期刊
POLYMER INTERNATIONAL
卷 60, 期 3, 页码 458-465出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/pi.2969
关键词
collagen; Pluronics crosslinking; nanomaterials; biomaterials; carbon nanotubes; functionalization; Young's modulus
资金
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)
- Ontario Innovation Trust (OIT)
- McMaster University
A series of Pluronic samples (L61, L121, F68, F108) were investigated as collagen crosslinking agents to determine their ability to improve the Young's modulus of a collagen hydrogel, while simultaneously serving as surfactants for single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs). The crosslinked collagen matrices were prepared by blending type I bovine collagen with either Pluronics or SWNTs dispersed in an aqueous Pluronic solution and crosslinked utilizing carbodiimide chemistry. The resulting material was a crosslinked collagen hydrogel with sufficient mechanical strength to be manipulated and transferred without damaging the matrix. Differential scanning calorimetry confirmed a change in the denaturation temperature for hydrogels prepared using Pluronic or Pluronic/SWNT solutions. Water uptake analysis confirmed the crosslinked matrices to be hydrogels. These collagen hydrogels produced with Pluronics as the crosslinking agents exhibited a Young's modulus 3 to 9 times greater than collagen hydrogels produced in the absence of any crosslinking agent, regardless of polymer molecular weight. However, non-covalent incorporation of SWNTs was not found to affect the Young's modulus of the resulting collagen hydrogels at the incorporation levels achieved with the Pluronics surfactants. (C) 2010 Society of Chemical Industry
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