Effect of Chitosan Coating on Properties of Polyactic Acid Thread-Embedding Material
Thread-embedding materials buried into acupuncture points to produce a long-time stimulation is a method which has been widely applied in the acupuncture and moxibustion therapies for diseases treating and they should have excellent properties of good biocompatibility,biodegradability and moderate r...
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| Published in | 东华大学学报（英文版） Vol. 34; no. 2; pp. 259 - 261 |
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| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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Key Laboratory of Textile Science & Technology, Ministry of Education, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
30.04.2017
College of Textiles, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China |
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| Summary: | Thread-embedding materials buried into acupuncture points to produce a long-time stimulation is a method which has been widely applied in the acupuncture and moxibustion therapies for diseases treating and they should have excellent properties of good biocompatibility,biodegradability and moderate rigidity.Polyactic acid（PLA） as the thread-embedding material had some shortcomings such as poor hydrophilicity and slowly biodegradable speed.In this paper,PLA thread-embedding material was modified by chitosan coating which could improve rigidity,hydrophilicity and moisture absorption and thus produce better stimulation effect.The variation tendency of diameter,mass,hydrophilicity,and initial modulus of the sample under the change of chitosan coating concentration,coating time and coating times were studied respectively.The results showed that the hydrophilicity,mass,and initial modulus after coating rose in a certain range when the coating time,coating times and coating concentration increased,while the changing of coating had little impact on fiber diameter. |
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| Bibliography: | 31-1920/N Thread-embedding materials buried into acupuncture points to produce a long-time stimulation is a method which has been widely applied in the acupuncture and moxibustion therapies for diseases treating and they should have excellent properties of good biocompatibility,biodegradability and moderate rigidity.Polyactic acid（PLA） as the thread-embedding material had some shortcomings such as poor hydrophilicity and slowly biodegradable speed.In this paper,PLA thread-embedding material was modified by chitosan coating which could improve rigidity,hydrophilicity and moisture absorption and thus produce better stimulation effect.The variation tendency of diameter,mass,hydrophilicity,and initial modulus of the sample under the change of chitosan coating concentration,coating time and coating times were studied respectively.The results showed that the hydrophilicity,mass,and initial modulus after coating rose in a certain range when the coating time,coating times and coating concentration increased,while the changing of coating had little impact on fiber diameter. WEI Huimin1,2, FU Shaoju1,2, ZHANG Peihua1,2（1 Key Laboratory of Textile Science ＆ Technology, Ministry of Education, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China 2 College of Textiles, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China） Polyactic acid （ PLA ） - thread-embedding ; chitosan coating;hydrophilicity; rigidity |
| ISSN: | 1672-5220 |