Abstract
The goal of this research is to improve the mechanical and biological properties of widely used polylactic acid (PLA) in order to enhance the mechanical processability and bioactivity performance of the PLA-based medical implants. A polypropylene carbonate (PPC) polymer was utilized to control the bending strength of the PLA composites, leading to elastic PLA composites without any nontoxicity to osteoblast-like cells. Furthermore, a bioceramic material, tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP), was also introduced to further finetune the mechanical properties of the PLA composites. Experimental data revealed that the resulting elastic β-TCP/PPC/PLA nanocomposites exhibited elongation at break (%) of 1100% with tensile strength close to 1 MPa. The method developed in this study provides a simple strategy for fabricating biodegradable PLA based-materials with desired mechanical processability and malleability at room temperature.
Keywords: Biocompatible, flexible, polylactic acid, polypropylene carbonate, tricalcium phosphate.
Current Nanoscience
Title:A New Class of Biocompatible Tricalcium Phosphate/ Polypropylene Carbonate/ Polylactic Acid Nanocomposites with Controlled Flexibility and Biodegradability
Volume: 10 Issue: 2
Author(s): Ta-I Yang, Po-Liang Lin, Guang-Wei Chang, Yu-Chen Tseng, Zhe-Yang Yu, Charng-Bin Yang, Guo-Chung Dong and Hsu-Wei Fang
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Keywords: Biocompatible, flexible, polylactic acid, polypropylene carbonate, tricalcium phosphate.
Abstract: The goal of this research is to improve the mechanical and biological properties of widely used polylactic acid (PLA) in order to enhance the mechanical processability and bioactivity performance of the PLA-based medical implants. A polypropylene carbonate (PPC) polymer was utilized to control the bending strength of the PLA composites, leading to elastic PLA composites without any nontoxicity to osteoblast-like cells. Furthermore, a bioceramic material, tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP), was also introduced to further finetune the mechanical properties of the PLA composites. Experimental data revealed that the resulting elastic β-TCP/PPC/PLA nanocomposites exhibited elongation at break (%) of 1100% with tensile strength close to 1 MPa. The method developed in this study provides a simple strategy for fabricating biodegradable PLA based-materials with desired mechanical processability and malleability at room temperature.
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Yang Ta-I, Lin Po-Liang, Chang Guang-Wei, Tseng Yu-Chen, Yu Zhe-Yang, Yang Charng-Bin, Dong Guo-Chung and Fang Hsu-Wei, A New Class of Biocompatible Tricalcium Phosphate/ Polypropylene Carbonate/ Polylactic Acid Nanocomposites with Controlled Flexibility and Biodegradability, Current Nanoscience 2014; 10 (2) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1573413709666131129000432
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1573413709666131129000432 |
Print ISSN 1573-4137 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
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