Title :
Performance Improvement for Biomedical Material - Bacterial Cellulose
Author :
Jia Yuan-Yuan ; Tang Wei-hua ; Li Fei ; Jia Shi-Ru
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Mater. Sci. & Chem. Eng., Tianjin Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Tianjin, China
Abstract :
Bacterial cellulose has been deemed as a promising biomedical and tissue engineering material, due to the excellent biocompatibility, bio-degradability, water holding capacity and mechanical properties it possesses. This paper aims to improve its properties to meet the requirements of biomedical materials. The reasonable way is to impregnate BC pellicle with epsiv-PL solution and then immerse it into glycerol solution. Water absorbance, softness, flexibility, tensile strength and anti-bacterial activity have been improved successfully by aforesaid treatment.
Keywords :
antibacterial activity; biodegradable materials; biomedical materials; microorganisms; organic compounds; tensile strength; tissue engineering; BC pellicle; anti-bacterial activity; bacterial cellulose; bio-degradability material; biocompatible material; biomedical material; epsiv-PL solution; tensile strength; tissue engineering material; water holding capacity; Anti-bacterial; Biomedical materials; Biomembranes; Chemical technology; Materials science and technology; Mechanical factors; Microorganisms; Printing; Tissue engineering; Water;
Conference_Titel :
Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering , 2009. ICBBE 2009. 3rd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2901-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2902-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICBBE.2009.5163179
