Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Incorporated

Toshiki Shikata

Yasutoshi Kakizawa

Masao Kamikura

Yoji Imai

The present invention provides a biodegradable expanded material having excellent expandability, moldability, impact resistance, heat resistance and storage stability. The present invention also provides a process for the preparation of the foregoing expanded material. The present invention further provides a laminate of a non-expanded material layer and an expanded material layer prepared from the foregoing expanded material which exhibits excellent impact resistance and heat resistance and an excellent transparency in the non-expanded material even after heat treatment so that a pattern printed on the inner side of the non-expanded material layer can be clearly viewed from the outside. A novel expanded material is provided made of a hydroxycarboxylic acid based polyester having a weight-average molecular weight of from 20,000 to 400,000 comprising as structural units a structural unit derived from hydroxycarboxylic acid, a structural unit derived from molecular weight increasing agent and/or a structural unit derived from polymerization catalyst deactivator.

Expanded material and laminate

The present invention provides a biodegradable material having excellent organic compatibility, moldability, mechanical properties, biodegradability and storage stability which can be used as bone substitute material, material for osteosynthesis, bone filling material, dental material, material having controlled release of chemical, material having controlled release of physiologically active compound or the like and a process for the preparation thereof. A novel biodegradable material is provided, comprising as essential components a lactic acid-based polymer (A) consisting of structural units (a) derived from lactic acid components and polyester structural units (b) derived from dicarboxylic acid components and diol components, the weight ratio of (a)/(b) being from 98/2 to 20/80, and a calcium phosphate-based compound (B), wherein the weight ratio of (A)/(B) is from 99/1 to 30/70. A process for the preparation of such a biodegradable material is also provided.

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Chiba, Japan

Toshiki Shikata