TY - GEN
T1 - Microcrystalline cellulose as filler in polycaprolactone matrices
AU - Alemán-Domínguez, M. E.
AU - Ortega, Z.
AU - Benítez, A. N.
AU - Monzón, M.
AU - Wang, L.
AU - Tamaddon, M.
AU - Liu, C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Taylor & Francis Group, London.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Polycaprolactone is a biomaterial widely used for tissue engineering applications. However, its hydrophobicity hinders cell attachment and proliferation on its surface. In this study microcrystalline cellulose has been proposed as a functional filler for polycaprolactone matrices expected to improve these properties. Composite material samples containing 0, 2, 5, 10 and 20% w/w of microcrystalline cellulose have been manufactured by compression molding and evaluated in terms of their mechanical properties, swelling behavior, water contact angle values and sheep mesenchymal cells viability. The results confirm that the presence of the additive is able to increase the swelling ability of the material (the samples containing 20% w/w of additive are able to absorb an amount of water 6 times higher than the value for polycaprolactone ones), the Young’s modulus (from 224±14 MPa for polycaprolactone to 388±30 MPa for the composites containing 20% of microcrystalline cellulose) and the bioaffinity of polycaprolactone based composite materials.
AB - Polycaprolactone is a biomaterial widely used for tissue engineering applications. However, its hydrophobicity hinders cell attachment and proliferation on its surface. In this study microcrystalline cellulose has been proposed as a functional filler for polycaprolactone matrices expected to improve these properties. Composite material samples containing 0, 2, 5, 10 and 20% w/w of microcrystalline cellulose have been manufactured by compression molding and evaluated in terms of their mechanical properties, swelling behavior, water contact angle values and sheep mesenchymal cells viability. The results confirm that the presence of the additive is able to increase the swelling ability of the material (the samples containing 20% w/w of additive are able to absorb an amount of water 6 times higher than the value for polycaprolactone ones), the Young’s modulus (from 224±14 MPa for polycaprolactone to 388±30 MPa for the composites containing 20% of microcrystalline cellulose) and the bioaffinity of polycaprolactone based composite materials.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85106569098
M3 - 会议稿件
AN - SCOPUS:85106569098
T3 - Industry 4.0 - Shaping The Future of The Digital World - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Smart Manufacturing, S2M 2019
SP - 240
EP - 245
BT - Industry 4.0 - Shaping The Future of The Digital World - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Smart Manufacturing, S2M 2019
A2 - da Silva Bartolo, Paulo Jorge
A2 - da Silva, Fernando Moreira
A2 - Jaradat, Shaden
A2 - Bartolo, Helena
PB - CRC Press/Balkema
T2 - 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Smart Manufacturing, S2M 2019
Y2 - 9 April 2019 through 11 April 2019
ER -