title: Recent results on functional polymers and macromonomers of interest as biomaterials or for biomaterial modification.
abstract: Different families of functionalized polymers with potential as biomaterials, or for biomaterial modification, have been investigated. In particular, degradation studies have been performed on poly(amidoamines), a family of polymers obtained by polyaddition of amines to bisacrylamides, and endowed with heparin-complexing ability. Some new poly(amidoamines) with more resistance towards hydrolytic degradation than traditional ones have been discovered. Other ter-amino polymers deriving from the polyaddition of ter-amino functionalized bis-thiols to bis-acrylic esters, or other activated unsaturated compounds, have been studied. Their quaternarization products have been proven, in a parallel work, to act as powerful antimicrobial agents. By performing in situ the polyaddition reaction, semi-interpenetrated networks based on silicone rubber and the same polymers have been prepared. Finally, end-functionalized amphiphilic oligomers have been prepared by radical polymerization techniques, and their use for enzyme modification considered.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica e Fisica per i Materiali, Università di Brescia, Italy.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ferruti
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ranucci
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sartore
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bignotti
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Marchisio
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bianciardi
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Veronese
mesh_terms: D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000737:chemistry*; D011073:Polyamines / Q000737:chemistry; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D011073:Polyamines; D011108:Polymers