• Polymer(Korea)
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• v.32 no.5
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• pp.458-464
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• 2008

A successful scaffold should have a highly porous structure and good mechanical stability. High porosity and appropriate pore size provide structural matrix for initial cell attachment and proliferation enabling the exchange of nutrients between the scaffold and environment. In this paper the highly porous scaffold of poly(${\varepsilon}$-caprolactone) electrospun nanofibers could be manufactured with an auxiliary electrode and chemical blowing agent (BA) under several processing conditions, such as the concentration of PCL solution, weight percent of a chemical blowing agent, and decomposition time of a chemical blowing agent. To attain stable electrospinnability and blown nanofiber mats having high microporosity and large pore, a processing condition, 8wt% of PCL solution and 0.5wt% of a chemical blowing agent under $100^{\circ}C$ and decomposition time of $2{\sim}3\;s$, was used. The growth characteristic of human dermal fibroblasts cells cultured in the mats showed the good adhesion and proliferation on the blown mat compared to a normal electrospun mat.

• Proceedings of the Korean Fiber Society Conference
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• 2003.04a
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• pp.169-170
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• 2003

최근에 전기방사를 이용한 서브마이크로(submicro) 직경을 가진 섬유로 구성된 부직포 제조에 대한 관심이 집중 되어져 왔다[1,2]. 그러나 지금까지 전기방사기술에 대한 활발한 연구에도 불구하고, 전기방사를 이용하여 필라멘트를 제조한 결과는 보고되지 않았다. 본 실험에서는 전기방사 공정을 기초로 한 복합적인 방사체계를 이용하여 다공성 필라멘트를 제조하고자 한다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Fiber Society Conference
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• 1998.04a
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• pp.67-70
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• 1998

지방족 폴리에스테르계 고분자인 Poly(lactic acid)(PLA)는 생분해성, 생체적합성, 분해물의 비독성, 가공성 등이 우수하여 부러진 뼈의 접합 재료, 약물 조절 방출 재료 및 흡수성 봉합사 등과 같은 의료용 소재로 널리 이용되고 있다[1]. 그러나 PLA는 높은 결정화도로 인해 물성이 brittle하고 분해속도가 느릴 뿐만 아니라 낮은 열 안정성으로 인해 용융 가공할 경우 급격한 분자량의 감소를 유발하여 기계적 특성이 좋지 않은 단점이 있다.(중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Dyers and Finishers Conference
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• 2008.10a
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• pp.69-70
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• 2008

The study has attempted to prepare nanocapsules containing Tricrecyl phosphate by Emulsion-diffusion method. The study has focused on finding a optimum condition for preparering nano capsules and effect on size distribution and surface morphology.

• Proceedings of the Korean Fiber Society Conference
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• 2001.10a
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• pp.179-182
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• 2001

지방족 폴리에스터는 보통 의료용 고분자 및 환경분해성 고분자로 알려져 왔으며, 이에 따라 지방족 폴리에스터와 그의 공중합물, 그리고 다른 상용고분자와의 블렌드들의 분해 메카니즘에 관한 연구 보고가 이루어져 왔다. 일반적으로 결정성 고분자의 분해성은 일차적인 화학구조외에도 결정의 size나 perfactness, 결정화도 또는 배향도와 같은 미세 구조에 의해서도 크게 영향을 받는다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the PSK Conference
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• 2000.04a
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• pp.216.1-216.1
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• 2000

• Macromolecular Research
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.363-369
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• 2007

