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SUBMITTER: Ding X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5737705 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ding Xiaochu X Wu Yen-Lin YL Gao Jin J Wells Albin A Lee Keewon K Wang Yadong Y
Journal of materials chemistry. B 20170704 30
Poly(glycerol sebacate) (PGS) is an elastomer used widely in tissue engineering studies due to good biocompatibility. Hereby we report a tyramine functionalized PGS called PGS-TA. Tyramine adds a stronger physical bonding capability to PGS-TA. Tensile tests showed that the softness and toughness of the material were similar to PGS. However, PGS-TA demonstrated 16-folds increase of elastic deformations compared to PGS processed under identical conditions. The <i>in vitro</i> studies demonstrated ...[more]