title: Melt spinning of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) for tissue engineering using electron-beam-irradiated poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) as nucleation agent.
abstract: Electron-beam-irradiated poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) was used as a nucleating agent for poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) in a melt-spinning process. Molecular data and thermal properties of the irradiated samples were determined. The thermal properties of the nucleated melts were determined to assess the influence of the nucleation agents, and then spinning tests were carried out. Thermal and textile properties of the spun fibers were also determined. Estimations of the improvement of the crystallization in the spinline and of the inhibition of secondary crystallization in the fibers from the use of the described blood-compatible nucleation agents are given.
authors.affiliation: Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden, 01005 Dresden, P. O. B. 120411, Germany. vogel@ipfdd.de
authors.forename: Roland
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vogel
authors.forename: Dieter
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Voigt
authors.forename: Bernhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tändler
authors.forename: Uwe
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Gohs
authors.forename: Liane
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Häussler
authors.forename: Harald
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Brünig
mesh_terms: D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000737:chemistry; D003460:Crystallization; D006885:Hydroxybutyrates / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000528:radiation effects; D011091:Polyesters / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000528:radiation effects; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000379:methods*; D000094122:Polyhydroxybutyrates
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D006885:Hydroxybutyrates; D011091:Polyesters; C003182:poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate; D000094122:Polyhydroxybutyrates