壳聚糖-聚己内酯复合膜的制备及其性能研究

为综合壳聚糖(CS)和聚己内酯(PCL)的性能,将CS和PCL在醋酸溶液中进行共混,利用流延法制备5/95,10/90,15/85,20/80 4种不同比例的壳聚糖-聚己内酯复合膜.采用元素分析、FTIR、XRD和SEM对膜的组分、结构和形貌进行了表征,证明了壳聚糖和聚己内酯在复合膜中有一定的相容性.探讨了体系中壳聚糖含量对多孔膜的力学性能和吸水率、溶胀比、孔隙率的影响,结果表明:在实验范围内随壳聚糖含量的增加,复合膜的刚度从4 188.17N/m提高到20 436.00 N/m;杨氏模量亦从30.52 MPa增加到69.69 MPa;断裂伸长率降低.吸水率可达76.39%,孔隙率亦可增加到约35%,而溶胀比几乎不变.     

纳米羟基磷灰石／聚己内酯-壳聚糖复合多孔支架材料的制备与表征

结合纳米羟基磷灰石(n-HA)和聚合物的优点,采用溶液共混相分离制备出聚己内酯(PCL)-壳聚糖(CS)多孔支架材料,并采用离心注浆填充新方法对支架材料进行增强,制备复合多孔支架材料。用扫描电子显微镜、红外光谱、元素分析、孔隙率和抗压强度对材料进行了表征。结果表明复合材料具有良好的界面结合;孔隙率分析表明材料具有60%~80%的孔隙率,符合骨组织工程对支架材料的要求;力学性能测试表明材料的压缩强度得到大幅度提高。     

浸没凝胶相分离法制备聚己内酯多孔支架

为了制备结构和性能满足骨组织工程支架要求的聚己内酯(PCL)多孔支架材料,采用浸没凝胶相分离法,以冰醋酸和丙酮为混合溶剂,水为凝固剂,壳聚糖(CS)颗粒为添加剂制得一系列PCL多孔支架。探讨了溶剂组成、PCL浓度、CS添加量对PCL多孔支架结构和性能的影响。结果表明:添加CS颗粒有利于形成多孔三维支架,随着CS含量的增加,孔隙率略微下降,抗压强度提高。随着PCL质量分数的增加,孔隙率明显下降,但抗压强度增大。当溶剂组成中丙酮含量为50 wt%~60 wt%,PCL质量分数不高于10 wt%时,通过改变CS用量,可制得孔隙率和力学性能满足骨组织工程要求的相互贯通的三维多孔支架材料。     

纳米羟基磷灰石/聚合物多孔复合支架材料

为提高骨组织工程支架材料的力学性能,改善其生物活性,综合天然与合成高分子的优点,采用溶液共混相分离法制备出聚己内酯(PCL)-壳聚糖(CS)多孔支架材料, 并进一步采用离心注浆法填充具有生物活性的纳米羟基磷灰石(HA)-聚乙烯醇(PVA)复合浆料, 制备了n-HA-PVA/PCL-CS复合多孔支架材料, 改善了PCL-CS支架材料力学性能。采用扫描电子显微镜、红外光谱、元素分析、孔隙率和抗压强度试验对材料进行了表征。结果表明, PCL-CS支架材料的内部具有蜂窝状的相互贯通的孔隙结构,孔隙率可以达到60%～80%。CS含量越大,孔隙率越大,而抗压强度越小。填充后的n-HA-PVA/PCL-CS复合多孔支架材料,孔隙率有所下降,但仍大于60%,而其弹性模量可提高至25.71 MPa。      

具有复杂形状的聚ε-己内酯多孔支架的模压制备方法

通过聚ε-己内酯(PCL)支架的制备，尝试了一种制备具有复杂形状的组织工程三雏多孔支架的新方法一改进的模压／粒子浸出法，并对所得外耳状多孔支架的形态、孔结构和孔隙率进行了表征。模压针对聚ε-己内酯熔体和大量盐粒的混合物进行。该方法所得支架孔隙率高达90％以上。可望用于各种不同复杂形状的三雏多孔支架的制备。     

