Materials with low elastic modulus (E) are expected to satisfy the required compliance of soft tissue engineering applications (E in the range 0.1-100 MPa, according to the specific native tissue). Accordingly, the interest towards new elastomeric materials with controllable degradation profiles has increased significantly in the last decade. In this work we propose reactive blending as a simple and versatile solvent-free synthetic approach to produce new biomaterials exhibiting elastomeric properties. Newly synthesized copolyether-esters are obtained by melt mixing poly(butylene succinate) (PBS) and poly(triethylene succinate) (PTES).
Poly(butylene/triethylene succinate) multiblock copolyesters from reactive blending for soft tissue engineering / M. Gigli; C. Gualandi; M. Soccio; M.L. Focarete; N. Lotti; A. Munari; L. Visai. - ELETTRONICO. - (2011), pp. 110-110. (Intervento presentato al convegno EUPOC 2011: Biobased Polymers and related biomaterials tenutosi a Gargnano (Italy) nel 29 maggio - 3 Giugno 2011).
Poly(butylene/triethylene succinate) multiblock copolyesters from reactive blending for soft tissue engineering
GIGLI, MATTEO;GUALANDI, CHIARA;SOCCIO, MICHELINA;FOCARETE, MARIA LETIZIA;LOTTI, NADIA;MUNARI, ANDREA;
2011
Abstract
Materials with low elastic modulus (E) are expected to satisfy the required compliance of soft tissue engineering applications (E in the range 0.1-100 MPa, according to the specific native tissue). Accordingly, the interest towards new elastomeric materials with controllable degradation profiles has increased significantly in the last decade. In this work we propose reactive blending as a simple and versatile solvent-free synthetic approach to produce new biomaterials exhibiting elastomeric properties. Newly synthesized copolyether-esters are obtained by melt mixing poly(butylene succinate) (PBS) and poly(triethylene succinate) (PTES).I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
