title: Development of Photocrosslinkable Urethane-Doped Polyester Elastomers for Soft Tissue Engineering.
abstract: Finding an ideal biomaterial with the proper mechanical properties and biocompatibility has been of intense focus in the field of soft tissue engineering. This paper reports on the synthesis and characterization of a novel crosslinked urethane-doped polyester elastomer (CUPOMC), which was synthesized by reacting a previously developed photocrosslinkable poly (octamethylene maleate citrate) (POMC) prepolymers (pre-POMC) with 1,6-hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI) followed by thermo- or photo-crosslinking polymerization. The mechanical properties of the CUPOMCs can be tuned by controlling the molar ratios of pre-POMC monomers, and the ratio between the prepolymer and HDI. CUPOMCs can be crosslinked into a 3D network through polycondensation or free radical polymerization reactions. The tensile strength and elongation at break of CUPOMC synthesized under the known conditions range from 0.73±0.12MPa to 10.91±0.64MPa and from 72.91±9.09% to 300.41±21.99% respectively. Preliminary biocompatibility tests demonstrated that CUPOMCs support cell adhesion and proliferation. Unlike the pre-polymers of other crosslinked elastomers, CUPOMC pre-polymers possess great processability demonstrated by scaffold fabrication via a thermally induced phase separation method. The dual crosslinking methods for CUPOMC pre-polymers should enhance the versatile processability of the CUPOMC used in various conditions. Development of CUPOMC should expand the choices of available biodegradable elastomers for various biomedical applications such as soft tissue engineering.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas at Arlington, USA.
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Richard T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Tran
authors.forename: Dipendra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gyawali
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
keywords: Biodegradable Elastomer; Polyester; Soft Tissue Engineering; Thermo-Crosslinking; UV-Crosslinking
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