壳聚糖/聚己内酯-聚乳酸多孔支架制备和表征

为调控骨组织工程支架的力学性能和降解性能,采用相分离方法,以冰醋酸-水为共溶剂配制聚合物溶液,以NaOH溶液为凝固剂,以CS为添加剂制备壳聚糖(CS)/聚己内酯(PCL)-聚乳酸(PLA)三维多孔支架,研究了聚合物质量比对支架结构、形貌、孔隙率、力学性能和降解性能的影响。实验结果表明,CS和基体存在相互作用,CS有利于形成三维相互贯通的微孔结构,但CS的存在会使基体中各组分的熔点降低。随着PCL和PLA用量比例的改变,孔径范围和微孔形貌发生了一系列的变化。当PCL∶PLA为2∶4和3∶3时,所制备的支架孔隙率均大于90%,当进一步增大PCL质量比时,孔隙率迅速下降。抗压测试表明,所制备的支架弹性模量为0.8～8.0 MPa。降解性能分析表明,4周以后,当PCL∶PLA为3∶3时,质量损失率最大,达到5.94%。该分析表明采用相分离法,通过调节PCL和PLA的质量比可制备形貌、孔隙率、降解速率和力学性能满足要求的三维多孔支架材料,有望应用在软骨组织工程上。     

纤维素基可生物降解共混高分子材料的制备和性能

综述了近年来以纤维素为共混组分制备可生物降解高分子材料的研究进展,重点介绍了纤维素或纤维素衍生物与其它天然高分子(壳聚糖、蛋白质、淀粉等)以及可降解合成高分子(聚乙二醇、聚己内酯、聚乳酸等)共混材料的制备和性能,揭示了纤维素基可生物降解材料在某些应用领域替代石油基材料的潜力.     

壳聚糖多孔膜制备及其多功能分离性能研究

采用聚合物辅助相转化法制备壳聚糖多孔膜,考察了添加剂添加量对其形貌、孔结构及其分离和吸附性能的影响.结果表明,随着添加剂含量的增加,壳聚糖多孔膜的孔径和孔隙率逐渐增大,其纯水通量逐渐上升;制备的不同孔结构多孔膜对100.0 mg/L甲基蓝染料溶液和铬(Ⅵ)离子溶液进行过滤分离时,其通量随着添加剂含量逐渐上升,对甲基蓝染料的截留率均在99%以上,但对铬(Ⅵ)离子的截留率却逐渐下降.当该壳聚糖多孔膜用于铬(Ⅵ)离子的吸附分离时,随着添加剂含量的增加,制备的纯壳聚糖多孔膜对铬(Ⅵ)离子的吸附量逐渐上升;交联多孔膜在交联剂质量分数为0.04%时,其吸附量达到最高,为181.60 mg/g.本研究为壳聚糖多孔膜对不同废水的多功能分离提供基础.     

聚己内酯多级孔径支架的相分离/盐析复合工艺研究

采用相分离和盐析复合工艺,通过改变冷却温度、溶液浓度、溶剂/水比例、造孔剂用量等工艺制备聚己内酯多孔支架,通过扫描电镜观察支架形貌,采用压汞仪测量支架孔隙率及孔径,研究各工艺条件对支架多级孔径结构的影响.研究表明冷却温度-70℃、PCL溶液浓度10%、溶剂/水比例95/5、80%质量含量的粒径100～200μm NaCl造孔剂为最佳实验条件,可制备出具有100～350μm大孔、5～30μm小孔及＜10nm微孔的聚己内酯复合多级孔径支架,孔隙率高,连通性好,可应用于骨组织工程支架.     

聚己内酯改性聚乳酸/淀粉共混材料的性能研究

将热塑性淀粉(TPS)与聚己内酯(PCI)、聚乳酸(PLA)共混后,采用溶剂挥发法制备出完全生物降解的聚己内酯改性聚乳酸/淀粉共混材料.测试了材料的力学性能、共混形态、疏水性能和降解性能等.结果表明:甘油和水能够很好增塑淀粉,当淀粉:甘油:水为4:1.2:10时,拉伸强度最高达44.84MPa,断裂伸长率达93%,共混材料具有较好的力学性能;FT-IR和SEM显示聚己内酯的加入提高了共混材料的相客性;随着淀粉含量的增加,吸水率增大;土埋70天后,共混材料最高降解率达42.41%.     

Preparation and characterization of nano-hydroxyapatite/polymer composite scaffolds

Polycaprolactone/chitosan (PCL/CS) porous composite scaffolds were prepared by solution phase separation method, and the scaffolds were further enhanced by filling with nano-hydroxyapatite/polyvinyl alcohol (n-HA/PVA) composite slurry to prepare n-HA-PVA/PCL-CS composite porous scaffolds through slurry centrifugal filling technique. The morphology, microstructure, component, porosity and mechanical property of the scaffolds were characterized using scanning electron microscope, X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscope, elemental analyzer and material test machine. The results show that PCL/CS scaffolds have mutual transfixion porous structure just like honeycombs. The porosity of the scaffolds can achieve 60-80%. As the content of CS increases, the porosity increases while the compressive strength decreases. After filled with HA/PVA composite slurry, the porosity of n-HA/PCL-CS composite scaffolds decreases, but still greater than 60%, while the compression modulus can increase to 25.7 MPa.     

