A new bioactive polylactide-based composite with high mechanical strength

•A new bioresorbable composite was prepared from PLA and a more basic TTCP filler.•TTCP filler may reduce inflammation by neutralizing the acid degraded from PLA.•AEAPS and PMDA were used to improve the interfacial and mechanical strength. A new bioresorbable polylactide/calcium phosphate composite...

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Veröffentlicht in:Colloids and surfaces. A, Physicochemical and engineering aspects Physicochemical and engineering aspects, 2014-09, Vol.457, p.256-262
Hauptverfasser: Dong, Quanxiao, Chow, Laurence C., Wang, Tongxin, Frukhtbeyn, Stanislav A., Wang, Feng, Yang, Mingshu, Mitchell, James W.
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Zusammenfassung:•A new bioresorbable composite was prepared from PLA and a more basic TTCP filler.•TTCP filler may reduce inflammation by neutralizing the acid degraded from PLA.•AEAPS and PMDA were used to improve the interfacial and mechanical strength. A new bioresorbable polylactide/calcium phosphate composite with improved mechanical strengths and a more basic filler, tetracalcium phosphate (TTCP), was prepared by melt compounding. N-(2-aminoethyl)-3-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane (AEAPS) and pyromellitic dianhydride (PMDA) were used to improve the interfacial adhesion between TTCP and polylactide (PLA). While AEAPS improved the dispersion of TTCP in the matrix, PMDA might react with the terminal hydroxyl group of PLA and the amino group on the surface of AEAPS modified TTCP, which could further enhance the interfacial strength. The tensile strength was improved to 68.4MPa for the PLA/TTCP–AEAPS composite from 51.5MPa for the PLA/TTCP composite (20wt% of TTCP). Dynamic mechanical analysis suggested that there was a 51% improvement in storage modulus compared to that of PLA alone, when PMDA (0.2wt% of PMDA) was incorporated into the PLA/TTCP–AEAPS composite (5wt% of TTCP). Using this new bioresorbable PLA composite incorporated with a more basic filler for biomedical application, the inflammation and allergic effect resulted from the degraded acidic product are expected to be reduced.
ISSN:0927-7757
1873-4359
DOI:10.1016/j.colsurfa.2014.05.047