Journal
POLYMERS
Volume 14, Issue 13, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/polym14132694
Keywords
cellulose cryogels; composite cryogels; chitin nanowhiskers; complex hierarchical morphology; biocompatibility; tissue engineering
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- Russian Foundation for Basic Research [19-33-60014]
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The study found that cellulose cryogels with chitin nanowhiskers showed a threefold increase in strength and better biocompatibility compared to normal cellulose cryogels.
Polysaccharide-based cryogels are promising materials for producing scaffolds in tissue engineering. In this work, we obtained ultralight (0.046-0.162 g/cm(3)) and highly porous (88.2-96.7%) cryogels with a complex hierarchical morphology by dissolving cellulose in phosphoric acid, with subsequent regeneration and freeze-drying. The effect of the cellulose dissolution temperature on phosphoric acid and the effect of the freezing time of cellulose hydrogels on the structure and properties of the obtained cryogels were studied. It has been shown that prolonged freezing leads to the formation of denser and stronger cryogels with a network structure. The incorporation of chitin nanowhiskers led to a threefold increase in the strength of the cellulose cryogels. The X-ray diffraction method showed that the regenerated cellulose was mostly amorphous, with a crystallinity of 26.8-28.4% in the structure of cellulose II. Cellulose cryogels with chitin nanowhiskers demonstrated better biocompatibility with mesenchymal stem cells compared to the normal cellulose cryogels.
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