I know that both polymers are biodegradable, but are they also bioinert? or are they bioactive? as some studies showed that they can deposit HCA layer on their surface upon immersion in SBF while in other studies (including mine), no apatite were formed even after 12 weeks of SBF immersion
Dear Madam, it will be better to say biocompatible polymers, if this terminology is ok for you, than my answer is yes, and in fact they are widely studied and used for applications that requires such a criterium, for drug administration or delivery. Regards
They could be reasonably bioinert as they are polyester. No functional groups are available on the material surface made of PCL or PLA unless they are chemically modified.
Dear all, these polymers can not be bioinert and biodegradable at the same time, otherwise how they are biodegradable without develloping or exchanging interactions with the source provoking degradation, which means no inertness. I think there is a bit of missuse of terminology here. Regards
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