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    Structure and blood compatibility of highly oriented PLA/MWNTs composites produced by solid hot drawing

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    Publication date
    2014-02-12
    Author
    Li, Z.
    Zhao, X.
    Ye, L.
    Coates, Philip D.
    Caton-Rose, Philip D.
    Martyn, Michael T.
    Keyword
    Poly (lactic acid)
    Multi-walled carbon nanotubes
    Composites
    Solid hot drawing
    Orientation
    Mechanical properties
    Blood compatibility
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    Abstract
    Highly oriented poly(lactic acid) (PLA)/multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) composites were fabricated through solid hot drawing technology in an effort to improve the mechanical properties and blood biocompatibility of PLA as blood-contacting medical devices. It was found that proper MWNTs content and drawing orientation can improve the tensile strength and modulus of PLA dramatically. With the increase in draw ratio, the cold crystallization peak became smaller, and the glass transition and the melting peak of PLA moved to high temperature, while the crystallinity increased, and the grain size decreased, indicating the stress-induced crystallization of PLA during drawing. MWNTs showed a nucleation effect on PLA, leading to the rise in the melting temperature, increase in crystallinity and reduction of spherulite size for the composites. Moreover, the intensity of (002) diffraction of MWNTs increased with draw ratio, indicating that MWNTs were preferentially aligned and oriented during drawing. Microstructure observation demonstrated that PLA matrix had an ordered fibrillar bundle structure, and MWNTs in the composite tended to align parallel to the drawing direction. In addition, the dispersion of MWNTs in PLA was also improved by orientation. Introduction of MWNTs and drawing orientation could significantly enhance the blood compatibility of PLA by prolonging kinetic clotting time, reducing hemolysis ratio and platelet activation.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10454/8032
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    Li Z, Zhao X, Ye L, Coates PD, Caton-Rose PD and Martyn MT (2014) Structure and blood compatibility of highly oriented PLA/MWNTs composites produced by solid hot drawing. Journal of Biomaterials Applications. 28(7): 978-989.
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    http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0885328213490047
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