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Wang R, Ma Y, Chen P, Sun L, Liu Y, Gao C. A double network conductive gel with robust mechanical properties based on polymerizable deep eutectic solvent. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.130349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Peng W, Lu X, Wu J, Wang Y, Zhu X, Ouyang H, Li L, Wu J, Liu Y, Bao J. Autoclaving pHEMA-Based Hydrogels Immersed in Deionized Water has No Effect on Physicochemical Properties and Cell Behaviors. ACS OMEGA 2022; 7:32038-32045. [PMID: 36120001 PMCID: PMC9475621 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c03096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2022] [Accepted: 07/21/2022] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
Abstract
Hydrogels based on poly-(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (pHEMA) have been widely used as biomaterials in tissue engineering due to their biocompatibility, hydrophilicity, and low friction coefficient. The terminal sterilization of hydrogels is a critical step in clinical applications. However, regulations and standardization for the sterilization of hydrogels based on pHEMA are still lacking. In this study, we explored six sterilization methods on pHEMA-based materials (A1: pHEMA, A2: pHEMA copolymerizes with acrylic acid, and A3: pHEMA copolymerizes with acrylic acid and further coordinated with iron ions), such as gamma irradiation, 75% ethanol, ultraviolet (UV), ethylene oxide (EtO), and autoclaving with or without deionized water (autoclaving-H2O or autoclaving-dry). Combining results from the multifaceted approaches with assessment, pHEMA-based hydrogels can be completely sterilized via the autoclaving-H2O method analyzed by sterilized testing. The physicochemical properties and cell behavior of sterilized hydrogels were not influenced by this sterilization approach, validated by Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy and tensile tests. The pHEMA-based hydrogel sterilized by the autoclaving-H2O method also had no effect on the cell behavior evaluated by in vitro cytotoxicity experiments and caused no evident inflammatory reaction in tissue in vivo implantation experiments. However, it was also found that there were still some defects in the A2 and A3 groups as biomaterials possibly because of an inappropriate proportion of formulations or raw material used in exploring sterilization methods. These findings have implications for the improvement and clinical application of pHEMA-based hydrogels.
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Affiliation(s)
- Wanliu Peng
- Institute
of Clinical Pathology, Key Laboratory of Transplant Engineering and
Immunology, NHC, West China Hospital, Sichuan
University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China
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- Department
of Laboratory Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China
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- Department
of Plastic and Burn Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China
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- College
of Chemistry and Materials Science, Sichuan
Normal University, Chengdu 610068, Sichuan Province, China
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- Institute
of Clinical Pathology, Key Laboratory of Transplant Engineering and
Immunology, NHC, West China Hospital, Sichuan
University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China
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- College
of Chemistry and Materials Science, Sichuan
Normal University, Chengdu 610068, Sichuan Province, China
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- Institute
of Clinical Pathology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China
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- College of
Polymer Science & Materials, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials
Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, Sichuan Province, China
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- Department
of Plastic and Burn Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China
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- Institute
of Clinical Pathology, Key Laboratory of Transplant Engineering and
Immunology, NHC, West China Hospital, Sichuan
University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China
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Serpico L, Dello Iacono S, De Stefano L, De Martino S, Battisti M, Dardano P, Pedatella S, De Nisco M. pH-sensitive release of antioxidant Se-glycoconjugates through a flexible polymeric patch. Eur Polym J 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2022.111486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Utilizing a degradation prediction pathway system to understand how a novel methacrylate derivative polymer with flipped external ester groups retains physico-mechanical properties following esterase exposure. Dent Mater 2022; 38:251-265. [PMID: 34933759 PMCID: PMC8828700 DOI: 10.1016/j.dental.2021.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2021] [Revised: 08/25/2021] [Accepted: 12/08/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE The region of failure for current methacrylates (i.e. derivatives of acrylates) are ester bond linkages that hydrolyze in the presence of salivary and bacterial esterases that break the polymer network backbone. This effect decreases the mechanical properties of methacrylate-based materials. METHODS The ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGDMA) or novel ethylene glycol ethyl methacrylate (EGEMA) discs were prepared using 40 µL of the curing mixture containing photo/co-initiators for 40 s in a PTFE mold at 1000 mW/cm2. The degree of conversion was used as a quality control measure for the prepared discs, followed by physical, mechanical, and chemical characterization of discs properties before and after cholesterol esterase treatment. RESULTS After 9 weeks of standardized cholesterol esterase (CEase) exposure, EGDMA discs showed exponential loss of material (p = 0.0296), strength (p = 0.0014) and increased water sorption (p = 0.0002) compared to EGEMA discs. We integrated a degradation prediction pathway system to LC/MS and GC/MS analyses to elucidate the degradation by-products of both EGEMA and EGDMA polymers. GC/MS analysis demonstrated that the esterase catalysis was directed to central polymer backbone breakage, producing ethylene glycol, for EGDMA, and to side chain breakage, producing ethanol, for EGEMA. The flipped external ester group linkage design is attributed to EGEMA showing higher resistance to esterase biodegradation and changes in mechanical and physical properties than EGDMA. SIGNIFICANCE EGEMA is a potential substitute for common macromer diluents, such as EGDMA, based on its resistance to biodegradation effects. This work inspires the flipped external group design to be applied to analogs of current larger, hydrophobic strength bearing macromers used in future dental material formulations.
