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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 30.
Published in final edited form as: J Orthop Translat. 2014 Apr 5;2(3):118–130. doi: 10.1016/j.jot.2014.03.004

Table 2.

Synthesized polymer coatings for magnesium and magnesium alloys.

Reference Mg/Mg alloys Polymers
Xu and Yamamoto [104] Mg PLLA, PCL
Chen et al. [9] Mg PLLA, PCL
Li et al. [113] Mg–6Zn PLGA
Lu et al. [162] AZ81 PLLA, PLGA
Zomorodian et al. [163] AZ31 PEI, diethylene triamine, HA
Scharnagl et al. [121] AZ31 PEI
Truong et al. [164] Mg–Mn alloy Polypyrrole
Yfantis et al. [165] AZ31 Polyacrylic–polypyrrole
Wang et al. [166] Mg–Zn–Mn PTMC
Liu et al. [167] WE43 Chitosan, PSS, polyelectrolyte
Adden [168] Mg + rare earth elements Polyphosphazene

PLLA = poly-l-lactic acid; PCL = poly(ε-caprolactone); PLGA = poly(lactide-co-glycolide); PEI = poly(ether imide); PTMC = poly(1,3-trimethylene carbonate); PSS = poly(styrene sulfonate).