基于聚丙交酯的多嵌段聚氨酯的形状记忆性能和生物相容性

制备了以聚丙交酯(PLA)为软段, 2,4-甲苯二异氰酸酯(TDI)与乙二醇(EG)反应产物为硬段的多嵌段聚氨酯(PLA-PU), 并对其形状记忆效应和生物相容性进行了研究. 形状压缩50%的样品从起始恢复温度(22~37 ℃)开始, 在10 ℃范围内可以恢复到起始形状, 形变恢复率接近100%, 形变恢复力最大值达到1.5~4 MPa. 细胞培养实验结果初步证明PLA-PU的细胞相容性与PLA相当, 因而有可能用作植入形状记忆医疗器械材料.     

低分子量结晶性丙交酯/乙交酯与己内酯/乙交酯共聚物热转变温度的组成与分子量依赖性

以1,4-丁二醇为引发剂、辛酸亚锡为催化剂,通过L-丙交酯(LLA)、乙交酯(GA)、ε-己内酯(CL)的开环共聚,制得了低分子量的端羟基结晶性LLA/GA共聚物(PLLGA)和CL/GA共聚物(PCG),分别以FTIR1、H-NMR、GPC、DSC对其微结构和热转变温度进行了表征,重点考察了其热转变温度的组成、分子量依赖性.结果表明,利用辛酸亚锡/二元醇引发开环聚合,通过改变单体配比和单体/引发剂配比,可方便地调控共聚物的组成和分子量;通过改变共聚物的组成和分子量,可在较宽的范围内调节共聚物的热转变温度,并得到了玻璃化温度和熔点与组成、分子量之间定量的经验关系式.     

液化MDI/PHMA体系形状记忆聚氨酯结构与性能的研究

用聚已二酸已二酯(PHMA)为软段,液化MDI和BDO为硬段,采用两步溶液法合成了具有形状记忆功能的多嵌段聚氨酯,利用DSC,WAXD等测试手段分析了该体系的形态结构,同时讨论了该体系的形状记忆行为、拉伸力学性能及动态力学性能.结果发现,该体系SMPU的硬段以无定形存在,软段具有很好的结晶性能;具有很好的形状记忆性能,形状固定率可达100%,形状回复率在97%以上,回复温度在35~45℃;同时它兼有较高的拉伸强度(约为28~50 MPa)和断裂伸长率(约为900%~1400%);动态力学性能卓越,其室温模量可达279.8 MPa,软段熔融前后模量比可达140.     

有机硅氧烷嵌段共聚物的合成及表征

以不同分量的α,ω-双(γ-氨丙基)聚二甲基硅氧烷预聚物为软段,分别以聚芳 酯、聚酰亚胺为硬段合成了嵌段长短不同及含量不同的聚有机硅氧烷-聚芳酯嵌段共聚物和聚有机硅氧烷-聚酰亚胺嵌段共聚物。     

多嵌段聚醚-酯共混物的微相结构与血液相容性研究

本工作合成了两种性质不同的聚醚-酯多嵌段共聚物,一种是以聚对苯二甲酸乙二酯为硬链段,聚乙二醇(PEGT)为软链段的亲水性多嵌段共聚物,另一种是以聚对苯二甲酸乙二酯为硬链段,聚四亚甲基醚二醇(PTMGT)为软链段的疏水性多嵌段共聚物。将两种共聚物以一定的比例共混,制备多嵌段聚醚-酯共混物。 改变共混物的组成,研究其微相结构与血液相容性的关系。采用动态力学谱(VES)、示差扫描量热(DSC)、透射电镜(TEM)和扫描电镜(SEM)等测定共混物的微观结构,采用微球柱法评价共混物的血液相容性。实验结果表明:材料的微观非均相结构及亲水平衡是决定血液相容性的重要因素。     

聚对苯二甲酸丁二酯-聚四亚甲基醚多嵌段共聚物的研究

合成了硬段含量和软段分子量不同的聚对苯二甲酸丁二酯-聚四亚甲基醚(PBT-PTMG)多嵌段共聚物。研究了硬段含量和软段分子量对嵌段共聚合过程的影响。当软段分子量较大、硬段含量较高时,在嵌段共缩聚过程中有均聚物伴生。当软段分子量在2000左右,硬段含量在20％左右时,基本上不生成均聚物。硬段重量含量为 20％的低硬段 PBT-PTMG多嵌段共聚物是结晶的。由它纺成的弹体纤维有良好的力学性能和弹性回复。热处理能改进纤维的弹性回复。     

