Table of Content
Status of Degradable Materials (Ramani Narayan). Degradation of Polymeric Biomaterials with Respect to Temporary Therapeutic Applications: Tricks and Treats (Michele Vert). PHBVÔ Biodegradable Polyester (Tom J. Galvin). Photodegradable Plastics (James E. Guillet). Alpha-Hydroxy Acid Based Biodegradable Polymers Poly(L-Lactide) and Polydepsipeptides (Pieter J. Dijkstra, M.J.D. Eenink, and Jan Feijen). Photo-Biodegradation of Plastics-A System Approach to Plastic Waste and Litter (Gerald Scott). Photodegradative Additives (George S. Upton). Photodegradable Plastics in Agriculture (Dan Gilead). Degradation Studies of Polyolefins (Richard G. Austin). Modified Starch Based Environmentally Degradable Plastics (Wayne J. Maddever and Peter D. Campbell). Biodegradation and Test Methods for Environmental and Biomedical Applications of Polymers (Ann-Christine Albertsson and Sigbritt Karlsson). Long Term In Vitro Enzymatic Biodegradation of Pellethane 2363-80A-A Mechanical Property Study (B.D. Angeline, A. Hiltner, and James M. Anderson). The Role of Active Species Within Tissue in Degradation Processes (David F. Williams). Evaluating Biodegradable Plastics With In Vitro Enzyme Assays: Additives Which Accelerate the Rate of Biodegradation (Paul Allenza, Julie Schollmeyer, and Ronald P. Rohrbach). Plastic Degradation and Recycling Through Selective Solubility (Melissa Farrah Bouzianis). Biodegradation of a Poly(Glycolic Acid) Epineural Tubulization Device (Don F. Gibbons and T.W. Lewis). Studies on the Environmental Degradation of Starch-Based Plastics (Gene Iannotti, Nancy Fair, Mike Tempesta, Howard Neibling, Fu Hung Hsieh, and Rich Mueller). Preliminary Results of Screening Studies on Effectiveness of Cerium Salts in Accelerating Photodegradability of Thermoplastics (Lucinda K. Ballinger). Biodegradation of Poly(Beta-Hydroxyalkanoates) (David F. Gilmore, R. Clinton Fuller, and Robert Lenz). Degradation Mechanisms in Polyethylene-Starch Blends (Richard P. Wool, J.S. Peanasky, J.M. Long, and S.M. Goheen). Design of Polyester-Based Biodegradable Materials (Yutaka Tokiwa, T. Ando, T. Suzuki, and K. Takeda). Effects of Photodegradants on the Environmental Fate of Linear Low Density Polyethlene (Frederick C. Schwab). The Evaluation of Degradation Rates in Photodegradable Ecolyte Polystyrene (P. Quan, M. Lemke, A. Sinclair, I. Treurnicht, and Anthony Redpath). The Outlook for Environmentally Degradable Plastics (Michael N. Helmus). Non-Enzymatic Polymer Surface Erosion (Jorge Heller). Consensus, Definitions, Issues, and Opportunites. Registrants. Index
