The synthesis, characterization and degradation of a hybrid chitosan (CTS)/glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) material are reported. These versatile materials (natural-synthetic materials) are potential candidates for dental restoratives. All materials were characterized by infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), X-ray diffraction and thermal (DSC) analysis. Particular attention was paid to the thermal stability and chemical resistance of the hybrid CTS materials. From dynamical rheological tests, it was concluded that CTS-GMA solutions behave as physical hydrogels. These pH-sensitive gels are an example of stimuli-responsive polymers, also known as 'smart polymers'.
This work reports on the synthesis and ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) of new structural isomers based on norbornene dicarboximides bearing trifluoromethyl moieties, specifically, N-2-trifluoromethylphenyl- exo- endo-norbornene-5,6-dicarboximide (2a) and N-3-trifluoromethylphenyl- exo- endo-norbornene-5,6-dicarboximide (2b) using tricyclohexylphosphine [1,3-bis(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)-4,5-dihydroimidazol-2-ylidene][benzylidene] ruthenium dichloride (I), bis(tricyclohexylphosphine) benzylidene ruthenium (IV) dichloride (II), and bis(tricyclohexylphosphine) p-fluorophenylvinylidene ruthenium (II) dichloride (III). It is observed that the –CF3 moiety attached to the ortho position of the aromatic ring increases the thermal and mechanical properties of the polymer, whereas the meta substitution has the opposite effect. A comparative study of gas transport in membranes based on these fluorinated polynorbornenes showed that the –CF3 ortho substitution increases the permeability of the polymer membrane as a consequence of the increase of both the gas solubility and the gas diffusion. In contrast, the gas permeability coefficients of the meta-substituted polymer membrane are rather similar to those of the non-fluorinated one attributed to a lower fractional free volume. The meta-substituted polymer membrane besides showing the largest permselectivity coefficients of all the isomers studied here was also found to have one of the largest permselectivity coefficients reported to date for separating hydrogen/propylene in glassy polynorbornene dicarboximides.
Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) is one of the most commonly plastics used as dental-base material, due to its good biological compatibility and mechanical properties. Chitosan has wide application in chemical, biochemical and biomedical fields of research. In this work, chitosan (CTS) was functionalized with glycidyl methacrylate (GMA), to ease a further reaction with MMA. The resulting co-polymer was finally blended with PMMA and poly(butyl acrylate) PBA which works as a damper, the polymers were cured by UV to obtain the final resin. Characterization of UV-cured resins was carried out by thermal measurements, X-ray diffraction, atomic force microscopy (AFM), micro and nanoindentation, water absorption and elution in water. As a result a higher thermal stability of the final resin compared with the precursor co-polymer ((CTS-GMA)-g-PMMA) was obtained. The resin presented roughness in the nanometer scale and nanoparticles embedded in the acrylic matrix producing a tough material. However, XRD measurements show that all materials are in an amorphous state. Values of hardness and elastic modulus results were very near to those of the dentine. The results of elution in water of the tested resin samples show them as clinically acceptable as a dental base material.
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