Scaffolds Materials from Gellan Gum Incorporated Ball Clay as Dressing Materials

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The demand for wound management treatment especially advanced and active wound care products is huge. In this study, the scaffolds were prepared from gellan gum (GG) incorporated ball clay (BC) at different concentrations to investigate their swelling properties, water vapor transmission rates (WVTR), mechanical characteristic and thermal behavior. There are three different concentrations of BC were added into the GG scaffolds which were 5% w/w (GG/BC5), 10% w/w (GG/BC10) and 15% w/w (GG/BC15). Swelling ratio of GG scaffolds were increased upon addition of ball clay, while WVTR values of all scaffolds were decreased in the range of 1081–1164 g m−2 d−1. The mechanical performance results show that the GG/BC10 has the highest compressive stress at break (26 ± 5 MPa) and compressive strain at break (110 ± 21%). For thermal behavior, it shows that the thermal stability of GG scaffolds had improved after the addition of ball clay attributed to the interaction between GG and ball clay. The results show that the GG/BC scaffolds could be a potential candidate to be used as an active wound care product.

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Materials Science Forum (Volume 1023)

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