Characterization and Cell Culture of a Grafted Chitosan Scaffold for Tissue Engineering

Poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) was grafted to chitosan to form a porous scaffold. The PVA-g-chitosan 3D scaffold was then observed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR). The water absorbency of PVA-g-chitosan was increased 370% by grafting. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) observations of...

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Main Authors: Wen-Chuan Hsieh, Jiun-Jia Liau, Yi-Jhong Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:International Journal of Polymer Science
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/935305