Polylactic acid based nanocomposites: Promising safe and biodegradable materials in biomedical field

Lili Sha, Zhaofeng Chen, Zhou Chen, Aili Zhang, Zhaogang Yang

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Abstract

Polylactic acid (PLA) is widely used in biological areas due to its excellent compatibility, bioabsorbability, and degradation behavior in human bodies. Pure polylactic acid has difficulty in meeting all the requirements that specific field may demand. Therefore, PLA based nanocomposites are extensively investigated over the past few decades. PLA based nanocomposites include PLA based copolymers in nanometer size and nanocomposites with PLA or PLA copolymers as matrix and nanofillers as annexing agent. The small scale effect and surface effect of nanomaterials help improve the properties of PLA and make PLA based nanocomposites more popular compared with pure PLA materials. This review mainly introduces different kinds of PLA based nanocomposites in recent researches that have great potential to be used in biomedical fields including bone substitute and repair, tissue engineering, and drug delivery system.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number6869154
JournalInternational Journal of Polymer Science
Volume2016
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Polymers and Plastics

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