Abstract
The Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA) is a powerful thermal analysis technique, which allows to detect phase transitions and relaxation processes in a variety of materials. With this technique, the solid-state rheological properties of viscoelastic materials can be characterised over a wide range of temperature and frequencies. This chapter summarizes the principles and the capabilities of the DMA technique focusing on its uses on polymeric-based systems aimed to medical and environmental applications. The examples presented include the materials that have been investigated in our research group in the last few years, such as starch-based blends, proteins, polyethylenes, and composites thereof, among other materials. These newly developed biomaterials are being proposed for a range of biomedicai applications that go from fracture replacement/fixation and tissue engineering scaffolding, to new partially degradable bone cements and hydrogels, carriers for controlled release of drugs and growth factors and new wound dressings and membranes.
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Mano, J.F., Reis, R.L., Cunha, A.M. (2002). Dynamic Mechanical Analysis in Polymers for Medical Applications. In: Reis, R.L., Cohn, D. (eds) Polymer Based Systems on Tissue Engineering, Replacement and Regeneration. NATO Science Series, vol 86. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0305-6_10
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