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Wu Y, Lin T, Santos E, Ahn D, Marson R, Sarker P, Chen X, Gubbels F, Shephard NE, Mohler C, Wei T, Kuo TC, Chen Z. Molecular behavior of silicone adhesive at buried polymer interface studied by molecular dynamics simulation and sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy. SOFT MATTER 2024; 20:4765-4775. [PMID: 38841820 DOI: 10.1039/d4sm00407h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2024]
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Silicones have excellent material properties and are used extensively in many applications, ranging from adhesives and lubricants to electrical insulation. To ensure strong adhesion of silicone adhesives to a wide variety of substrates, silane-based adhesion promotors are typically blended into the silicone adhesive formulation. However, little is known at the molecular level about the true silane adhesion promotion mechanism, which limits the ability to develop even more effective adhesion promoters. To understand the adhesion promotion mechanism of silane molecules at the molecular level, this study has used sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy (SFG) to determine the behavior of (3-glycidoxypropyl)trimethoxy silane (γ-GPS) at the buried interface between poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) and a bulk silicone adhesive. To complement and extend the SFG results, atomistic molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were applied to investigate molecular behavior and interfacial interaction of γ-GPS at the silicone/PET interface. Free energy computations were used to study the γ-GPS interaction in the sample system and determine the γ-GPS interfacial segregation mechanism. Both experiments and simulations consistently show that γ-GPS molecules prefer to segregate at the interface between PET and PDMS. The methoxy groups on γ-GPS molecules orient toward the PDMS polymer phase. The consistent picture of interfacial structure emerging from both simulation and experiment provides enhanced insight on how γ-GPS behaves in the silicone - PET system and illustrates why γ-GPS could improve the adhesion of silicone adhesive, leading to further understanding of silicone adhesion mechanisms useful in the design of silicone adhesives with improved performance.
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- Yuchen Wu
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, MI 48109, USA.
- Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, MI 48109, USA.
- Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, MI 48109, USA
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- The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI 48674, USA
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- The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI 48674, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
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- The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI 48674, USA
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- The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI 48674, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
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- The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI 48674, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, MI 48109, USA.
- Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, MI 48109, USA
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Nagumo R, Suzuki Y, Nakata I, Matsuoka T, Iwata S. Influence of Molecular Structures of Organic Foulants on the Antifouling Properties of Poly(2-methoxyethyl acrylate) and Its Analogs: A Molecular Dynamics Study. ACS Biomater Sci Eng 2023. [PMID: 37354100 DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.3c00532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/26/2023]
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Elucidating the fouling phenomena of polymer surfaces will facilitate the molecular design of high-performance biomedical devices. Here, we investigated the remarkable antifouling properties of two acrylate materials, poly(2-methoxyethyl acrylate) (PMEA) and poly(3-methoxypropionic acid vinyl ester) (PMePVE), which have a terminal methoxy group on the side chain, via molecular dynamics simulations of binary mixtures of acrylate/methacrylate trimers with n-pentane or 2,2-dimethylpropane (neopentane), that serve as the nonpolar organic probe (organic foulants). The second virial coefficient (B2) was determined to assess the aggregation/dispersion properties in the binary mixtures. The order of the B2 values for the trimer/pentane mixtures indicated that the terminal methoxy group of the side chain plays an important role in enhancing the fouling resistance to nonpolar organic foulants. Here, we hypothesized that the antifouling properties of PMEA/PMePVE surfaces originate from the resistance. To evaluate the molecular-level accessibility of organic foulants to acrylate/methacrylate materials, we examined the radial distribution functions (RDFs) of the terminal methyl groups of neopentane around the main chains of the acrylate/methacrylate trimers. As a result, the third distinct RDF peaks are observed only for the methacrylate trimers. The peaks are attributed to the hydrophobic interactions between the methyl group of neopentane and that of the main chain of the trimer. Accordingly, the methyl group of the main chain of methacrylate materials, such as poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) and poly(2-methoxyethyl methacrylate), unfavorably induces fouling with organic foulants. In this study, we clarify that preventing hydrophobic interactions between an organic foulant and polymeric material is essential for enhancing the antifouling property. Our approach has great potential for evaluating the molecular-level affinities of organic foulant with polymer surfaces for the molecular design of excellent antifouling polymeric materials.
