SYNTHESIS OF POLY (OCTANEDIOL CITRATE) BASED NANO SILICA COMPOSITE FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATION

Synthetic polymers are currently being used for biomedical applications, and citric acid has been used to develop novel polymers. However, the biomaterials presently available are of limited versatility for biomedical applications, and additional biodegradable polymer composite product would hence b...

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Main Author: MAHMUD, ABDULLAHI
Format: Thesis
Language: English
Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas
Record Id / ISBN-0: utp-utpedia.20734 /
Published: 2021
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TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
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spelling utp-utpedia.207342021-09-08T16:03:46Z http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/20734/ SYNTHESIS OF POLY (OCTANEDIOL CITRATE) BASED NANO SILICA COMPOSITE FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATION MAHMUD, ABDULLAHI TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Synthetic polymers are currently being used for biomedical applications, and citric acid has been used to develop novel polymers. However, the biomaterials presently available are of limited versatility for biomedical applications, and additional biodegradable polymer composite product would hence be beneficial to the biomedical field. Therefore, this research aimed at developing a biocompatible citric acid based polymer composite for biomedical applications. In this research, poly (octanediol citrate) (POC) synthesised through a polycondensation method was used to develop a polymer composite by mixing with nano silica synthesised from rice husk HCl acid pretreatment and calcination, to enhance biomaterial strength and biocompatibility. Five different composite formulations were made by adding (20 - 60wt.%) nano silica into the POC prepolymer to fabricate a strong, biocompatible composite via the thermo-cure casting technique. 2021-02 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/20734/1/Abdullahi%20Mahmud_G02926.pdf MAHMUD, ABDULLAHI (2021) SYNTHESIS OF POLY (OCTANEDIOL CITRATE) BASED NANO SILICA COMPOSITE FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATION. PhD thesis, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS.
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MAHMUD, ABDULLAHI
SYNTHESIS OF POLY (OCTANEDIOL CITRATE) BASED NANO SILICA COMPOSITE FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATION
description Synthetic polymers are currently being used for biomedical applications, and citric acid has been used to develop novel polymers. However, the biomaterials presently available are of limited versatility for biomedical applications, and additional biodegradable polymer composite product would hence be beneficial to the biomedical field. Therefore, this research aimed at developing a biocompatible citric acid based polymer composite for biomedical applications. In this research, poly (octanediol citrate) (POC) synthesised through a polycondensation method was used to develop a polymer composite by mixing with nano silica synthesised from rice husk HCl acid pretreatment and calcination, to enhance biomaterial strength and biocompatibility. Five different composite formulations were made by adding (20 - 60wt.%) nano silica into the POC prepolymer to fabricate a strong, biocompatible composite via the thermo-cure casting technique.
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author MAHMUD, ABDULLAHI
author_sort MAHMUD, ABDULLAHI
title SYNTHESIS OF POLY (OCTANEDIOL CITRATE) BASED NANO SILICA COMPOSITE FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATION
title_short SYNTHESIS OF POLY (OCTANEDIOL CITRATE) BASED NANO SILICA COMPOSITE FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATION
title_full SYNTHESIS OF POLY (OCTANEDIOL CITRATE) BASED NANO SILICA COMPOSITE FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATION
title_fullStr SYNTHESIS OF POLY (OCTANEDIOL CITRATE) BASED NANO SILICA COMPOSITE FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATION
title_full_unstemmed SYNTHESIS OF POLY (OCTANEDIOL CITRATE) BASED NANO SILICA COMPOSITE FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATION
title_sort synthesis of poly (octanediol citrate) based nano silica composite for biomedical application
publishDate 2021
url http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/20734/1/Abdullahi%20Mahmud_G02926.pdf
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