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POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY
Volume 95, Issue 7, Pages 1205-1210Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2010.04.004
Keywords
Calcium polyphosphate; Chitosan derivatives; Alginate dialdehyde; Degradation; Non-cytotoxicity
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- National Science Foundation of China [30870614, 30870616]
- National Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, China [BK2008152]
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Organic and inorganic composite material is becoming a solution on making the mechanical and degradation properties of biomaterial more suited. Porous calcium polyphosphate was immersed into different concentrations of carboxymethyl chitosan before immersing 10% alginate dialdegyde. After freeze-drying, the scaffolds were performed in physiologic saline. At stated day, the weightloss. Ca2+ concentration, pH value and morphology were measured. The biocompatibility of the composite was demonstrated by extract and direct contact tests. As the results showed, the degradation rates of composites were faster, and the compressive strength became bigger because of the cross-linked network formed by Carboxymethyl chitosan (CMC) and alginate dialdehyde (ADA). The pH value of composite was higher than that of calcium polyphosphate (CPP) due to the organic part of composite's pH was in slight alkaline. From the SEM, the cross-linked network structure could be observed clearly. Because the glycosaminoglycans-like chains in CMC molecules, which are typically presented in extracellular matrix (ECM), extractions of composite material gave the cells good adhesion and growth condition. All the results testified the composite scaffold was a good candidate for bone repair. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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