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- Ryo Nagumo
- Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8555, Aichi, Japan
- Department of Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8555, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8555, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8555, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8555, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8555, Aichi, Japan
- Department of Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8555, Aichi, Japan
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Shikata K, Kikutsuji T, Yasoshima N, Kim K, Matubayasi N. Revealing the hidden dynamics of confined water in acrylate polymers: Insights from hydrogen-bond lifetime analysis. J Chem Phys 2023; 158:2887576. [PMID: 37125720 DOI: 10.1063/5.0148753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2023] [Accepted: 04/13/2023] [Indexed: 05/02/2023] Open
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Polymers contain functional groups that participate in hydrogen bond (H-bond) with water molecules, establishing a robust H-bond network that influences bulk properties. This study utilized molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to examine the H-bonding dynamics of water molecules confined within three poly(meth)acrylates: poly(2-methoxyethyl acrylate) (PMEA), poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (PHEMA), and poly(1-methoxymethyl acrylate) (PMC1A). Results showed that H-bonding dynamics significantly slowed as the water content decreased. Additionally, the diffusion of water molecules and its correlation with H-bond breakage were analyzed. Our findings suggest that when the H-bonds between water molecules and the methoxy oxygen of PMEA are disrupted, those water molecules persist in close proximity and do not diffuse on a picosecond time scale. In contrast, the water molecules H-bonded with the hydroxy oxygen of PHEMA and the methoxy oxygen of PMC1A diffuse concomitantly with the breakage of H-bonds. These results provide an in-depth understanding of the impact of polymer functional groups on H-bonding dynamics.
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- Kokoro Shikata
- Division of Chemical Engineering, Department of Materials Engineering Science, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Division of Chemical Engineering, Department of Materials Engineering Science, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Division of Chemical Engineering, Department of Materials Engineering Science, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
- Department of Information and Computer Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Toyota College, 2-1 Eiseicho, Toyota, Aichi 471-8525, Japan
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- Division of Chemical Engineering, Department of Materials Engineering Science, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Division of Chemical Engineering, Department of Materials Engineering Science, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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Le TMN, Washizu H. The effect of electric field on the structural order of water molecules around chitosan between nano gold plates determined by molecular dynamics simulations. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:30035-30043. [PMID: 36472444 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp03916h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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In this paper, we classified the types of water in the vicinity of the chitosan polymer and gold plate by applying an electric field of magnitude 1 V Å-1 in various directions at varying temperatures by using molecular dynamics simulation. The three types of water were categorized by analyzing the data through the tetrahedral order method with four water regions separated in the distance from 1 to 6 Å around polymers. The interaction between water molecules and functional groups, such as hydroxyl, ether, and ester, leads to the formation of intermediate and nonfreezing water. Under an electric field, this formation appeared more clearly due to the transformation of liquid water to crystal cubic ice with two structural formations depending on gold plates at a temperature of 300 K. The enhancement of the tetrahedral order of water in cubic ice is related to the existence of a four-fold H-bonded structure and lower ones in the XES experiment.
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- Tue Minh Nhu Le
- Graduate School of Simulation Studies, University of Hyogo, Kobe, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Information Science, University of Hyogo, Kobe, Japan.
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Dargaville BL, Hutmacher DW. Water as the often neglected medium at the interface between materials and biology. Nat Commun 2022; 13:4222. [PMID: 35864087 PMCID: PMC9304379 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-31889-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2022] [Accepted: 07/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Despite its apparent simplicity, water behaves in a complex manner and is fundamental in controlling many physical, chemical and biological processes. The molecular mechanisms underlying interaction of water with materials, particularly polymer networks such as hydrogels, have received much attention in the research community. Despite this, a large gulf still exists in applying what is known to rationalize how the molecular organization of water on and within these materials impacts biological processes. In this perspective, we outline the importance of water in biomaterials science as a whole and give indications for future research directions towards emergence of a complete picture of water, materials and biology.
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- B L Dargaville
- Max Planck Queensland Centre on the Materials Science for Extracellular Matrices, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD 4059, Australia
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- Max Planck Queensland Centre on the Materials Science for Extracellular Matrices, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD 4059, Australia.