Novel biodegradable elastic hydrogels, based on hydrophilic and hydrophobic polymer blocks, were synthesized via the radical crosslinking reaction of diacrylates of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) and poly(${\varepsilon}-caprolactone$) (PCL). PEG and PCL diols were diacrylated with acryloyl chloride in the presence of triethylamine, with the reaction confirmed by FT-IR and $^1H-NMR$ measurements. The diacrylate polymers were used as building-blocks for the syntheses of a series of hydro gels, with different block compositions, by simply varying the feed ratios and molecular weights of the block components. The swelling ratio of the hydrogels was controlled by the balance between the hydrophilic and hydrophobic polymer blocks. Usually, the swelling ratio increases with increasing PEG content and decreasing block length within the network structure. The hydrogels exhibited negative thermo-sensitive swelling behavior due to the coexistence of hydrophilic and hydrophobic polymer components in their network structure, and such thermo-responsive swelling/deswelling behavior could be repeated using a temperature cycle, without any significant change in the swelling ratio. In vitro degradation tests showed that degradation occurred over a 3 to 8 month period. Due to their biodegradability, biocompatibility, elasticity and functionality, these hydrogels could be utilized in various biomedical applications, such as tissue engineering and drug delivery systems.

• Macromolecular Research
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• v.17 no.12
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• pp.1025-1031
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• 2009

Several kinds of biodegradable hydrogels were prepared via in situ photopolymerization of Pluronic F127/poly($\varepsilon$-caprolactone) macromer and acrylic acid (AA) comonomer in aqueous medium. The swelling kinetics measurements showed that the resultant hydrogels exhibited both thermo- and pH-sensitive behaviors, and that this stimuli-responsiveness underwent a fast reversible process. With increasing pH of the local buffer solutions, the pH sensitivity of the hydrogels was increased, while the temperature sensitivity was decreased. In vitro hydrolytic degradation in the buffer solution (pH 7.4, $37^{\circ}C$), the degradation rate of the hydrogels was greatly improved due to the introduction of the AA comonomer. The in vitro release profiles of bovine serum albumin (BSA) in-situ embedded into the hydrogels were also investigated: the release mechanism of BSA based on the Peppas equation was followed Case II diffusion. Such biodegradable dual-sensitive hydrogel materials may have more advantages as a potentially interesting platform for smart drug delivery carriers and tissue engineering scaffolds.

• Polymer(Korea)
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• v.38 no.4
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• pp.449-456
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• 2014

Ternary blends of poly(L-lactic acid) (PLLA), poly(${\varepsilon}$-caprolactone) (PCL) and polyethylene oxide (PEO) were produced with different concentrations of components via melt blending. By leaching the PEO from the samples by water, porous materials were obtained with potential application for bio scaffolds. Sample porosity was evaluated by calculating the ratio of porous scaffold density (${\rho}^*$) to the non-porous material density (${\rho}_s$). Highest porosity (51.42%) was related to the samples containing 50 wt%. of PEO. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) studies showed the best porosity resulted by decreasing PLLA/PCL ratio at constant concentration of PEO. Crystallization behavior of the ternary blend samples was studied using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Results revealed that the crystallinity of PLLA was improved by addition of PEO and PCL to the samples. The porosity plays a key role in governing the compression properties. Mechanical properties are presented by Gibson-Ashby model.

• Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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• v.34 no.3
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• pp.111-116
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• 2013

Finite element analysis(FEA) has been extensively applied in the analyses of biomechanical properties of stents. Geometrically, a closed-cell stent is an assembly of a number of repeated unit cells and exhibits periodicity in both longitudinal and circumferential directions. This study concentrates on various parameters of the FEA models for the analysis of drug-eluting biodegradable polymeric stents for application to the treatment of coronary artery disease. In order to determine the mechanical characteristics of biodegradable polymeric stents, FEA was used to model two different types of stents: tubular stents(TS) and helicoidal stents(HS). For this modeling, epigallocatechin-3-O-gallate (EGCG)-eluting poly[(L-lactide-co-${\varepsilon}$-caprolactone), PLCL] (E-PLCL) was chosen as drug-eluting stent materials. E-PLCL was prepared by blending PLCL with 5% EGCG as previously described. In addition, the effects of EGCG blending on the mechanical properties of PLCL were investigated for both types of stent models. EGCG did not affect tensile strength at break, but significantly increased elastic modulus of PLCL. It is suggested that FEA is a cost-effective method to improve the design of drug-eluting biodegradable polymeric stents.