Alessandro Cazzolla
Synthesis, characterization and biomimetic functionalization of thermoplastic poly(ester urethane)s.
Rel. Gianluca Ciardelli, Monica Boffito, Arianna Grivet Brancot. Politecnico di Torino, Corso di laurea magistrale in Ingegneria Biomedica, 2021
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Abstract
The design of biomaterials has seen a great increase in recent decades, with the specific aim to overcome the inadequacy of traditional materials in addressing the complexity of therapeutic approaches typical of tissue engineering (TE). Polymeric materials, in particular, are undergoing a significant growth in their use as biomaterials for multiple applications. Indeed, compared to metals and ceramics, polymeric biomaterials present many advantages, that include biocompatibility, biodegradability, good mechanical and physical properties and general resistance to common sterilization methods. Moreover, synthetic polymers and especially poly(urethane)s can be ad-hoc engineered enabling the tuning of their characteristics to fit specific applications, which requirements could not be otherwise met.
In this work, new poly(ester urethane)s, (PUs), based on poly(ε-caprolactone), 1,6-hexamethylene diisocyanate and linear aliphatic chain extenders (i.e., 1,4-butanediol, 1,8-octanediol, 1,12-dodecanediol) have been designed and characterized to investigate the effects of the different chain length of the chain extender on PU physico-chemical properties
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