] Department of Creative Fashion Design, Taoyuan Innovation Institute of Technology, Jhongli 32091, Taiwan | [e] Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National Ilan University, I-Lan 26047, Taiwan

Correspondence: [*] Address for correspondence: Chi-Hui Tsou, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 10607, Taiwan. Tel.: +886-953565321; Fax: +886-02-77384028; E-mail: [email protected]. Wei-Song Hung, R&D Center for Membrane Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Chung Yuan University, Jhongli 32023, Taiwan. Tel.: 03-2654190; Fax: +886-03-2654198; E-mail: [email protected].

Keywords: Polylactic acid (PLA), styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene (SEBS), tensile property, biocompatibility

DOI: 10.3233/BME-151300

Journal: Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering, vol. 26, no. s1, pp. S147-S154, 2015