Bacterial nanocellulose: Reinforcement of compressive strength using an adapted Mobile Matrix Reservoir Technology and suitable post-modification strategies.

Autor: Rothe H; Institute for Bioprocessing and Analytical Measurements Techniques e.V., Department of Biomaterials, Rosenhof, 37308, Heilbad Heiligenstadt, Germany. Electronic address: holger.rothe@iba-heiligenstadt.de., Rost J; Institute for Bioprocessing and Analytical Measurements Techniques e.V., Department of Biomaterials, Rosenhof, 37308, Heilbad Heiligenstadt, Germany. Electronic address: juergen.rost@iba-heiligenstadt.de., Kramer F; Polymet Jena e.V., Wildenbruchstr. 15, 07745, Jena, Germany. Electronic address: f.kramer@surachemicals.de., Alkhatib Y; Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Institute of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmacy, Lessingstraße 8, 07743, Jena, Germany. Electronic address: yaser.alkhatib@uni-jena.de., Petzold-Welcke K; KKF-Gesellschaft, Hans-Knöll-Str. 6, 07745, Jena, Germany. Electronic address: k.petzold-welcke@kkfpolymers.de., Klemm D; Polymet Jena e.V., Wildenbruchstr. 15, 07745, Jena, Germany; KKF-Gesellschaft, Hans-Knöll-Str. 6, 07745, Jena, Germany. Electronic address: d.klemm@kkfpolymers.de., Fischer D; Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Institute of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmacy, Lessingstraße 8, 07743, Jena, Germany. Electronic address: dagmar.fischer@fau.de., Liefeith K; Institute for Bioprocessing and Analytical Measurements Techniques e.V., Department of Biomaterials, Rosenhof, 37308, Heilbad Heiligenstadt, Germany. Electronic address: klaus.liefeith@iba-heiligenstadt.de.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials [J Mech Behav Biomed Mater] 2022 Jan; Vol. 125, pp. 104978. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Nov 19.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2021.104978
Abstrakt: Bacterial nanocellulose (BNC) is a highly interesting biomaterial due to some outstanding properties especially when used in medical therapeutics and diagnostics. BNC is absolutely bioinert and is characterised by intrinsic properties such as high tensile stiffness and elasticity, high porosity, exceptional water uptake and swelling capacity. Furthermore, these properties can be adjusted in a very defined way by specifically changing the cultivation conditions or performing post-modifications such as crosslinking, functionalisation with additives, dehydration or drying. Especially the high tensile strength of the nanofibrillar material has been the subject of many investigations in the past couple of years. Nevertheless, the enormous tensile strength and elasticity of BNC is contrary to an almost purely viscous behaviour under compressive load. In the present study, different methods to influence the mechanical behaviour under compression with respect to load bearing applications of BNC are systematically investigated. The possibilities and limitations of the variable layer-by-layer cultivation known as Mobile Matrix Reservoir Technology (MMR-Tech) as well as the effect of different post-modification strategies of BNC are thoroughly investigated. Beside of commonly used indentation tests for characterising the mechanical properties of BNC, we introduce a novel evaluation methodology based on mechanical relaxation measurements and an evolutionary regression algorithm for the derivation of a viscoelastic material law, which for the first time allows standardised, comparative viscoelastic investigations of soft-matter biomaterials to be performed independently of the measurement setup. Using this methodology, we are able to show, that cultivation conditions for BNC and suitable post-modifications can result in different effects on the viscoelastic behaviour of the fabricated composites. We show that the cultivation conditions for BNC primarily affect the height of dispersion and the frequency of the relaxation centre which corresponds roughly to the mean value of the logarithmic distributed relaxation times, and that these effects could be enhanced by post-modifications. However, we also identify parameters, such as the width of the relaxation region, which corresponds roughly to the standard deviation of the logarithmic distributed relaxation times, on which the type of cultivation obviously shows no influence but which can be influenced exclusively by post-modifications. Our methodology enables for the first time a clear identification of those parameters which represent a significant factor of influence to the viscoelastic material behaviour, which should enable a more targeted and application-relevant development of BNC composites in the future.
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