MOLECULAR ENGINEERING STUDIES ON NONTHROMBOGENIC BIOMATERIALS--A NOVEL CLASS OF NONTHROMBOGENIC BIOMATERIALS WITH ZWITTERIONIC STRUCTURE OF CARBOXYBETAINES

N,N-dimethyl-N-methacryloyloxyethyl-N-carboxyethyl ammonium (DMMCA) was graft-copolymerized onto the surface of segmented poly(ether urethane) (SPEU) and PE film. The carboxybetaine structure on SPEU and PE film surfaces was confirmed by ATR-FTIR, XPS and water contact angle measurements. Through the experiments with platelet adhesion and protein adhesion assay in vitro, the two materials studied, including poly-DMMCA gel, all show excellent nonthrombogenicity. This confirms once again that the zwitterionic molecular structure on the surfaces of materials is essential for improving their nonthrombogenicity and biocompatibility.     

Interfacial reinforcement in composites with PPT aramid fiber modified by network-intercalation method

—A novel surface treatment for poly(p-phenylene telephthalamide) (PPTA) fiber is performed with silanes and urethane binder that are usually used as sizes for glass fiber treatment. The PPTA used for the surface treatment is modified by a spinning process to make the gaps between PPTA crystallites open. In this treatment, supercritical carbon dioxide fluid method is used to impregnate the sizing molecules into open gaps in PPTA fiber. After the impregnation, the fiber is heated at 100–170°C to make the gaps close and turn open-gapped fiber to the normal type of PPTA modified with sizes. The interfacial shear strength of fiber to epoxy resin is measured by microdroplet method. The modified PPTA improves the interfacial shear strength by ca. 67% to the interfacial shear strength given by normal PPTA without treatment. Those improvements are 33% without heating, 18% with only silanes, and 12% with only urethane instead of the mixture of silane and urethane. In addition, the fiber strength shows no remarkable decrease after the treatment.     

SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A NOVEL REACTIVE LADDER-LIKE POLYSILSESQUIOXANE WITH LATERAL BROMOPHENYL GROUPS

A novel soluble, reactive ladder-like polysilsesquioxane (L) with lateral bromophenyl groups was synthesized successfully by stepwise coupling polymerization (SCP) method including preaminolysis, hydrolysis and polycondensation steps. The monomer 3-trichlorosilylpropoxy-4-bromobenzene (M) was first prepared via hydrosilylation reaction catalyzed by dicyclopentadienylplatinum (Ⅱ) dichloride (Cp2PtCl2). The title polymer (L) was characterized by ^1H-NMR, ^29Si-NMR,FTIR, X-ray diffraction (XRD), DSC and vapor pressure osmometry (VPO). The experimental results indicate that the polymer (L) possesses a typical ladder-like structure.     

SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A NOVEL REACTIVE OLIGOMERIC LADDERLIKE COPOLYMETHYL-AMINOPROPYL SILSESQUIOXANE

A novel ordered reactive oligomeric ladderlike copolymethyl-aminopropylsilsesquioxane (Me-AP-T), was successfully synthesized by an efficient hydrosilylation graft reaction of 1,1,1-trimethyl-N-2-propenyl-silanamine with a reactive oligomeric |adderlike copolymethyl-hydrosilsesquioxane (Me-H-T), which was prepared by “supramolecular chemistry-dictated stepwise coupling polymerization” process. FT-IR, ^1H- and ^29Si-NMR spectra show that hydrosilylation reaction proceeds completely. Moreover, ^1H-NMR spectra also indicate that both the molar ratios of ≡SiMe group to Si-H and ≡SiMe group to ≡SiPrNH2 are approximately 1:1 respectively based on the ratio of integrated resonance areas of the different groups. XRD analysis and ^29Si-NMR spectra are used for investigating the ladderlike structure of the polymers. A high Tg (128.38℃) of Me-AP-T shown in DSC measurement implies that the ordered reactive Me-AP-T macromolecules have much stiff chains.     

STUDY ON PHOTO-INDUCED ORIENTATION OF A NOVEL PHOTO-ALIGNMENT FILM WITH SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING （SERS） SPECTROSCOPY

Surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectroscopy was first utilized to study the photo-orientation behaviour of the photoreactive groups on a novel photo-alignment film surface and elucidate the generation mechanism of pretilt angle. The novel photo-alignment film was prepared by spin-coating a solution of ladderlike polysiloxane (LPS) bearing dual photoreactive group on an ITO surface and by irradiation with linear-polarized ultraviolet (LPUV) light. A Si-H terminal compound (M) containing an identical photosensitive part has been used to fabricate a model film for SERS investigation.     

H-BONDING SELF-ASSEMBLED TEMPLATE-CONTROLLED SYNTHESIS OF A NOVEL SOLUBLE AND REACTIVE AMIDE-BRIDGED LADDERLIKE POLYHYDROSILOXANE

A novel soluble and reactive amide-bridged ladderlike polyhydrosiloxane （ALPHS） was first synthesized by an amido H-bonding self-assembled template. ALPHS with molecular weight M^-a = 18300 has very highly ordered ladderlike structure, which was confirmed by a sharp resonance absorption peak of [-Si（H）O2/2 ] moiety with the half peak width △1/2 〈 0.5 in^29Si-NMR spectrum. Presence of the reactive Si-H groups gives ALPHS an opportunity to further derive a variety of functional polymers by versatile Si-H reactions such as hydrosilylation, condensation, and so on.