ABSTRACT

The area of research of polymeric biomaterials covers a wide range of …elds from basic research to applied research. Due to the development of nanotechnology, biotechnology, and tissue engineering and the technical fusion of polymer sciences in recent years, the …eld of polymeric biomaterial science is expanding rapidly. In vivo compartmentalized organic macromolecules (extracellular matrix [ECM], proteins, polysaccharides, DNA, etc.) play an important role among cellular components, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the living body and functional expression as such

3.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 57 3.2Development of PVA-H.......................................................................................................... 58 3.3Biocompatibility of PVA-H.................................................................................................... 59 3.4Mechanical Properties of PVA-H...........................................................................................60