聚酯-聚酯多嵌段共聚物的合成及其动态力学性能

聚酯-聚醚多嵌段共聚物的动态力学性能谱上有两个T_8,不宜做阻尼材料。本文报道聚对苯二甲酸乙二醇酯(PET)-端羟基聚己二酸乙二醇酯(PEA)共聚物(简称嵌段共聚酯),比聚醚-聚酯多嵌段共聚物有更好的相容性。我们研究了PEA的分子量,间苯二甲酸的用量对嵌段共聚酯的结晶度,以及结晶度对嵌段共聚酯的动态力学性能的影响。     

聚酯-聚醚多嵌段共聚物的共聚改性

高硬段含量和高软段分子量的聚酯-聚醚多嵌段共聚物有明显的组成不均一性,可分离出大量高熔点的氯仿不溶组份.通过和5mol%间苯二甲酸二甲酯(DMI)共聚,可改进其表观组成均一性,得到不含氯仿不溶物和力学性能优良的硬段含量为40wt%、软段分子量为4000的聚对苯二甲酸乙二酯-聚乙醇醚多嵌段共聚物(PET-PEG).另一合成途径是以间苯二甲酸(IPA)酸解 PET,再和端羟基聚乙二醇醚共缩聚,也可制得相应的改性 PET-PEG.降低聚醚分子量可以有效地改进其组成均一性.     

[-PPO-PDMS-PHS-]n三元多嵌段共聚物的形态结构和性能

利用DMA, TEM和SAXS对以聚苯醚(PPO)为硬段、聚对羟基苯乙烯(PHS)为半硬段和聚二甲基硅氧烷(PDMS)为软段的三元多嵌段共聚物[-PPO-PDMS-PHS-]n以三种嵌段相容相为连续相, PPO与PHS的相容相和PDMS相为两种分散相, 其tan δ随温度变化曲线在-100℃至200℃一直是一很高的平台, 并具有优异的力学性能, 较好地解决了含有机硅类嵌段共聚物强度低的弱点, 同时又保留了嵌段共聚物微相分离的特性。     

从端乙酰氧基聚醚合成聚酯-聚醚多嵌段共聚物

研究了从端乙酰氧基聚醚代替端羟基聚醚合成聚对苯二甲酸乙二酯-聚四亚甲基醚多嵌段共聚物的新途径。探讨了其嵌段共聚合反应过程。所合成的嵌段共聚物是性能优良的热塑弹性体。     

Effect of comonomer on thermal/mechanical and shape memory property of L‐lactide‐based shape‐memory copolymers

In this study, three kinds of L ‐lactide‐based copolymers, poly(lactide‐co‐glycolide) (PLGA), poly(lactide‐co‐p‐dioxanone) (PLDON) and poly(lactide‐co‐caprolactone) (PLC), were synthesized by the copolymerization of L ‐lactide (L) with glycolide (G), or p‐dioxanone (DON) or ε‐caprolactone (CL), respectively. The copolymers were easily soluble in common organic solvents. The compositions of the copolymers were determined by ¹H‐NMR. Thermal/mechanical and shape‐memory properties of the copolymers with different comonomers were compared. Moreover, the effect of the chain flexibility of the comonomers on thermal/mechanical and shape‐memory properties of the copolymers were investigated. The copolymers with appropriate lactyl content showed good shape‐memory properties where both the shape fixity rate (R_f)and the shape recovery rate (R_r) could exceed 95%. It was found that the comonomers with different flexible molecular chain have different effects on their thermal/mechanical and shape‐memory properties. Among them, PLGA has the highest mechanical strength and recovery rate while PLC copolymer has high recovery rate when the lactyl content exceeded 85% and the lowest transition temperature (T_trans). Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Biodegradable shape‐memory polymer—polylactide‐co‐poly(glycolide‐co‐caprolactone) multiblock copolymer

