• Degradation Behaviors of Poly(L-lactic acid) Microspheres

  • Lie Ma*,**,#, Ailin Shen**,#, Jiayu Gu*, Honghua Hu**, Guoshou Jin**, Jiangfeng Cai**, Bing Feng**, Xiaodong He**,†  , and Jun Ling*,† 

  • *MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
    **Zhejiang Wedu Medical Co., Ltd., Hengdian Industrial Zone, Dongyang 322118, China

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This Article

  • 2026; 50(2): 220-225

    Published online Mar 25, 2026

  • 10.7317/pk.2026.50.2.220
  • Received on Jul 23, 2025
  • Revised on Oct 20, 2025
  • Accepted on Nov 2, 2025

Correspondence to

  • Xiaodong He** , and Jun Ling*

  • *MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
    **Zhejiang Wedu Medical Co., Ltd., Hengdian Industrial Zone, Dongyang 322118, China

  • E-mail: xd.he@wedumedical.com, lingjun@zju.edu.cn