An international team of researchers led by specialists from Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov proposed a new method for the formation of artificial skin.
Specialists studied the properties of biocompatible self-organizing polymers that form a three-dimensional structure of elastic elements similar to bottle brushes. These elements are connected to each other by rigid glassy nanometer balls.
Knowledge of the physicochemical parameters will make it possible to create materials from these polymers with finely tuned mechanical properties. It can be, say, an analogue of the skin or artificial cartilage.
It is important to note that the technique makes it possible to form materials that are biologically compatible with human tissues. And this opens up the widest possibilities for creating new generation implants.
βHaving studied in detail the structural parameters of the copolymer at different spatial resolutions, scientists have come to understand how it is possible to create materials with desired mechanical properties from triblock copolymers. By setting the necessary properties - elasticity, color, etc. - the proposed model produces a set of parameters similar to the genetic code of living beings. Then this set of parameters is used in the synthesis of triblock copolymers, and as a result of their self-assembly, a material with the necessary properties is formed,β researchers.
It is assumed that in the future the proposed technique will allow the formation of artificial analogues of various tissues of the human body.
Source: 3dnews.ru