Dynamic Mechanical Testing of Novel Polyhydroxyalkanoates

9614304柯林斯将实施对前景看好的新型聚羟基烷酸酯(PHA)进行动态机械测试的计划。DMT提供了有关聚合物结构和功能的详细信息，但通常不应用于PHA性能。将对霍华德新型聚羟基烷酸酯的力学性能进行DMT调查，以评估其工业和医学适用性。再加上聚羟基烷酸酯作为生物材料的前景，PHA是可定制的生物医学聚合物，这意味着更大的潜力。霍华德生物材料研究焦点小组开发了一种新的协议来定制PHA特性。这笔NSF少数民族研究规划补助金为DMT研究和后来全面检查这些新的聚羟基烷酸酯的变形和应用之间的关系提供了基础。***

9614304 Collins A plan for the dynamic mechanical testing (DMT) of the promising new polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA's) will be implemented. DMT provides detailed information on polymer structure and function, but has not typically been applied to PHA properties. A DMT investigation of the mechanical properties of the Howard novel polyhydroxyalkanoates will be conducted to appraise their industrial and medical suitability. Together with the promise of polyhydroxyalkanoates as biomaterials, PHA's are tailorable biomedical polymers, suggesting greater potential. The Howard Biomaterials Research Focus Group has developed a novel protocol to tailor PHA properties. %%% This NSF Minority Research Planning Grant furnishes the basis for DMT study and a later full-scale examination of the relationship between the deformation and application of these new polyhydroxyalkanoates. ***