Research Center for Human Tissue and Organs Degeneration, Institute of Biomedicine and Biotechnology, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
Center for Health Science and Engineering, School of Health Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, 300131, China.
Nat Commun. 2024 Feb 21;15(1):1587. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-45938-0.
The power of three-dimensional printing in designing personalized scaffolds with precise dimensions and properties is well-known. However, minimally invasive implantation of complex scaffolds is still challenging. Here, we develop amphiphilic dynamic thermoset polyurethanes catering for multi-material four-dimensional printing to fabricate supportive scaffolds with body temperature-triggered shape memory and water-triggered programmable deformation. Shape memory effect enables the two-dimensional printed pattern to be fixed into temporary one-dimensional shape, facilitating transcatheter delivery. Upon implantation, the body temperature triggers shape recovery of the one-dimensional shape to its original two-dimensional pattern. After swelling, the hydrated pattern undergoes programmable morphing into the desired three-dimensional structure because of swelling mismatch. The structure exhibits unusual soft-to-stiff transition due to the water-driven microphase separation formed between hydrophilic and hydrophobic chain segments. The integration of shape memory, programmable deformability, and swelling-stiffening properties makes the developed dynamic thermoset polyurethanes promising supportive void-filling scaffold materials for minimally invasive implantation.
三维打印在设计具有精确尺寸和特性的个性化支架方面的强大功能是众所周知的。然而,微创植入复杂支架仍然具有挑战性。在这里,我们开发了两亲性动态热固性聚氨酯,以适应多材料的四维打印,从而制造出具有体温触发形状记忆和水触发可编程变形的支撑性支架。形状记忆效应使二维打印图案固定为临时的一维形状,便于经导管输送。植入后,体温触发一维形状恢复到原来的二维形状。在膨胀后,由于膨胀失配,水合后的图案可编程地变形为所需的三维结构。由于亲水性和疏水性链段之间形成的水驱动微相分离,该结构表现出异常的软-硬转变。形状记忆、可编程变形和溶胀增韧性能的结合,使得开发的动态热固性聚氨酯有望成为微创植入用的有前途的支撑性空洞填充支架材料。
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