Fabrication and characterisation of melt-extruded chitosan/keratin/PCL/PEG drug-eluting sutures designed for wound healing
Xiaoxuan Deng, Maree Gould, M. Azam Ali
Topics & Concepts
Materials scienceChitosanDifferential scanning calorimetryHaCaTThermogravimetric analysisUltimate tensile strengthPEG ratioFourier transform infrared spectroscopyChemical engineeringDrug deliveryExtrusionKeratinComposite materialNuclear chemistryChemistryNanotechnologyMedicineIn vitroBiochemistryEngineeringPhysicsThermodynamicsEconomicsFinancePathologySurgical Sutures and AdhesivesHemostasis and retained surgical itemsWound Healing and Treatments