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Photo-crosslinked fabrication of novel biocompatible and elastomeric star-shaped inositol-based polymer with highly tunable mechanical behavior and degradation

  • Meihua Xie
  • , Juan Ge
  • , Yumeng Xue
  • , Yuzhang Du
  • , Bo Lei
  • , Peter X. Ma
  • Xi'an Jiaotong University
  • South China University of Technology
  • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)163-168
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials
Volume51
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Nov 2015

Keywords

  • Biocompatibility
  • Biodegradation
  • Biomedical materials
  • Highly tunable mechanical properties
  • Photo-crosslinking
  • Star-shaped polymers

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