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Fabricating Superhydrophobic Polymeric Materials for Biomedical Applications
Published on: August 28, 2015
The enhanced properties and bioactivity of poly-ε-caprolactone/poly lactic-co-glycolic acid doped with carbonate
Diana Julaidy Patty1,2, Ari Dwi Nugraheni1, Ika Dewi Ana3,4
1Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, Universitas Gadjah Mada Yogyakarta Indonesia.
Abstract:
Synthetic polymers, such as PCL and PLGA, are among the main material choices in tissue engineering because of their stable structures and strong mechanical properties. In this study, we designed polycaprolactone (PCL)/polylactic-co-glycolate acid (PLGA) nanofibers doped with carbonate hydroxyapatite (CHA) and egg white (EW) with enhanced properties. The addition of CHA and EW significantly influenced the properties and morphology of PCL/PLGA nanofibers; whereby the CHA substitution (PCL/PLGA/CHA) greatly increased the mechanical properties related to the Young's modulus and EW doping (PCL/PLGA/CHA/EW) increased the elongation at break. Bioactivity tests of PCL/PLGA/CHA/EW after immersion in the SBF for 3 to 9 days showed increased fiber diameters and a good swelling capacity that could improve cell adhesion, while biocompatibility tests with NIH-3T3 fibroblast cells showed good cell proliferation (85%) after 48 h and antibacterial properties against S. aureus.
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