Webinar
28.05.2025 – 31.12.2025
On demand: The Use of Capillary Rheometry in the Fabrication of Polymer Scaffolds and Devices for Biomedical Applications
English
Available on demand at any time!

In this webinar, Dr. Sanjeeva Murthy from Rutgers University is talking about the following topic:
Polymers are now widely used for tissue repair and replacement in the form of implantable biomedical scaffolds. Examples include surgical meshes, cardiovascular stents, nerve conduits, and bone regeneration scaffolds and fixation devices; thermal processing is a common denominator in all these applications. This webinar will discuss the capillary rheometer as the ideal tool for assessing the flow properties and Thermal StabilityA material is thermally stable if it does not decompose under the influence of temperature. One way to determine the thermal stability of a substance is to use a TGA (thermogravimetric analyzer). thermal stability and optimizing the process parameters during the development of the compounds; it is especially critically important in the evaluation of degradable polymers with a very narrow processing window. The presentation will also focus on using rheology as a referee in the molecular weight determination of a series of polymers, to produce small diameter fibers for mechanical testing, and filaments for use with 3D printers that run on fusion deposition modeling technology.
Bio of Dr. Sanjeeva Murthy:
Sanjeeva Murthy is an Associate Research Professor at the Laboratory for Biomaterials Research (LBR), Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers University. He is a Material Scientist with expertise in polymers, biomaterials and biological structures. LBR's focus is the development of polymeric materials, characterizing them, and fabricating them into devices, scaffolds for tissue repair and replacement, and biomedical implants. Melt processing and understanding factor that influence melt behavior of polymers being integral part of these activities.
Host: Eric Bennett, NETZSCH Instruments North America, LLC
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