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Title:	The complex behavior of poly(dte) carbonate and its blend properties
Author:	Elvin, Christopher George
View Online:	njit-etd2006-053 (xv, 108 pages ~ 12.6 MB pdf)
Department:	Department of Biomedical Engineering
Degree:	Master of Science
Program:	Biomedical Engineering
Document Type:	Thesis
Advisory Committee:	Jaffe, Michael (Committee chair) Collins, George (Committee member) Lee, Wei-kuo (Committee member)
Date:	2006-05
Keywords:	Poly(dte) carbonate Miscible polymer blends
Availability:	Unrestricted
Abstract:	Over the years a number of different polymers have been studied for bone applications. Polyesters such as the poly lactic acids (PLA), poly glycolic acids (PGA), and their copolymers have been studied intensely for bone regeneration purposes. Poly(DTE)carbonate has been found useful for bone regenerative purposes and is under review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The purpose of this study was to investigate the properties of poly(DTE)carbonate when PLLA, PLGA, and P(LcoDL)LA was blended with it. The desired outcome was to produce miscible polymer blends or significant phase shift in the blended materials which will make them at least partially miscible to each other. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermally stimulated current (TSC) analysis of the material identified temperature regions where complex thermal events were occurring. From the experiments it was determined that at certain temperatures poly(DTE) carbonate dipoles spontaneously rearranges while an electric field is across the polymer. Multiple thermal regions were identified and in some cases there are plasticizing and anti-plasticizing events occurring for the blends.n