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Mabrouk M, Beherei HH, Tanaka Y, Tanaka M. Sol-gel silicate glass doped with silver for bone regeneration: Antibacterial activity, intermediate water, and cell death mode. BIOMATERIALS ADVANCES 2022; 138:212965. [PMID: 35913231 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioadv.2022.212965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2022] [Revised: 05/21/2022] [Accepted: 05/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The hydration state of bioactive glass materials and its relationship with their biocompatibility have been receiving attention. In this research, silver-containing bioactive glasses (BGAgs) (Ag contents of 0.25, 0.5, and 1.0% in the glass system) were developed using the sol-gel method. Their physicochemical properties, size, morphology, and surface area were characterized by conducting X-rays diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area analyses. The surface charges of the developed BGAgs were evaluated using the Nano Zetasizer. Moreover, the antibacterial activities and intermediate water (IW) contents of hydrated BGAgs were determined. Finally, BGAgs disks were tested against osteosarcoma (MG63) cell line to evaluate their death modes. The physicochemical characteristics of the BGAgs revealed no modifications after Ag doping. In comparison, relative changes were recorded in the particle size (20-33 to 16-29 nm), surface area (4.3 to 3.7 m2/g), and particle charge (-24 to -14.6 mV). Doping the current glass system with silver produced impressive amounts of IW, consistent with recorded proliferation rates of the cells when treated with BGAgs. The determined hydration states correlated with other findings in this research might be helpful in predicting and assessing the biological behaviors of BGAgs.
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- Mostafa Mabrouk
- Refractories, Ceramics and Building materials Department, National Research Centre, 33El Bohouth St. (former EL Tahrir St.), Dokki, P.O.12622, Giza, Egypt.
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- Refractories, Ceramics and Building materials Department, National Research Centre, 33El Bohouth St. (former EL Tahrir St.), Dokki, P.O.12622, Giza, Egypt
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, 744, Moto-oka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, 744, Moto-oka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan.
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Fluorine-containing bio-inert polymers: Roles of intermediate water. Acta Biomater 2022; 138:34-56. [PMID: 34700043 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2021.10.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2021] [Revised: 10/06/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Fluorine-containing polymers are used not only in industrial processes but also in medical applications, because they exhibit excellent heat, weather, and chemical resistance. As these polymers are not easily degraded in our body, it is difficult to use them in applications that require antithrombotic properties, such as artificial blood vessels. The material used for medical applications should not only be stable in vivo, but it should also be inert to biomolecules such as proteins or cells. In this review, this property is defined as "bio-inert," and previous studies in this field are summarized. Bio-inert materials are less recognized as foreign substances by proteins or cells in the living body, and they must be covered at interfaces designed with the concept of intermediate water (IW). On the basis of this concept, we present here the current understanding of bio-inertness and unusual blood compatibility found in fluoropolymers used in biomedical applications. IW is the water that interacts with materials with moderate strength and has been quantified by a variety of analytical methods and simulations. For example, by using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) measurements, IW was defined as water frozen at around -40°C. To consider the role of the IW, quantification methods of the hydration state of polymers are also summarized. These investigations have been conducted independently because of the conflict between hydrophobic fluorine and bio-inert properties that require hydrophilicity. In recent years, not many materials have been developed that incorporate the good points of both aspects, and their properties have seldom been linked to the hydration state. This has been critically performed now. Furthermore, fluorine-containing polymers in medical use are reviewed. Finally, this review also describes the molecular design of the recently reported fluorine-containing bio-inert polymers for controlling their hydration state. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: A material covered with a hydration layer known as intermediate water that interacts moderately with other objects is difficult to be recognized as a foreign substance and exhibits bio-inert properties. Fluoropolymers show high durability, but conflict with bio-inert characteristics requiring hydrophilicity as these research studies have been conducted independently. On the other hand, materials that combine the advantages of both hydrophobic and hydrophilic features have been developed recently. Here, we summarize the molecular architecture and analysis methods that control intermediate water and provide a guideline for designing novel fluorine-containing bio-inert materials.