Influence of porosity and fibre diameter on the degradation of chitosan fibre-mesh scaffolds and cell adhesion

The state of the art approaches for tailoring the degradation of chitosan scaffolds are based on altering the chemical structure of the polymer. Nevertheless, such alterations may lead to changes in other properties of scaffolds, such as the ability to promote cell adhesion. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of physical parameters such as porosity and fibre diameter on the degradation of chitosan fibre-mesh scaffolds, as a possible way of tailoring the degradation of such scaffolds. Four sets of scaffolds with distinct fibre diameter and porosity were produced and their response to degradation and cell adhesion was studied. The degradation study was carried out at 37^∘C in a lysozyme solution for five weeks. The extent of degradation was expressed as percentage of weight loss of the dried scaffolds after lysozyme treatment. Cell adhesion was assessed by Confocal Microscopy. The results have shown that the scaffolds with higher porosity degrade faster and that, within the same range of porosity, the fibres with smaller diameter degrade slightly faster. Furthermore, the morphological differences between the scaffolds did not affect the degree of cell adhesion, and the cells were observed throughout the thickness of all four types of scaffolds.     

Evaluation of alginate-chitosan semi IPNs as cartilage scaffolds

In this study, alginate and alginate:chitosan semi interpenetrating polymer network (IPN) scaffolds were prepared by freeze-drying process. Alginate scaffolds were crosslinked with different concentrations of CaCl₂, i.e. 0.5, 1 or 3% (w/v), in 96% (v/v) ethanol solutions for two different periods, i.e. 4 and 24 h, after freeze-drying. Scanning electron microscope (SEM)/ Energy Dispersive Analysis by X-ray (EDAX) analysis and swelling studies indicated that crosslinking of scaffolds with 3% (w/v) CaCl₂ for 24 h was effectively created suitable alginate scaffolds in terms of optimum porosity and mechanical stability. This is why, alginate:chitosan semi IPN scaffolds were prepared at the crosslinking condition mentioned above in 70:30, 60:40 and 50:50% (v/v) alginate:chitosan ratios. Besides the attachment and proliferation abilities of ATDC5 murine chondrogenic cells on alginate, 70:30% (v/v) alginate:chitosan and 50:50% (v/v) alginate:chitosan scaffolds, their cellular responses were assessed for chondrogenic potential. These structural and cellular outcomes demonstrate potential utility of chitosan semi IPNs in alginate scaffolds. Comparative results found in relation to alginate scaffolds, support the necessity for alginate:chitosan scaffolds for improved cartilage tissue engineering.     

Silk fibroin/chitosan scaffold: preparation,characterization, and culture with HepG2 cell

Tissue engineering requires the development of three-dimensional water-stable scaffolds. In this study, silk fibroin/chitosan (SFCS) scaffold was successfully prepared by freeze-drying method. The scaffold is water-stable, only swelling to a limited extent depending on its composition. Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectra and X-Ray diffraction curves confirmed the different structure of SFCS scaffolds from both chitosan and silk fibroin. The homogeneous porous structure, together with nano-scale compatibility of the two naturally derived polymers, gives rise to the controllable mechanical properties of SFCS scaffolds. By varying the composition, both the compressive modulus and compressive strength of SFCS scaffolds can be controlled. The porosity of SFCS scaffolds is above 95% when the total concentration of silk fibroin and chitosan is below 6 wt%. The pore sizes of the SFCS scaffolds range from 100 μm to 150 μm, which can be regulated by changing the total concentration. MTT assay showed that SFCS scaffolds can promote the proliferation of HepG2 cells (human hepatoma cell line) significantly. All these results make SFCS scaffold a suitable candidate for tissue engineering.     

Development of polycaprolactone/chitosan blend porous scaffolds

Polycaprolactone (PCL) and chitosan were blended to fabricate porous scaffolds for tissue-engineering applications by employing a concentrated acetic acid solution as solvent and salt particles as porogen. These scaffolds showed well-controlled and interconnected porous structures. The pore size and porosity of the scaffolds could be effectively modulated by selecting appropriate amounts and sizes of porogen. The results obtained from compressive mechanical measurements indicated that PCL/chitosan could basically retain their strength in their dry state compared to individual components. In a hydrated state, their compressive stress and modulus could be still well maintained even though the weight ratio of chitosan reached around 50 wt%.     

