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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2018

Further Theoretical Insight into the Mechanical Properties of Polycaprolactone Loaded with Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Fillers.

Saverio Maietta, Teresa Russo, Roberto De Santis, Dante Ronca, Filomena Riccardi, Michelina Catauro, Massimo Martorelli, Antonio Gloria

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Saverio MaiettaDepartment of Industrial Engineering, Fraunhofer JL IDEAS-University of Naples Federico II, P.le Tecchio 80, 80125 Naples, Italy. smaietta@unina.it.
Teresa RussoInstitute of Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials-National Research Council of Italy, V.le J.F. Kennedy 54-Mostra d'Oltremare Pad. 20, 80125 Naples, Italy. teresa.russo@unina.it.
Roberto De SantisInstitute of Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials-National Research Council of Italy, V.le J.F. Kennedy 54-Mostra d'Oltremare Pad. 20, 80125 Naples, Italy. rosantis@unina.it.
Dante RoncaInstitute of Orthopaedics and Traumathology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Via L. De Crecchio, 2-4, 80138 Naples, Italy. dante.ronca@unicampania.it.
Filomena RiccardiInstitute of Orthopaedics and Traumathology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Via L. De Crecchio, 2-4, 80138 Naples, Italy. mena.riccardi@libero.it.
Michelina CatauroDepartment of Industrial and Information Engineering, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Via Roma 29, 81031 Aversa, Italy. michelina.catauro@unicampania.it.ORCID 0000-0002-4448-6984
Massimo MartorelliDepartment of Industrial Engineering, Fraunhofer JL IDEAS-University of Naples Federico II, P.le Tecchio 80, 80125 Naples, Italy. massimo.martorelli@unina.it.
Antonio GloriaInstitute of Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials-National Research Council of Italy, V.le J.F. Kennedy 54-Mostra d'Oltremare Pad. 20, 80125 Naples, Italy. angloria@unina.it.
National Research Council · ITUniversity of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" · ITUniversity of Naples Federico II · IT

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Abstract

Experimental/theoretical analyses have already been performed on poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) loaded with organic-inorganic fillers (PCL/TiO₂ and PCL/ZrO₂) to find a correlation between the results from the small punch test and Young's modulus of the materials. PCL loaded with Ti2 (PCL = 12, TiO₂ = 88 wt %) and Zr2 (PCL = 12, ZrO₂ = 88 wt %) hybrid fillers showed better performances than those obtained for the other particle composition. In this context, the aim of current research is to provide further insight into the mechanical properties of PCL loaded with sol-gel-synthesized organic-inorganic hybrid fillers for bone tissue engineering. For this reason, theoretical analyses were performed by the finite element method. The results from the small punch test and Young's modulus of the materials were newly correlated. The obtained values of Young's modulus (193 MPa for PCL, 378 MPa for PCL/Ti2 and 415 MPa for PCL/Zr2) were higher than those obtained from a previous theoretical modelling (144 MPa for PCL, 282 MPa for PCL/Ti2 and 310 MPa for PCL/Zr2). This correlation will be an important step for the evaluation of Young's modulus, starting from the small punch test data.

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biomedical applicationscompositescomputer-aided design (CAD)finite element analysis (FEA)mechanical analysisorganic–inorganic hybrid materials

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