In this study, biodegradable shape‐memory polymers—polylactide‐co‐poly(glycolide‐co‐caprolactone) multiblock (PLAGC) copolymers—were synthesized by the coupling reaction of both macrodiols of polylactide (PLLA‐diol) and poly(glycolide‐co‐caprolactone) (PGC‐diol) in the presence of 1,6‐hexanediisocyanate as coupling agent. The copolymers formed were found to be thermoplastic and easily soluble in common solvents. The compositions of the copolymers were determined by ¹H‐NMR and the influences of segment lengths and contents of both macrodiols on the properties of the PLAGC copolymers were investigated. It was found that the copolymers had adjustable mechanical properties which depended on contents and segment lengths of both macrodiols. The copolymers showed such good shape‐memory properties that the strain fixity rate (R_f) and the strain recovery rate (R_r) exceed 90%. By means of adjusting the compositions of the copolymers, PLAGC copolymers with transition temperatures around 45°C could be obtained. The degradation rate determination showed that the PLAGC copolymers have fast degradation rates, the mechanical strengths of the PLAGC copolymers would be completely lost within 1–2 months depending on molecular weights and contents of the both segments of PLLA and PGC. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Study on poly(ε‐caprolactone)‐based shape memory copolymer fiber prepared by bulk polymerization and melt spinning

In this paper, a poly(ε‐caprolactone) (PCL)‐based shape memory polyurethane fiber was prepared by melt spinning. The shape memory switching temperature was the melting transition temperature of the soft segment phase mainly composed of PCL at 47°C. The mechanical properties especially shape memory effect were explicitly characterized by thermomechanical cyclic tensile testing. The results suggest that the prepared fiber has shape memory effects. The prepared 40 denier shape memory fiber had a tenacity of about 1.0 cN/dtex, and strain at break 562–660%. The shape fixity ratio reached 84% and the recovery ratio reached 95% under drawing at high temperature and thermal recovery testing.¹ Finally, the fiber thermal/mechanical properties were measured using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA). Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Novel interpenetrating networks with shape‐memory properties

Novel polyesterurethane/poly(ethylene glycol) dimethacrylate (PEGDMA) interpenetrating networks (IPNs) with good shape‐memory properties were synthesized using solvent casting method. The star‐shaped oligo[(rac‐lactide)‐co‐glycolide] was coupled with isophorone diisocyanate to form a polyesterurethane network (PULG), and PEGDMA was photopolymerized to form another polyetheracrylate network. IPNs were transparent and gel content exceeded 92%. The values of strain fixity rate and strain recovery rate were above 93%. PULG and PEGDMA networks in IPNs were amorphous and did not show any characteristic diffraction peaks in X‐ray diffraction spectra. Only one glass transition temperature (T_g) of the IPNs between T_g of PEGDMA and PULG was observed, which was proportional to PEGDMA content. PULG and PEGDMA networks were miscible when PEGDMA content was below 50 wt %. The hydrophilicity, transition temperatures, and mechanical properties of IPNs could be conveniently adjusted through variation of network compositions to match the promising potential clinical or medical applications. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 45: 768–775, 2007     

Synthesis and properties of shape memory polymers of LLA,TMC, and ε‐CL terpolymers

Biodegradable polylactide (PLA) and its copolymers with shape memory properties have attracted great interests because of their important application prospects in biomedical field. In this study, random poly(L‐lactide‐co‐trimethylene carbonate‐co‐ε‐caprolactone) (LTCL) terpolymers with different molar ratio were synthesized and characterized. Monomer ε‐caprolactone (ε‐CL) was used in this study instead of glycolide in preliminary study of LTG terpolymers to investigate the transition temperature and the shape memory performance. Characterization on crystallization, mechanical properties, shape fixing, and recovery ratios of the terpolymers was conducted to investigate the correlation between crystallization and shape memory performance of LTCL terpolymers. The results are consistent with the formation of crystallized LLA segments, which could act as crosslinks, strengthened the stationary phase within the polymer matrix, and significantly improved the shape memory performance of LTCL terpolymers. For example, LTCL801010 is a crystalline polymer with high shape fixity and shape recovery ratio; its shape recovery temperature is 39°C. LTCL terpolymers with high CL content do not show shape memory performance for the rubbery at room temperature. Based on this study, PLA materials with shape memory property can be designed through the selection of monomers or the adjustment of comonomer ratio. These polymers with recovery temperature close to 37°C are expected to be used in human body such as scaffolds in tissue engineering.     

