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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 251-262 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Chinese Journal of Polymer Science (English Edition) |
Volume | 31 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Feb 2013 |
Keywords
- Biodegradable
- L-lysine ethyl ester diisocyanate
- Poly(urea-urethane)
- Poly(É-caprolactone) diol
- Self-healing