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Development and characterization of azadirachta indica gum-poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) crosslinked co-polymeric hydrogels for drug delivery applications. Chem Phys Lett 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2022.139401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Kumar D, Ghose D, Bolskar RD, Mutreja I, Jones RS. A novel methacrylate derivative polymer that resists bacterial cell-mediated biodegradation. J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater 2021; 110:991-1000. [PMID: 34855282 DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.34972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2021] [Revised: 11/02/2021] [Accepted: 11/16/2021] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
Abstract
This study tests biodegradation resistance of a custom synthesized novel ethylene glycol ethyl methacrylate (EGEMA) with ester bond linkages that are external to the central polymer backbone when polymerized. Ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGDMA) with internal ester bond linkages and EGEMA discs were prepared in a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) mold using 40 μl macromer and photo/co-initiator mixture cured for 40 s at 1000 mW/cm2 . The discs were stored in the constant presence of Streptococcus mutans (S. mutans) in Todd Hewitt Yeast + Glucose (THYE+G) media up to 9 weeks (n = 8 for each macromer type) and physical/mechanical properties were assessed. Initial measurements EGEMA versus EGDMA polymer discs showed equivalent degree of conversion (45.69% ± 2.38 vs. 46.79% ± 4.64), diametral tensile stress (DTS; 8.12± 2.92 MPa vs. 6.02 ± 1.48 MPa), and low subsurface optical defects (0.41% ± 0.254% vs. 0.11% ± 0.074%). The initial surface wettability (contact angle) was slightly higher (p ≤ .012) for EGEMA (62.02° ± 3.56) than EGDMA (53.86° ± 5.61°). EGDMA showed higher initial Vicker's hardness than EGEMA (8.03 ± 0.88 HV vs. 5.93 ± 0.69 HV; p ≤ .001). After 9 weeks of S. mutans exposure, EGEMA (ΔDTS-1.30 MPa) showed higher resistance to biodegradation effects with a superior DTS than EGDMA (ΔDTS-6.39 MPa) (p = .0039). Visible and scanning electron microscopy images of EGEMA show less surface cracking and defects than EGDMA. EGDMA had higher loss of material (18.9% vs. 8.5%, p = .0009), relative changes to fracture toughness (92.5% vs. 49.2%, p = .0022) and increased water sorption (6.1% vs. 1.9%, p = .0022) compared to EGEMA discs. The flipped external ester group linkage design is attributed to EGEMA showing higher resistance to bacterial degradation effects than an internal ester group linkage design methacrylate.
