Biodegradable nano-hybrids

The design of biodegradable nano-hybrids has also been reported by Rhee et al. by the combination of a CaO-Si02 component with the biodegradable polymer, poly (epsilon-caprolactone) [30]. These nano-hybrids show hydroxyapatite-forming ability and are expected to show bioactivity and biodegradability. 

Recentiy, a new class of organic-inorganic hybrid materials based on the ultra incorporation of nano-sized fillers (nanofillers) into a polymer matrix has been investigated. Nanotechnology is the aptitude to work on a scale of about 1-100 nm in order to understand, create, characterize and use material structure, devices, and system with unique properties derived from their base on the nanostructures. Nanocomposites could exhibit exclusive modifications in their properties, compared with conventional composites in terms of physical properties, including gas barrier, flammability resistance, thermal and environmental stability, solvent uptake, and rate of biodegradability of biodegradable (Chivrac et al. 2009). 

Bandyopadhyay S, Chen R, Giannelis E P (1999), Biodegradable organic-inorganic hybrids based on poly(l-lactide) , Polym Mater Sci Eng, 81, 159-60. Sinha Ray S, Okamoto K, Yamada K, Okamoto M (2002), Novel porous ceramic material via burning of polylactide/layered silicate nanocomposite . Nano Letts, 2, 423-26. 

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