Biodegradable polyurethane ureas with variable polyester or polycarbonate soft segments: effects of crystallinity, molecular weight, and composition on mechanical properties

Autor: Devin M. Nelson, Zuwei Ma, Joseph E. Pichamuthu, William R. Wagner, Yi Hong, Cory E. Leeson
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Biomacromolecules. 12(9)
ISSN: 1526-4602
Popis: Biodegradable polyurethane urea (PUU) elastomers are ideal candidates for fabricating tissue engineering scaffolds with mechanical properties akin to strong and resilient soft tissues. PUU with a crystalline poly(e-caprolactone) (PCL) macrodiol soft segment (SS) showed good elasticity and resilience at small strains (
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