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- Dhiraj Kumar
- Department of Surgical and Developmental Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Surgical and Developmental Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Minnesota Dental Research Center for Biomaterials and Biomechanics, Department of Restorative Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Surgical and Developmental Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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Samiei M, Fathi M, Barar J, Fathi N, Amiryaghoubi N, Omidi Y. Bioactive hydrogel-based scaffolds for the regeneration of dental pulp tissue. J Drug Deliv Sci Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jddst.2021.102600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Narasimhan BN, Deijs GS, Manuguri S, Ting MSH, Williams MAK, Malmström J. A comparative study of tough hydrogen bonding dissipating hydrogels made with different network structures. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2021; 3:2934-2947. [PMID: 36134190 PMCID: PMC9419215 DOI: 10.1039/d1na00103e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2021] [Accepted: 03/26/2021] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
Abstract
Hydrogels are excellent soft materials to interface with biological systems. Precise control and tunability of dissipative properties of gels are particularly interesting in tissue engineering applications. In this work, we produced hydrogels with tunable dissipative properties by photopolymerizing a second polymer within a preformed cross-linked hydrogel network of poly(acrylamide). We explored second networks made with different structures and capacity to hydrogen bond with the first network, namely linear poly(acrylic acid) and branched poly(tannic acid). Gels incorporating a second network made with poly(tannic acid) exhibited excellent stiffness (0.35 ± 0.035 MPa) and toughness (1.64 ± 0.26 MJ m-3) compared to the poly(acrylic acid) counterparts. We also demonstrate a strategy to fabricate hydrogels where the dissipation (loss modulus) can be tuned independently from the elasticity (storage modulus) suitable for cell culture applications. We anticipate that this modular design approach for producing hydrogels will have applications in tailored substrates for cell culture studies and in load bearing tissue engineering applications.
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- Badri Narayanan Narasimhan
- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand
- MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology 6140 Wellington New Zealand
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand
- MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology 6140 Wellington New Zealand
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand
- MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology 6140 Wellington New Zealand
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand
- MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology 6140 Wellington New Zealand
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- MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology 6140 Wellington New Zealand
- School of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University PN461, Private Bag 11222 Palmerston North 4442 New Zealand
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand
- MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology 6140 Wellington New Zealand
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Vignesh V, Stafslien S, Evans M, Wise K, Marmo A, Tonks M, Brennan A. Comparative analysis of two isocyanate-free urethane-based gels for antifouling applications. BIOFOULING 2021; 37:131-144. [PMID: 33730945 DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2020.1870679] [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: 10/16/2020] [Revised: 12/21/2020] [Accepted: 12/28/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
Amphiphilic gels consisting of acrylamide (AAM)/2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA), hexafluorobutyl methacrylate (HFBMA) and non-isocyanate urethane dimethacrylate (NIUDMA) of varying molecular weights were compared. A three-level Taguchi analysis was performed using the amount of AAM/HEMA, HFBMA, NIUDMA and reaction time as dependent variables to determine the optimal formulation of the gels with maximized toughness and elastic modulus. The results were compared with commercial AF/FR Intersleek® coatings (IS 700, IS 900 and IS 1100SR) for their antifouling performance against a marine microalga (Navicula incerta), a marine bacterium (Cellulophaga lytica) and adult barnacles (Amphibalanus amphitrite). The toughness, elastic modulus and strain at break of the optimized AAM gels ranged from 3 to7 MPa, 25 to 72 MPa and 80% to 170%, respectively, whereas those of the optimized HEMA gels ranged from 1 to 3 MPa, 13 to 23 MPa and 76% to 160%, respectively. The gels, particularly AHN(E9) and HHN(E12), showed reductions of attachment compared with IS700 of up to 93% and 58%, respectively.
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- Vishal Vignesh
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- Department of Coatings and Polymeric Materials, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Texas A & M University, Texas, College Station, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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Wei W, Li H, Yin C, Tang F. Research progress in the application of in situ hydrogel system in tumor treatment. Drug Deliv 2020; 27:460-468. [PMID: 32166987 PMCID: PMC7144265 DOI: 10.1080/10717544.2020.1739171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2020] [Revised: 03/01/2020] [Accepted: 03/02/2020] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
Abstract
The in situ hydrogel drug delivery system is a hot research topic in recent years. Combining both properties of hydrogel and solution, in situ hydrogels can provide many advantages for drug delivery application, including easy application, high local drug concentration, prolonged drug retention time, reduced drug dose in vivo, good biocompatibility and improved patient compliance, thus has potential in tumor treatment. In this paper, the related literature reports in recent years were reviewed to summarize and discuss the research progress and development prospects in the application of in situ hydrogels in tumor treatment.
