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Novel biocompatible waterborne polyurethane using L-lysine as an extender

  • Hong Chen
  • , Xuwei Jiang
  • , Lin He
  • , Tao Zhang
  • , Min Xu
  • , Xuehai Yu*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Nanjing University
  • China Pharmaceutical University

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Abstract

Polyurethane (PU) prepolymers based on isophorone diisocyanates, dimethylolpropionic acid, and polycaprolactone were prepared and chain-extended in water using L-lysine (PUL), ethylenediamine (PU-E), and their mixture (PU-L-E) as extenders, respectively. The produced emulsion exhibited satisfactory freeze/thaw stability. Films cast from emulsions exhibited excellent mechanical properties and good antiblood coagulation character. Although the water-swelling ratio for 24 h for PU-L was higher than those of PU-L-E and PU-E, it possessed the smallest hydrolysis rate among the three samples.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2474-2480
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Applied Polymer Science
Volume84
Issue number13
DOIs
StatePublished - 24 Jun 2002
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Biocompatibility
  • Extender
  • Functionalization of polymers
  • L-lysine
  • Polyurethanes
  • Waterborne polyurethane

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