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Le TMN, Van Sang L, Washizu H. Structural order of water molecules around polyrotaxane including PEG, α-cyclodextrin, and α-lipoic acid linker on gold surface by molecular dynamics simulations. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:2176-2184. [PMID: 35006224 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp04487g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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In materials science, water plays an important part, especially at the molecular level. It shows various properties when sorbed onto surfaces of polymers. The structure of the molecular water ensemble in the vicinity of the polymers is under discussion. In this study, we used molecular dynamics methods to analyze the structure of water in the vicinity of the polymer polyrotaxane (PR), composed of α-cyclodextrins (α-CDs), a poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) axial chain, and α-lipoic acid linkers, at various temperatures. The distribution of water around the functional groups, hydrogen bond network, and tetrahedral order were analyzed to classify the various types of water around the polymer. We found that the tetrahedral order of water had a strained relationship from the XES experiment. Four water regions were separated from each other in the vicinity of 1 to 5 Å around PR. The intermediate and non-freezing water were formed due to the interaction between water molecules and the functional groups, such as hydroxyl, ether, and ester.
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- Tue Minh Nhu Le
- Graduate School of Simulation Studies, University of Hyogo, Kobe, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Information Science, University of Hyogo, Kobe, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Information Science, University of Hyogo, Kobe, Japan.
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Yasoshima N, Ishiyama T, Gemmei-Ide M, Matubayasi N. Molecular Structure and Vibrational Spectra of Water Molecules Sorbed in Poly(2-methoxyethylacrylate) Revealed by Molecular Dynamics Simulation. J Phys Chem B 2021; 125:12095-12103. [PMID: 34677976 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c07342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of water sorption in poly(2-methoxyethylacrylate) (PMEA) are carried out to elucidate the hydrogen bonding (H-bonding) structures of the water molecules and the side chains of PMEA. A PMEA model incorporating lone-pair virtual sites on the carbonyl and methoxy oxygens of the side chain of PMEA, which are the key interaction sites in a biocompatible polymer, is newly developed. The PMEA model well reproduces the experimentally observed features in the infrared spectra of the hydrated polymer, as well as the radial distribution function of the water molecules in contact with the polymer, as calculated by ab initio MD simulations. The MD simulation results reveal that water molecules tend to form H-bonds with the carbonyl oxygen and the methoxy oxygen of the side chain of PMEA simultaneously, which enhance the "head-to-tail" stacking structure of the side chains at a low concentration range of water. Further penetration of water into the PMEA structure gradually increases the water-water H-bonding state and promotes the formation of water clusters even below the equilibrium water content.
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- Nobuhiro Yasoshima
- Division of Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, University of Toyama, Toyama 930-8555, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, University of Toyama, Toyama 930-8555, Japan
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- Division of Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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Nagumo R, Matsuoka T, Iwata S. Interactions between Acrylate/Methacrylate Biomaterials and Organic Foulants Evaluated by Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Simplified Binary Mixtures. ACS Biomater Sci Eng 2021; 7:3709-3717. [PMID: 34328711 DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.1c00609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Improving hydrophilicity is a key factor for enhancing the biocompatibility of polymer surfaces. Nevertheless, previous studies have reported that poly(2-methoxyethyl acrylate) (PMEA) surfaces demonstrate markedly better biocompatibility than more hydrophilic poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (PHEMA) surfaces. In this work, the origins of the excellent biocompatibility of the PMEA surface are investigated using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of simplified binary mixtures of acrylate/methacrylate trimers and organic solvents, with n-nonane, 1,5-pentanediol, or 1-octanol serving as the probe organic foulants. The interactions between the acrylate/methacrylate trimers and solvent molecules were evaluated by calculating the radial distribution function (RDF), with the resulting curves indicating that the 2-methoxyethyl acrylate (MEA) trimer has a lower affinity for n-nonane molecules than the 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) trimer. This result agrees with the experimental consensus that the biocompatibility of PMEA surfaces is better than that of PHEMA surfaces, supporting the hypothesis that the affinity between an acrylate/methacrylate trimer and a foulant molecule in a simplified binary mixture is a significant factor in determining a surface's antifouling properties. The RDF curves obtained for the other two solvent systems exhibited behavior that further highlighted the advantages of the PMEA surfaces as biocompatible polymers. In addition, the validity of employing the second virial coefficient (B2) as a predictor of antifouling properties was explored. The order of the B2 values of different binary mixtures indicated that the MEA trimers have the lowest affinities with n-nonane molecules, which confirms that although PMEA is more hydrophobic than PHEMA, it exhibits better biocompatibility. This analysis demonstrates that the MEA's weaker miscibility with nonpolar foulants contributes to the excellent biocompatibility of PMEA. Thus, B2 is a promising criterion for assessing the miscibility between acrylate/methacrylate materials and nonpolar organic foulants, which indicates the potential for predicting the antifouling properties of acrylate/methacrylate polymer materials by evaluating the value of B2.
