Alexander N. Tavtorkin , Egor A. Kretov , Maria P. Ryndyk , Ilya E. Nifant'ev , Andrey V. Shlyakhtin , Vladimir V. Bagrov , Alexander A. Vinogradov , Pavel V. Ivchenko
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Abstract
Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid)s (PLGAs) hold considerable significance for their biomedical applications. Biodegradation and mechanical properties of PLGAs and PLGA-based composites are strongly influenced by lactate/glycolate (L/G) ratio in copolymers, molecular weight characteristics and microstructure of PLGAs. The common approach to PLGAs is based on ring-opening copolymerization of lactides and glycolide, the products of which contain long (L)n and (G)n segments. An efficient but expensive approach to PLGAs with given l-G sequences is a segmer assembly polymerization that is hardly applicable for the synthesis of high-MW PLGAs. In the present work, for the first time we synthesized lactate-enriched PLGAs using ring-opening copolymerization of l-lactide (l-LA) with l-methylglycolide (l-MeGL) in 85:15 and 70:30 molar ratios, resulting in l-PLMG 85/15 and l-PLMG 70/30 copolymers. l-PLGA 85/15 with the same L/G ratio as in PLMG 70/30 was synthesized by ring-opening copolymerization of l-LA with glycolide as a sample for a comparison. According to 1H and 13C NMR data and [α]D measurements, l-MeGL-based PLGAs had a unique microstructure, e.g. macromolecules of l-PLMG 85/15 consisted of Ln sequences with single G insertions. Composites of PLLA and three samples of PLGAs with plate-like carbonated apatite (pCAp) containing 25 and 50 wt.% of the filler were prepared. Rectangular specimens from (co)polymers and (co)polymer composites were obtained by injection molding and studied. Due to the absence of highly reactive (G)n fragments, l-PLMG 85/15 and PLMG 70/30-based materials demonstrated higher thermal and hydrolytic stability, mechanical testing showed that l-MeGL-based copolymers provide better maintaining of the bending strength in comparison with l-PLGA 85/15 matrix.
期刊介绍:
Polymer Degradation and Stability deals with the degradation reactions and their control which are a major preoccupation of practitioners of the many and diverse aspects of modern polymer technology.
Deteriorative reactions occur during processing, when polymers are subjected to heat, oxygen and mechanical stress, and during the useful life of the materials when oxygen and sunlight are the most important degradative agencies. In more specialised applications, degradation may be induced by high energy radiation, ozone, atmospheric pollutants, mechanical stress, biological action, hydrolysis and many other influences. The mechanisms of these reactions and stabilisation processes must be understood if the technology and application of polymers are to continue to advance. The reporting of investigations of this kind is therefore a major function of this journal.
However there are also new developments in polymer technology in which degradation processes find positive applications. For example, photodegradable plastics are now available, the recycling of polymeric products will become increasingly important, degradation and combustion studies are involved in the definition of the fire hazards which are associated with polymeric materials and the microelectronics industry is vitally dependent upon polymer degradation in the manufacture of its circuitry. Polymer properties may also be improved by processes like curing and grafting, the chemistry of which can be closely related to that which causes physical deterioration in other circumstances.