Stepanova Mariia, Solomakha Olga, Rabchinskii Maxim, Averianov Ilia, Gofman Iosif, Nashchekina Yuliya, Antonov Grigorii, Smirnov Aleksey, Ber Boris, Nashchekin Aleksey, Korzhikova-Vlakh Evgenia
Institute of Macromolecular Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, 199004 St. Petersburg, Russia.
Ioffe Institute, Politekhnicheskaya st. 26, 194021 St. Petersburg, Russia.
Polymers (Basel). 2021 Aug 7;13(16):2628. doi: 10.3390/polym13162628.
Biodegradable and biocompatible composites are of great interest as biomedical materials for various regeneration processes such as the regeneration of bones, cartilage and soft tissues. Modification of the filler surface can improve its compatibility with the polymer matrix, and, as a result, the characteristics and properties of composite materials. This work is devoted to the synthesis and modification of aminated graphene with oligomers of glutamic acid and their use for the preparation of composite materials based on poly(ε-caprolactone). Ring-opening polymerization of N-carboxyanhydride of glutamic acid γ-benzyl ester was used to graft oligomers of glutamic acid from the surface of aminated graphene. The success of the modification was confirmed by Fourier-transform infrared and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy as well as thermogravimetric analysis. In addition, the dispersions of neat and modified aminated graphene were analyzed by dynamic and electrophoretic light scattering to monitor changes in the characteristics due to modification. The poly(ε-caprolactone) films filled with neat and modified aminated graphene were manufactured and carefully characterized for their mechanical and biological properties. Grafting of glutamic acid oligomers from the surface of aminated graphene improved the distribution of the filler in the polymer matrix that, in turn, positively affected the mechanical properties of composite materials in comparison to ones containing the unmodified filler. Moreover, the modification improved the biocompatibility of the filler with human MG-63 osteoblast-like cells.
可生物降解且生物相容的复合材料作为用于各种再生过程(如骨骼、软骨和软组织再生)的生物医学材料,备受关注。填料表面的改性可以提高其与聚合物基体的相容性,进而改善复合材料的特性和性能。本工作致力于用谷氨酸低聚物对胺化石墨烯进行合成与改性,并将其用于制备基于聚(ε-己内酯)的复合材料。采用γ-苄基谷氨酸N-羧酸酐的开环聚合反应,从胺化石墨烯表面接枝谷氨酸低聚物。通过傅里叶变换红外光谱、X射线光电子能谱以及热重分析证实了改性的成功。此外,通过动态光散射和电泳光散射分析了纯胺化石墨烯和改性胺化石墨烯的分散体,以监测改性引起的特性变化。制备了填充有纯胺化石墨烯和改性胺化石墨烯的聚(ε-己内酯)薄膜,并对其力学性能和生物学性能进行了详细表征。从胺化石墨烯表面接枝谷氨酸低聚物改善了填料在聚合物基体中的分布,这反过来又对复合材料的力学性能产生了积极影响,与含有未改性填料的复合材料相比表现更好。此外,改性提高了填料与人类MG-63成骨样细胞的生物相容性。