Jacob Abdelfatah Ndioubnane

Dr. Jacob Abdelfatah Ndioubnane

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Academic Career Length

6Years (2021-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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10 May 2021 in Materials
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JNJacob Abdelfatah Ndioubnane
Jacob Abdelfatah Ndioubnane
Rubén PazRubén Paz
Rubén Paz
MDMaría Elena Alemán Domínguez
María Elena Alemán Domínguez
MMMario Monzon
Mario Monzon
RDRicardo Donate
Ricardo Donate
GWGabriel Winter
Gabriel Winter
The degradation rate of polycaprolactone (PCL) is a key issue when using this material in Tissue Engineering or eco-friendly packaging sectors. Although different PCL-based composite materials have been suggested in the literature and extensively tested in terms of processability by material extrusion additive manufacturing, little attention has been paid to the influence of the fillers on the mechanical properties of the material during degradation. This work analyses the possibility of tuning the degradation rate of PCL-based filaments by the introduction of microcrystalline cellulose into the polymer matrix. The enzymatic degradation of the composite and pure PCL materials were compared in terms of mass loss, mechanical properties, morphology and infrared spectra. The results showed an increased degradation rate of the composite material due to the presence of the filler (enhanced interaction with the enzymes). Additionally, a new numerical method for the prediction of the degraded geometry was developed. The method, based on the Monte Carlo Method in an iterative process, adjusts the degradation probability according to the exposure of each discretized element to the degradation media. This probability is also amplified depending on the corresponding experimental mass loss, thus allowing a good fit to the experimental data in relatively few iterations.