Self-healing biodegradable poly(urea-urethane) elastomers based on hydrogen bonding interactions

Cong Cong Liu, Ai Ying Zhang, Lin Ye, Zeng Guo Feng*

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Abstract

Self-healing poly(urea-urethane)s (PUUs) showing a tolerance to mechanical damage are particularly desirable for high-performance elastomeric biomaterials. In this study a kind of biodegradable PUUs was synthesized from poly(É-caprolactone) diol with L-lysine ethyl ester diisocyanate (LDI) extended with L-lysine ethyl ester dihydrochloride (LEED) in DMF and characterized by using 1H-NMR, FTIR, DSC, XRD, SEM and tensile tests. Interestingly, they exhibited a self-healing characteristic upon exposure to 37 C for as short as 30 min with the tensile strength keeping at 4.23 MPa and the elongation at break reaching to 627%. It is revealed that increasing the hard segment content in PUUs benefits the self-healing performance, and on the opposite increasing the soft segment content contributes to the biodegradability.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)251-262
Number of pages12
JournalChinese Journal of Polymer Science (English Edition)
Volume31
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Feb 2013

Keywords

  • Biodegradable
  • L-lysine ethyl ester diisocyanate
  • Poly(urea-urethane)
  • Poly(É-caprolactone) diol
  • Self-healing

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