Shape Memory and Osteogenesis Capabilities of the Electrospun Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate-co-3-Hydroxyvalerate) Modified Poly(l-Lactide) Fibrous Mats.

Tissue Engineering. Part a
Xianliu WangYan Zhong Zhang

Abstract

Poly(l-lactide) (PLLA) as one of the most well-known biodegradable polyesters has been studied extensively for bone tissue engineering. If being properly programmed, scaffolds from PLLA can also be endowed with the capability of shape memory. However, several noted issues, for example, mechanical brittleness, high glass transition temperature Tg, and relatively poor shape retention and recovery properties, necessitate modification of the PLLA to improve its application efficacy in physiological conditions. This study is proposed to modify PLLA by having the biodegradable poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV) incorporated to form ultrafine composite fibers (i.e., PLLA-PHBV) through electrospinning. Different pairs of PLLA-PHBV at the varying mass ratios of 10:0, 9:1, 8:2, 7:3, 6:4, and 0:10 can be successfully electrospun into fibrous form with the fineness of 2-3 μm. Incorporation of PHBV enables to give rise to desired Tg decreases and also, interestingly, increases in the Young's modulus of the PLLA-PHBV blends, while gradually increasing the PHBV mass ratios up to 30%. The PLLA-PHBV (7:3) formulation is identified to present excellent shape memory properties with high shape fixing ratio (>98%) and shape recover...Continue Reading

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