Biodegradable Elastomeric Networks: Highly Efficient Cross-Linking of Poly(trimethylene carbonate) by Gamma Irradiation in the Presence of Pentaerythritol Triacrylate

Bat, Erhan and Feijen, Jan and Grijpma, Dirk W. (2010) Biodegradable Elastomeric Networks: Highly Efficient Cross-Linking of Poly(trimethylene carbonate) by Gamma Irradiation in the Presence of Pentaerythritol Triacrylate. Biomacromolecules, 11 (10). pp. 2692-2699. ISSN 1525-7797

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Abstract:	Biodegradable elastomeric poly(trimethylene carbonate) (PTMC) networks were efficiently formed by gamma irradiating the linear polymer in the presence of pentaerythritol triacrylate (PETA). The properties of networks formed upon irradiation of PTMC films containing (0, 1, 5 wt %) PETA as a cross-linking aid were evaluated. The gel contents and network densities increased with increasing PETA contents, irradiation dose, and initial polymer molecular weights. At a dose of 25 kGy, networks with gel fractions up to 0.96 could be obtained. The networks were noncytotoxic, had elastic moduli below 10.7 MPa and high tensile strengths of up to 37.7 MPa. The incorporation of PETA also improved the resistance to creep and to tear propagation significantly, resulting in permanent set values that were as low as 0.9% strain and tear strengths up to 9.3 ± 2.0 N/mm. Furthermore, the enzymatic erosion rates of the networks could be decreased from 12.0 ± 2.9 to 3.0 ± 1.6 μm/day. These biodegradable elastomeric PTMC networks may be utilized in a broad range of medical applications
Item Type:	Article
Copyright:	© 2010 American Chemical Society
Faculty:	Science and Technology (TNW)
Research Group:	Molecular Nanofabrication (MNF) Polymer Chemistry and BioMaterials (PBM) Biomaterials Science and Technology (BST)
Link to this item:	http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/76324
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bm1007234
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