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- Ryo Nagumo
- Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi 466-8555, Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi 466-8555, Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi 466-8555, Japan
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Mabrouk M, Beherei HH, Tanaka Y, Tanaka M. Investigating the Intermediate Water Feature of Hydrated Titanium Containing Bioactive Glass. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:8038. [PMID: 34360804 PMCID: PMC8348002 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22158038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2021] [Revised: 07/13/2021] [Accepted: 07/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Intermediate water (IW) in hydrated bioactive glasses remains uninvestigated. We obtained titanium (Ti)-containing bioactive glasses (BGTs) (Ti at 5%, 7.5% and 10% of the glass system) using the sol-gel technique. Their thermal, physicochemical, and morphological properties, before and after Ti-doping, were analysed using DTA, XRD, FTIR, TEM, and SEM accessorised with EDAX, and size distribution and zeta potential surface charges were determined using a NanoZetasizer. The IW in hydrated BGTs was investigated by cooling and heating runs of DSC measurements. Moreover, the mode of death in an osteosarcoma cell line (MG63) was evaluated at different times of exposure to BGT discs. Ti doping had no remarkable effect on the thermal, physicochemical, and morphological properties of BGTs. However, the morphology, size, and charges of BGT nano-powders were slightly changed after inclusion of Ti compared with those of BGT0; for example, the particle size increased with increasing Ti content (from 4-5 to 7-28 nm). The IW content was enhanced in the presence of Ti. The mode of cell death revealed the effect of IW content on the proliferation of cells exposed to BGTs. These findings should help improve the biocompatibility of inorganic biomaterials.
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- Mostafa Mabrouk
- Refractories, Ceramics and Building Materials Department, National Research Centre, 33El Bohouth St. (Former EL Tahrir St.), Dokki, Giza P.O. 12622, Egypt; (M.M.); (H.H.B.)
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- Refractories, Ceramics and Building Materials Department, National Research Centre, 33El Bohouth St. (Former EL Tahrir St.), Dokki, Giza P.O. 12622, Egypt; (M.M.); (H.H.B.)
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan;
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan;
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Kuo AT, Urata S, Koguchi R, Sonoda T, Kobayashi S, Tanaka M. Effects of Side-Chain Spacing and Length on Hydration States of Poly(2-methoxyethyl acrylate) Analogues: A Molecular Dynamics Study. ACS Biomater Sci Eng 2021; 7:2383-2391. [PMID: 33979126 DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.1c00388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Hydration states of polymers are known to directly influence the adsorption of biomolecules. Particularly, intermediate water (IW) has been found able to prevent protein adsorption. Experimental studies have examined the IW content and nonthrombogenicity of poly(2-methoxyethyl acrylate) analogues with different side-chain spacings and lengths, which are HPx (x is the number of backbone carbons in a monomer) and PMCyA (y is the number of carbons in-between ester and ether oxygens of the side-chain) series, respectively. HPx was reported to possess more IW content but lower nonthrombogenicity compared to PMCyA with analogous composition. To understand the reason for the conflict, molecular dynamics simulations were conducted to elucidate the difference in the properties between the HPx and PMCyA. Simulation results showed that the presence of more methylene groups in the side chain more effectively prohibits water penetration in the polymer than those in the polymer backbone, causing a lower IW content in the PMCyA. At a high water content, the methoxy oxygen in the shorter side chain of the HPx cannot effectively bind water compared to that in the PMCyA side chain. HPx side chains may have more room to contact with molecules other than water (e.g., proteins), causing experimentally less nonthrombogenicity of HPx than that of PMCyA. In summary, theoretical simulations successfully explained the difference in the effects of side-chain spacing and length in atomistic scale.