Properties and in vitro characterization of polyhydroxybutyrate–chitosan scaffolds prepared by modified precipitation method

Porous polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB)–chitosan biopolymer scaffolds were prepared by co-precipitation from biopolymer solutions with propylene carbonate and acetic acid as solvents. A change of the fibrous character of chitosan precipitates to globular shaped forms with a polyhydroxybutyrate addition was found in suspensions. Scaffolds differ by porosity and morphology of polymers in microstructures, while chitosan represented more compact plate-like fibers and PHB characterized mainly fine fibrous globular agglomerates. Two structurally dissimilar phase regions were verified in blended scaffolds. A rise in the number of smaller pores, and fine structured polymer forms with PHB content were observed in the scaffolds. A significant reduction in the average molecular weight of biopolymers was found in pure chitosan scaffold, this after precipitation of the chitosan in the presence of propylene carbonate and in blends after mutual biopolymer mixing. Interactions between shortened chitosan chains, PHB and chitosan biopolymers in the blends were observed. An excellent fibroblast proliferation was found in scaffolds prepared from biopolymer blends.     

γ辐射和EDC/NHS改性对胶原壳聚糖支架性能的影响EI北大核心CSCD

以5%梯度制备11组壳聚糖质量分数为0%~50%的胶原壳聚糖支架。使用γ辐射和EDC/NHS分别改性处理各组胶原壳聚糖支架,采用傅里叶变换红外光谱仪(FTIR)和扫描电镜(SEM)分析支架内部结构,利用吸水率、孔隙率、降解率和力学性能等指标对其性能进行检测,研究γ辐射和EDC/NHS改性对胶原壳聚糖支架性能的影响。结果表明:γ辐射和EDC/NHS改性均能使胶原与壳聚糖产生交联,壳聚糖的加入改善了γ辐射对支架分子结构的损伤;EDC/NHS改性支架的微结构好于γ辐射支架;两种改性支架壳聚糖较优,质量分数均为25%;γ辐射和EDC/NHS改性均能使支架产生取向结构。     

Thermal-crosslinked porous chitosan scaffolds for soft tissue engineering applications

The aim of this study was to demonstrate the feasibility of using a steam autoclave process for sterilization and simultaneously thermal-crosslinking of lyophilized chitosan scaffolds. This process is of great interest in biomaterial development due to its simplicity and low toxicity. The steam autoclave process had no significant effect on the average pore diameter (~ 70 μm) and overall porosity (> 80%) of the resultant chitosan scaffolds, while the sterilized scaffolds possessed more homogenous pore size distribution. The sterilized chitosan scaffolds exhibited an enhanced compressive modulus (109.8 kPa) and comparable equilibrium swelling ratio (23.3). The resultant chitosan scaffolds could be used directly for in vitro cell culture without extra sterilization. The data of in vitro studies demonstrated that the scaffolds facilitated cell attachment and proliferation, indicating great potential for soft tissue engineering applications.     

Effect of enzymatic degradation of chitosan in polyhydroxybutyrate/chitosan/calcium phosphate composites on in vitro osteoblast response

Polyhydroxybutyrate/chitosan/calcium phosphate composites are interesting biomaterials for utilization in regenerative medicine and they may by applied in reconstruction of deeper subchondral defects. Insufficient informations were found in recent papers about the influence of lysozyme degradation of chitosan in calcium phosphate/chitosan based composites on in vitro cytotoxicity and proliferation activity of osteoblasts. The effect of enzymatic chitosan degradation on osteoblasts proliferation was studied on composite films in which the porosity of origin 3D scaffolds was eliminated and the surface texture was modified. The significantly enhanced proliferation activity with faster population growth of osteoblasts were found on enzymatically degraded biopolymer composite films with α-tricalcium phosphate and nanohydroxyapatite. No cytotoxicity of composite films prepared from lysozyme degraded scaffolds containing a large fraction of low molecular weight chitosans (LMWC), was revealed after 10 days of cultivation. Contrary to above in the higher cytotoxicity origin untreated nanohydroxyapatite films and porous composite scaffolds. The results showed that the synergistic effect of surface distribution, morphology of nanohydroxyapatite particles, microtopography and the presence of LMWC due to chitosan degradation in composite films were responsible for compensation of the cytotoxicity of nanohydroxyapatite composite films or porous composite scaffolds.