Biobased polyurethanes for biomedical applications

S Wendels, L Avérous - Bioactive Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Polyurethanes (PUs) are a major family of polymers displaying a wide spectrum of physico-
chemical, mechanical and structural properties for a large range of fields. They have shown …

4D polycarbonates via stereolithography as scaffolds for soft tissue repair

AC Weems, MC Arno, W Yu, RTR Huckstepp… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract 3D printing has emerged as one of the most promising tools to overcome the
processing and morphological limitations of traditional tissue engineering scaffold design …

3D Printing of green and renewable polymeric materials: toward greener additive manufacturing

G Guggenbiller, S Brooks, O King… - ACS Applied Polymer …, 2023 - ACS Publications
There is an ever-growing push toward sustainability and green manufacturing in a wide
array of industries, especially 3D printing, which is now recognized as a viable …

Dynamic carboxylate linkage based reprocessable and self-healable segmented polyurethane vitrimers displaying creep resistance behavior and triple shape …

S Debnath, SK Tiwary, U Ojha - ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 2021 - ACS Publications
Though conventional polyurethane foams are among the most widely used polymer
materials currently, the lack of reprocessability and creep resistance ability restricts their …

Terpene-and terpenoid-based polymeric resins for stereolithography 3D printing

AC Weems, KR Delle Chiaie, JC Worch, CJ Stubbs… - Polymer …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Thiol–ene 'click'reactions utilizing terpenes and a four-arm thiol were employed to produce
thermoset 3D printed structures using vat photopolymerisation. Five terpenes were …

3D printing for the clinic: Examining contemporary polymeric biomaterials and their clinical utility

AC Weems, MM Pérez-Madrigal, MC Arno… - …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The advent of additive manufacturing offered the potential to revolutionize clinical medicine,
particularly with patient-specific implants across a range of tissue types. However, to date …

Length effects of short alkyl side chains on phase-separated structure and dynamics of hydrophobic association hydrogels

J Pan, L Gao, W Sun, S Wang, X Shi - Macromolecules, 2021 - ACS Publications
Phase separation plays a crucial role in toughening hydrogels. Thus, regulating the phase-
separation structure is vital to understanding the toughening mechanism in phase-separated …

High-temperature shape memory photopolymer with intrinsic flame retardancy and record-high recovery stress

X Feng, G Li - Applied Materials Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Here we report an intrinsically flame-retardant high-temperature shape memory
photopolymer (HTSMP) with ultrahigh glass transition temperature (T g) of 280° C and …

Terminal Hydrophilicity-Induced Dispersion of Cationic Waterborne Polyurethane from CO2-Based Polyol

R Gong, H Cao, H Zhang, L Qiao, F Wang… - Macromolecules, 2020 - ACS Publications
Cationic waterborne polyurethane (CWPU) was initially developed as a specific adhesive for
anionic surface but now is ubiquitous in innovative material systems such as poly (ionic …

Biostable shape memory polymer foams for smart biomaterial applications

AU Vakil, NM Petryk, E Shepherd, MBB Monroe - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Polyurethane foams provide a wide range of applications as a biomaterial system due to the
ability to tune their physical, chemical, and biological properties to meet the requirements of …