Triple shape memory effect of star-shaped polyurethane.
Triple shape memory effect of star-shaped polyurethane.
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DOI:
10.1021/am5001344
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发表时间:
2014-05
影响因子:
9.5
通讯作者:
Xifeng Yang;Lin Wang;Wenxi Wang;Hongmei Chen;Guang Yang;Shaobing Zhou
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作者:
Xifeng Yang;Lin Wang;Wenxi Wang;Hongmei Chen;Guang Yang;Shaobing Zhou
In this study, we synthesized one type of star-shaped polyurethane (SPU) with star-shaped poly(ε-caprolactone) (SPCL) containing different arm numbers as soft segment and 4,4'-diphenyl methane diisocyanate (MDI) as well as chain extender 1,4-butylene glycol (BDO) as hard segment. Proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1H-NMR) confirmed the chemical structure of the material. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) results indicated that both the melting temperature (Tm) and transition temperature (Ttrans) of SPU decreased with the hard segment composition increase. X-ray diffraction (XRD) results demonstrated that the increase of the crystallinity of SPU following the raised arm numbers endowed a high shape fixity of six-arm star-shaped polyurethane (6S-PU) and a wide melting temperature range, which resulted in an excellent triple-shape memory effect of 6S-PU. The in vitro cytotoxicity assay evaluated with osteoblasts through Alamar blue assay demonstrates that this copolymer possessed good cytocompatibility. This material can be potentially used as a new smart material in the field of biomaterials.