Abstract
Biodegradable and star-shaped polymers with highly tunable structure and properties have attracted much attention in recent years for potential biomedical applications, due to their special structure. Here, inositol-based star-shaped poly-. l-lactide-poly(ethylene glycol) (INO-PLLA-PEG) biomedical polymer implants were for the first time synthesized by a facile photo-crosslinking method. This biomaterials show controlled elastomeric mechanical properties (~18. MPa in tensile strength, ~200. MPa in modulus, ~200% in elongation), biodegradability and osteoblasts biocompatibility. These results make INO-PLLA-PEG implants highly promising for bone tissue regeneration and drug delivery applications.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 163-168 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials |
| Volume | 51 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Nov 2015 |
Keywords
- Biocompatibility
- Biodegradation
- Biomedical materials
- Highly tunable mechanical properties
- Photo-crosslinking
- Star-shaped polymers
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