TY - JOUR
T1 - Chitin based polyurethanes using hydroxyl terminated polybutadiene, part III
T2 - Surface characteristics
AU - Zia, Khalid Mahmood
AU - Zuber, Mohammad
AU - Saif, Muhammad Jawwad
AU - Jawaid, Mohammad
AU - Mahmood, Kashif
AU - Shahid, Muhammad
AU - Anjum, Muhammad Naveed
AU - Ahmad, Mirza Nadeem
PY - 2013/11
Y1 - 2013/11
N2 - Hydroxy terminated polybutadiene (HTPB)-chitin based polyurethanes (PUs) with controlled hydrophobicity were synthesized using HTPB and toluene diisocyanate (TDI). The prepolymer was extended with different mass ratios of chitin and 1,4-butane diol (BDO). The effect of chitin contents in chain extender (CE) proportions on surface properties was studied and investigated. Incorporation of chitin contents into the final PU showed decrease in contact angle value of water drop, water absorption (%) and swelling behavior. The antibacterial activity of the prepared samples was affected by varying the chitin contents in the chemical composition of the final PU. The results demonstrated that the use of prepared material can be suggested as non-absorbable suture.
AB - Hydroxy terminated polybutadiene (HTPB)-chitin based polyurethanes (PUs) with controlled hydrophobicity were synthesized using HTPB and toluene diisocyanate (TDI). The prepolymer was extended with different mass ratios of chitin and 1,4-butane diol (BDO). The effect of chitin contents in chain extender (CE) proportions on surface properties was studied and investigated. Incorporation of chitin contents into the final PU showed decrease in contact angle value of water drop, water absorption (%) and swelling behavior. The antibacterial activity of the prepared samples was affected by varying the chitin contents in the chemical composition of the final PU. The results demonstrated that the use of prepared material can be suggested as non-absorbable suture.
KW - Antibacterial activity
KW - Chitin
KW - Contact angle measurement
KW - HTPB
KW - Polyurethane
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2013.10.001
DO - 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2013.10.001
M3 - Article
C2 - 24120963
AN - SCOPUS:84887002970
SN - 0141-8130
VL - 62
SP - 670
EP - 676
JO - International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
JF - International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
ER -