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- An-Tsung Kuo
- Innovative Technology Laboratories, AGC Inc., Yokohama 230-0045, Japan
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- Innovative Technology Laboratories, AGC Inc., Yokohama 230-0045, Japan
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- Materials Integration Laboratories, AGC Inc., Yokohama 230-0045, Japan
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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Kuo AT, Urata S, Koguchi R, Sonoda T, Kobayashi S, Tanaka M. Molecular Dynamics Study on the Water Mobility and Side-Chain Flexibility of Hydrated Poly(ω-methoxyalkyl acrylate)s. ACS Biomater Sci Eng 2020; 6:6690-6700. [PMID: 33320637 DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.0c01220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
Intermediate water (IW) is known to play an important role in the antifouling property of biocompatible polymers. However, how IW prevents protein adsorption is still unclear. To understand the role of IW in the antifouling mechanism, molecular dynamics simulation was used to investigate the dynamic properties of water and side-chains for hydrated poly(ω-methoxyalkyl acrylate)s (PMCxA, where x indicates the number of methylene carbons) with x = 1-6 and poly(n-butyl acrylate) (PBA) in this study. Since the polymers uptake more water than their equilibrium water content (EWC) at the polymer/water interface, we analyzed the hydrated polymers at a water content higher than that of EWC. It was found that the water molecules interacting with one polymer oxygen atom (BW1), of which most are IW molecules, in PMC2A exhibit the lowest mobility, while those in PBA and PMC1A show a higher mobility. The result was consistent with the expectation that the biocompatible polymer with a long-resident hydration layer possesses good antifouling property. Through the detailed analysis of side-chain binding with three different types of BW1 molecules, we found that the amount of side-chains simultaneously interacting with two BW1 molecules, which exhibit the highest flexibility among the three kinds of side-chains, is the lowest for PMC1A. The high mobility of BW1 is thus suggested as the main factor for the poor protein adsorption resistance of PMC1A even though it possesses enough IW content and relatively flexible side-chains. Contrarily, a maximum amount of side-chains simultaneously interacting with two BW1 molecules was found in the hydrated PMC3A. The moderate side-chain length of PMC3A allows side-chains to simultaneously interact with two BW1 molecules and minimizes the hydrophobic part attractively interacting with a protein at the polymer/water interface. The unique structure of PMC3A may be the reason causing the best protein adsorption resistance among the PMCxAs.
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Affiliation(s)
- An-Tsung Kuo
- Innovative Technology Laboratories, AGC Inc., Yokohama 230-0045, Japan
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- Innovative Technology Laboratories, AGC Inc., Yokohama 230-0045, Japan
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- Materials Integration Laboratories, AGC Inc., Yokohama 230-0045, Japan
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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P V M, Bhatt A, P R. Glycine integrated zwitterionic hemocompatible electrospun poly(ethylene-co-vinyl alcohol) membranes for leukodepletion. Biomed Phys Eng Express 2020; 6:055019. [DOI: 10.1088/2057-1976/abac8f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Kuo AT, Sonoda T, Urata S, Koguchi R, Kobayashi S, Tanaka M. Elucidating the Feature of Intermediate Water in Hydrated Poly(ω-methoxyalkyl acrylate)s by Molecular Dynamics Simulation and Differential Scanning Calorimetry Measurement. ACS Biomater Sci Eng 2020; 6:3915-3924. [DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.0c00746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- An-Tsung Kuo
- Innovative Technology Laboratories, AGC Inc., Yokohama 221-8755, Japan
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Innovative Technology Laboratories, AGC Inc., Yokohama 221-8755, Japan
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- Materials Integration Laboratories, AGC Inc., Yokohama 230-0045, Japan
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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Tanaka M, Kobayashi S, Murakami D, Aratsu F, Kashiwazaki A, Hoshiba T, Fukushima K. Design of Polymeric Biomaterials: The “Intermediate Water Concept”. BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 2019. [DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20190274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Masaru Tanaka
- Soft Materials Chemistry, Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Build. CE41, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Soft Materials Chemistry, Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Build. CE41, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Soft Materials Chemistry, Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Build. CE41, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Soft Materials Chemistry, Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Build. CE41, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Soft Materials Chemistry, Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Build. CE41, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Frontier Center for Organic Materials, Yamagata University, 4-3-16 Yonezawa, Yamagata 992-8510, Japan
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- Graduate School of Organic Materials Science, Yamagata University, 4-3-16 Yonezawa, Yamagata 992-8510, Japan
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