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- Weipeng Wei
- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, China
- The Key Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacy in Zunyi City, Zunyi, China
- Key Laboratory of Basic Pharmacology of Ministry of Education and Joint International Research Laboratory of Ethnomedicine of Ministry of Education, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, China
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, China
- The Key Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacy in Zunyi City, Zunyi, China
- Key Laboratory of Basic Pharmacology of Ministry of Education and Joint International Research Laboratory of Ethnomedicine of Ministry of Education, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, China
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, China
- The Key Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacy in Zunyi City, Zunyi, China
- Key Laboratory of Basic Pharmacology of Ministry of Education and Joint International Research Laboratory of Ethnomedicine of Ministry of Education, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, China
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, China
- The Key Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacy in Zunyi City, Zunyi, China
- Key Laboratory of Basic Pharmacology of Ministry of Education and Joint International Research Laboratory of Ethnomedicine of Ministry of Education, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, China
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Kumar D, Bolskar RD, Malone S, Mutreja I, Aparicio C, Jones RS. A Novel Dental Polymer with a Flipped External Ester Group Design that Resists Degradation via Polymer Backbone Preservation. ACS Biomater Sci Eng 2020; 6:5609-5619. [PMID: 33178887 DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.0c00947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
Current dental sealants with methacrylate based chemistry are prone to hydrolytic degradation. A conventional ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGDMA) was compared to a novel methacrylate monomer with a flipped external ester group (ethylene glycol ethyl methacrylate - EGEMA) that was designed to resist polymer degradation effects. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and water contact angle confirmed a comparable degree of initial conversion and surface wettability for EGDMA and EGEMA. EGDMA disks initially performed better compared to EGEMA as suggested by higher surface hardness and 1.5 times higher diametral tensile strength (DTS). After 15 weeks of hydrolytic and accelerated aging, EGDMA and EGEMA DTS was reduced by 88% and 44% respectively. This accelerated aging model resulted in 3.3 times higher water sorption for EDGMA than EGEMA disks. EGDMA had an increase in grain boundary defects and visible erosion sites with accelerated aging, while for EGEMA the changes were not significant.
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- Dhiraj Kumar
- Division of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of Minnesota, Moos Health Science Tower, 515 Delaware Street S.E. Minneapolis, MN 55455
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- Division of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of Minnesota, Moos Health Science Tower, 515 Delaware Street S.E. Minneapolis, MN 55455
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- Minnesota Dental Research Center for Biomaterials and Biomechanics, Department of Restorative Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Minnesota, Moos Health Science Tower, 515 Delaware Street S.E. Minneapolis, MN 55455
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- Minnesota Dental Research Center for Biomaterials and Biomechanics, Department of Restorative Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Minnesota, Moos Health Science Tower, 515 Delaware Street S.E. Minneapolis, MN 55455
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- Division of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of Minnesota, Moos Health Science Tower, 515 Delaware Street S.E. Minneapolis, MN 55455
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Luu TTH, Jia Z, Kanaev A, Museur L. Effect of Light Intensity on the Free-Radical Photopolymerization Kinetics of 2-Hydroxyethyl Methacrylate: Experiments and Simulations. J Phys Chem B 2020; 124:6857-6866. [PMID: 32649202 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c03140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The effect of UV light intensity on the kinetics of free-radical polymerization of 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) triggered with the phenylbis(2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl)phosphine oxide (BAPO) photoinitiator was investigated experimentally and theoretically. The temporal evolution of the conversion yield and polymerization rate was followed by Raman spectroscopy. The experimental data were treated with a kinetic model, which takes into account significant diffusion-controlled processes and termination pathways including bimolecular reaction and primary radical termination. This model showed very good agreement with the experiment in a large range of UV light intensities and shed light on the termination process. In particular, it was shown that the primary radical termination is dominant for relatively low light intensities below 1 mW/cm2, when the photoinitiator is weakly consumed during the polymerization process.
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- T T H Luu
- Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers CNRS UMR 7538, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, F-93430 Villetaneuse, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers CNRS UMR 7538, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, F-93430 Villetaneuse, France.,Laboratoire des Sciences des Procédés et des Matériaux CNRS UPR 3407, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, F-93430 Villetaneuse, France
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- Laboratoire des Sciences des Procédés et des Matériaux CNRS UPR 3407, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, F-93430 Villetaneuse, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers CNRS UMR 7538, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, F-93430 Villetaneuse, France
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