Abstract
Silk fibroin (SF) and hydroxyapatite (HA) were incorporated into chitosan/glycerophosphate (GP) system to prepare new types of hydrogels. The formulated chitosan/SF/GP and chitosan/SF/HA/GP solutions were found to be injectable at room temperature, and able to form into hydrogels at near-physiological temperature and pH. Rheological measurements showed that elastic modulus of certain chitosan/SF/GP and chitosan/SF/HA/GP gels could reach around 1.8 and 15 kPa, respectively, and was much higher than their respective viscous modulus. Compressive measurements revealed that some chitosan/SF/GP and chitosan/SF/HA/GP gels had 8 and 20-fold modulus and strength higher than the chitosan/GP gel, respectively, confirming that compressive properties of these gels were greatly improved. Results obtained from in vivo degradation demonstrated that degradation endurance of the optimized chitosan/SF/GP and chitosan/SF/HA/GP gels was significantly enhanced as compared to the chitosan/GP gel, and the degradation rate of the gels could be regulated by the SF component alone or by the combination of SF and HA components. © 2016 Elsevier Ltd
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 161-172 |
| Journal | Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials |
| Volume | 64 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2016 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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This work was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant no. 81572144 ).
Research Keywords
- Characterization and property
- Chitosan
- Hydroxyapatite
- Injectable hydrogel
- Silk fibroin
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