Abstract
Regenerative medicine aims at replacing, engineering or regenerating human cells
and tissues. There is a need for novel biomaterials to function as a temporal
replacement of damaged tissues or organs. Synthetic biodegradable polymer
networks can be such materials, since they offer benefits such as superior
mechanical properties and the ease of tailoring physical properties when compared to natural materials. The selection of new polymeric biomaterial candidates can be accelerated by combinatorial chemistry, a very efficient strategy to obtain new materials with desired characteristics that could never be designed using conventional synthesis methods.
This thesis presents the results of research on the photo-crosslinking of
combinatorial mixtures of di-methacrylate functionalized PTMC, PDLLA, PCL and
PEG oligomers.
Original language | English |
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Qualification | Doctor of Philosophy |
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Award date | 17 Dec 2015 |
Place of Publication | Enschede |
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Print ISBNs | 978-90-365-4020-9 |
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Publication status | Published - 17 Dec 2015 |
Keywords
- IR-98474
- METIS-313631