Shape‐memory effect in hyperbranched poly(ethyleneimine)‐modified epoxy thermosets

A series of shape‐memory epoxy thermosets were synthesized by crosslinking diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A with mixtures of commercially available hyperbranched poly(ethyleneimine) and polyetheramine. Thermal, mechanical and shape‐memory properties were studied and the effect on them of the content and structure of the hyperbranched polymer was discussed. Measurements showed that the glass transition temperature can be tailored from 60 °C to 117 °C depending on the hyperbranched polymer content, and all formulations showed an appropriate glassy/rubbery storage modulus ratio. Shape‐memory programming was carried out at TgE′ given the excellent mechanical properties of the materials, with maximum stress and failure strain up to 15 MPa and 60%, respectively. The resulting shape‐memory behavior was excellent, with maximum shape recovery and shape fixity of 98% as well as a fast shape‐recovery rate of 22%/min. The results show that hyperbranched poly(ethyleneimine) as a crosslinking agent can be used to enhance mechanical and shape‐memory properties with different effects depending on the crosslinking density. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2015 , 53, 924–933     

Poly(urethane-oxazolidone): Synthesis, characterisation and shape memory properties

Poly(urethane-oxazolidone) were synthesized by reacting isocyanate-terminated oxazolidone with hydroxy-telechelic poly(tetramethylene oxide) (PTMO). The molar ratios of the reactants were varied to get polymers of varying oxazolidone and urethane compositons. The polymers were characterized by DSC, FTIR, XRD, dynamic mechanical thermal analysis and chemical analyses. An increase in the concentration of urethane and oxazolidone groups caused a decrease in tensile strength and elongation of the poly(urethane-oxazolidone). The polymers possessed crystallites of PTMO whose melting transition temperature decreased on enhancing the oxazolidone concentration. The polymers exhibited thermo-responsive shape memory properties, which was confirmed and quantified by cyclic tensile tests. The influence of oxazolidone modification and the consequent soft/hard segment variation on the thermal, mechanical, dynamic-mechanical and shape recovery properties of the resultant polymers was investigated. The oxazolidone moities conferred enhanced shape recovery and shape fixity to the polyurethane.     

Shape memory effect and reversible phase crystallization process in SMPU ionomer

It is the first attempt to reveal the effect of reversible phase crystallization process on shape memory effect in shape memory polyurethane (PU) ionomer. Thereof the cyclic tensile testing was conducted with various cooling time to fix the temporary deformation for assessing shape memory function. The crystallization process of the reversible phase, poly (ε‐caprolactone) (PCL) in shape memory PU ionomers composed of different ionic group contents, 1,4‐butanediol, 4,4′‐methylenebis(phenyl isocyanate) and PCL, was investigated by using isothermal crystallization kinetics under the thermal routine similar to that for the cyclic tensile testing. The results demonstrate that the ionic groups within hard segments significantly slow down the crystal growth of the reversible phase. When the physical crosslink is strong enough, the crystallization rate would be a predominant factor determining the shape fixity ratio after various cooling time. Instead, when physical crosslink is weakening, the influence of crystallization rate is much less on the cooling time dependence of fixity. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Parameters affecting transition temperatures of poly(lactic acid‐co‐polydiols) copolymer‐based polyester urethanes and their shape memory behavior

A series of polyester urethanes (PEUs) comprising poly(lactic acid‐co‐polydiol) copolymers as a soft segment, 4,4′‐diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI) and 1,4‐butanediol (BDO) as a hard segment were systematically synthesized. Soft segments, which were block copolymers of L ‐lactide (LA) and polydiols such as poly(ethylene glycol) and poly(trimethylene ether glycol), were prepared via ring opening polymerization. Glass transition temperatures (T_g) of the obtained PEUs were found strongly dependent on properties of copolymer soft segments. By simply changing composition ratio, type and molecular weight of polydiols in the soft segment preparation step, T_g of PEU can be varied in the broad range of 0–57°C. The synthesized PEUs exhibited shape memory behavior at their transition temperatures. PEUs with hard segment ratio higher than 65 mole percent showed good shape recovery. These findings suggested that it is important to manipulate molecular structure of the copolymer soft segment for a desirable transition temperature and design optimal soft to hard segment ratio in PEU for good shape recovery. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.