Journal
POLYMERS
Volume 11, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/polym11111893
Keywords
antimicrobial properties; chitosan; FDM; PLA; sPLA; two-component filament; 3D printing
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- Faculty of Chemistry of Gdansk University of Technology [032408T103]
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The last decades have witnessed a major advancement and development in three-dimensional (3D) printing technology. In the future, the trend's utilization of 3D printing is expected to play an important role in the biomedical field. This work presents co-extrusion of the polylactic acid (PLA), its derivatives (sPLA), and chitosan with the aim of achieving filaments for printing 3D objects, such as biomedical tools or implants. The physicochemical and antimicrobial properties were evaluated using SEM, FT-IR, DSC, instrumental mechanical test, and based on the ASTM E2149 standard, respectively. The addition of chitosan in the PLA and sPLA filaments increased their porosity and decreased density. The FT-IR analysis showed that PLA and chitosan only formed a physical mixture after extrusion. The addition of chitosan caused deterioration of the mechanical properties of filaments, especially elongation at break and Young's modulus. The addition of chitosan to the filaments improved their ability to crystallize and provide their antimicrobial properties against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus.
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