Demirci Gokhan, Goszczyńska Agata, Sokołowska Martyna, Żwir Marek, Gorący Krzysztof, El Fray Miroslawa
Department of Polymer and Biomaterials Science, Faculty of Chemical Technology and Engineering, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Al. Piastów 45, 70-311 Szczecin, Poland.
Poltiss Spółka z o.o., Al. Wojska Polskiego 150/1, 71-324 Szczecin, Poland.
Polymers (Basel). 2024 Dec 21;16(24):3584. doi: 10.3390/polym16243584.
Photocurable materials offer a rapid transition from a liquid to a solid state, and have recently received great interest in the medical field. However, while dental resins are very popular, only a few materials have been developed for soft tissue repair. This study aims to synthesize a difunctional methacrylate monomer using a dibutyltin dilaurate which is suitable for the photocuring of soft materials. These soft materials were compared with PhotoBioCure (Szczecin, Poland) material with a similar molecular weight, of Mn ~7000 g/mol on average. Infrared spectroscopy was used to monitor the two-step synthesis catalyzed with dibutyltin dilaurate, while spectroscopic and chromatographic methods were used to determine the chemical structure and molecular weight of the monomers. Photopolymerization kinetics under varying light intensities were explored in a nitrogen atmosphere for representative difunctional monomers. The mechanical testing of the resulting elastomeric films confirmed tensile strength and modulus values consistent with soft tissue parameters in the range of 3-4 MPa. The 3D printability of the macromonomers was also assessed. Additionally, cytotoxicity assessments using cultured cells showed a high cell viability (97%) for all new materials. Overall, we demonstrate that difunctional methacrylate monomers converted to flexible solids during photopolymerization show great potential for biomedical applications.
光固化材料能够实现从液态到固态的快速转变,最近在医学领域受到了极大关注。然而,尽管牙科树脂非常受欢迎,但用于软组织修复的材料却只开发出了几种。本研究旨在使用二月桂酸二丁基锡合成一种适用于软材料光固化的双官能甲基丙烯酸酯单体。将这些软材料与平均分子量Mn约为7000 g/mol的类似分子量的PhotoBioCure(波兰什切青)材料进行比较。利用红外光谱监测二月桂酸二丁基锡催化的两步合成反应,同时采用光谱和色谱方法确定单体的化学结构和分子量。在氮气气氛中,针对代表性的双官能单体,研究了不同光照强度下的光聚合动力学。对所得弹性体薄膜进行的力学测试证实,其拉伸强度和模量值与软组织参数一致,范围为3 - 4 MPa。还评估了大分子单体的3D打印性能。此外,使用培养细胞进行的细胞毒性评估表明,所有新材料的细胞活力都很高(97%)。总体而言,我们证明了在光聚合过程中转化为柔性固体的双官能甲基丙烯酸酯单体在生物医学应用中具有巨大潜力。