Lecture 3: Degradable Materials with Biological Recognition Last time: Theory of hydrolytic polymer erosion Enzymatic degradation of polymers Designing Biodegradable Macromolecules Today: Biological recognition in vivo Engineering biological recognition of biomaterials: cell adhesion/migration Reading: S.E. Sakiyama-Elbert and J.A. Hubbell, 'Functional Biomaterials: Design of Novel
1. Two hydrogels are prepared from two different candidate polymers for controlled release of a protein drug, interleukin-2(IL-2). The gels exhibit the same swelling ratio at equilibrium, but gel A(formed by cross-linked polymer A, repeat unit molecular weight Mo= 100 g/mole)has
A recent study of controlled release of a model small-molecule drug from poly(lactide-co-glycolide) microspheres prepared by the single-emulsion method found that the diffusion constant of the drug through the polymer was best related to the polymers molecular weight according
7.1 Basic physical quantities 7.2 Mechanics properties of rubber elasticity Griffith Theory 7.3 Fracture Mechanics of Brittle Materials Stress, strain, modulus Theory of rubber elasticity 7.4 Fracture properties of polymer in glassy and crystalline state