Accelerated Curing Speed of Ethyl α‐Cyanoacrylate by Polymer with Catecholamine Groups |
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Authors: | Feng Zhang Siwei Liu Yi Zhang Jiarui Xu Yen Wei |
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Institution: | 1. PCFM Lab, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Sun Yat‐sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510275, China;2. Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China |
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Abstract: | Four kinds of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) derivatives with the similar backbone and different side groups have been synthesized successfully. When both catecholamine and double bond are tethered to polymer backbone, i.e., the PEG backbone, simultaneously, the polymer can accelerate the curing speed of ethyl α‐cyanoacrylate (commercially available as 502) greatly under the same conditions (the curing time of such system is no more than 5 s). Probably this is due to the autoxidation of catecholamines. Through the redox‐cycling, catecholamines can produce, collect free radicals, and thus initiate the free radical polymerization. Due to the fast‐curing of such material when mixed with α‐cyanoacrylate, we could design and develop a new bicomponent super bioglue used in the dentistry or other bioenvironment requiring super fast settlement for further surgical operations. |
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Keywords: | catecholamines dopamines radical reactions bioadhesion |
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