Preparation of poly(lactic acid)/sintered hydroxyapatite composite biomaterial by supercritical CO2

Autor: Lan Gao, Kaibo Chu, Jianru Wang, Xiaojun Niu, Bo Han, Jue Wang, Yumin Zhang, Yanmiao Ma, Xiaoyan Zhai, Liwang Yang, Jianchun Liu
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Bio-medical materials and engineering. 29(1)
ISSN: 1878-3619
Popis: Based on a kind of sintered hydroxyapatite (HA) with a good cytocompatibility, a series of polylactic acid (PLA) and PLA/HA with the various PLA:HA weight ratio (5:5, 4:6, 3:7, 2:8, 1:9) were fabricated by supercritical CO2. The physical and chemical properties were evaluated by pH, degradation, water absorption, porosity, density, mechanical property, and cytotoxicity respectively. With the increase of HA content, the pH value and porosity increased gradually, while weight loss rate and the density showed a gradual downward trend. Existence of HA can drastically improve the hydroscopicity of PLA scaffolds. The compression strength values slightly increased (p>0.05) from 39.96 MPa of PLA to 45.00 MPa of PLA/HA with the ratio of 7:3, subsequently, the values decreased (p
Databáze: OpenAIRE