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Chap 1 Properties of materials
- The structure of solids
- Mechanical properties of materials
- Surface properties of materials
- Role of water in biomaterials Chap 2 Classes of materials used in medicine
- Polymer
- Silicone
- Medical fibers & biotextiles
- Hydrogels
- Applications of “Smart Polymers” as biomaterials
- Bioresorbable and bioerodible materials
Part 1: Material Science & Engineering
Chap 2.(cont.)
- Natural materials
- Metals
- Ceramics, glasses, and glass-ceramics
- Composite
- Nonfouling (Anti-fouling) surfaces
- Surface modification of materials used in medicine
- Textured and porous materials
- Surface-immobilized Biomolecules
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Chapter 2
Classes of materials used in medicine
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Classes of biomaterials
-Polymers
-Metals
-Ceramics
-Natural materials
1 What is polymer?
-Long-chain, consists of many repeating units
(monomeric units units)
-Small molecule (repeating units) link together by
primary covalent bonding
-Monomer Monomer: initial substance to form polymer
(ethylene, methyl methacrylate, amide…)
- n (number of repeating units, degree of
polymerization
polymerization): over 1,000 to form strong solids
Small n: oligomer oligomer (M about 500- 6,000)
Great n: high polymer high polymer (104-106)
Mer and chain structure of (a) polytetraflouroethylene;
(b) polyvinylchloride; (c) polypropylene
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Polyethylene: (a) mer and chain structure; (b) Zigzac backbone structure of molecule
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- The main backbone chain (polymeric chain) can be made up of different atoms such as polymeric chain
silicone rubber-SR or same atoms such as polyethylene-PE
-Homopolymer Homopolymer: polymer containing one type of repeating units (PMMA, SR, PVC, PE)
-Copolymer Copolymer: two or more type of repeating units (styrene-butadiene rubber, polylactide
polyglycolic acid
- Very different from molecule structure
- Can be synthetic (PE,PP, PMMA) or natural (cellulose, natural rubber, collagen, DNA…)
- Wide range of characteristics (biodegradable or not, hydrophilic or hydrophobic, non-water absorbing or non-water swelling, saturated or not saturated)
- Properties depend on chemical structure, geological structure, polymerization degree (molecular weight
- Classification: thermoplastics, thermosetting, elastomer
2 Nomenclature of polymer
- Usually: adding prefix poly to name of monomer (ethylene- polyethylene; methyl
methacrylate- polymethyl-methacrylate)
- Name of monomers (phenol and formaldehyde- phenolformadehyde
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3 Molecular weight (size)
Average molecular weight
Mn: Number average molecular weight Mw: Weight average molecular weight
Ni: number of mole of species I Mi: molecular weight of species I
Molecular weight distribution
PI: Mw/Mn: Polydispersity index (indicates the breadth of molecular weight
distribution
-Average molecular weight is very important for mechanical properties, adsorption and processing
-Molecular weight distribution shows the homogenity of the properties
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3 Synthesis (Polymerization)
3.1 Addition polymerization (chain reaction)
- Simple addition of monomer molecules to each other
- Without the lost of any atoms (no side products)
- Monomers should contain un-saturated bonding such as double bonds, triple bonds, dien (ethylene, acetylene, butadiene…)
- Initiators (can be free radicals, cations, anions or stereospecific catalyst) :usually needed to open double bonds to cause activate site
- Polymerization mechanism: initiation (form activated site for reaction), propagation (additional reaction for rapid chain growth) and termination
- Can result in homo-polymer or copolymer
- Examples: PE, PP, PMMA, PVC
3.2 Condensation polymerization (stepwise growth)
- Two different monomers react to from a covalent bond
- Usually produces small molecules condensed out as side products (water, salt, HCl…)
- Examples: polyester, polyamide, polysiloxane, poly(ethylene terephtalate)
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Example for polymerization
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Example for polymerization
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Example for polymerization
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4 Molecule structure
4.1 Polymer structure
(a): Linear (b): Branched (c): Crosslinked (d): Netwok (three-dimensional)
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4.2 Molecule structure of copolymer
(a): Random (b): Alternating (c): Block (d): Graft (a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
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4.4 Polymer chain arrangement
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5 Configuration (Tacticity or Stereoisomerism)
(For linear and branched polymer)
- Tacticity refers to the arrangement of substituent groups around extended polymer chain
-Atactic Atactic configuration: substituent groups at random on other side of extended chain
backbone; can not crystalize (amorphous polymer)
-SyndiotacticSyndiotactic: substituents alternating from side to side of the backbone, may crystallize
-Isotactic Isotactic: substituents located on the same side of the zigzac plane of chain backbone,
may crystallize
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Relationship Structure- Characteristics
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7 Important polymeric implant materials
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7.1 Polyamide (Nylons)
-Polymerize by step-reaction & ring-scission
-Have interchain hydrogen bonding and high degree of crystallinity, lead to excellent fiber-forming ability, used for surgical sutures
- Basic chemical structure repeating units: different, lead to very different polyamides
- Nylons are hydroscopic & lose their strength in vivo when implanted (water molecules serve as plasticizers
- Proteolytic enzymes also attack amides groups
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Basic chemical structure of PA
from diamine + diacidsNylon ; Nylon type 66 or 610
Nylon type 6
Aromatic polyamides, named Aramide
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7.2 Polyethylene
- Can crystallize
- Can polymerized at high pressure with radical catalyst (low density PE), or at low pressure with Ziegler catalyst (high-density PE- not contain branches)
- Crystallinity: very vary
- can be used in solid or porous form
- HDPE: used as tubing for drains and catheters
- Ultra-molecular weight PE (UHMWPE): extensively used in orthopedic implant fabrications (joint implants)
- Biocompatibility: poor
7.2 Polypropylene
-Usually crystallize (except atactic)
- Have exceptional high flexural fatigue life, used to make intergrally molded hinges for finger joint prostheses
-Have excellent environmental stress-cracking resistance, used for sutures and hernia repair
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7.3 Polyacrylates
-Have excellent physical and coloring properties, easy to fabricate
-Extensively used for detal cement (polyacrylic acid), hard contact lenses, bone cement
* Polymethyl metacrylate (PMMA)
-Hydrophobic, amorphous, transparent, glassy at room temperature, tough, stable, excellent light transmittance
-Used as major ingredient for bone cement, good for intraocular and hard contact lenses
•Poly HEMA: soft contact lenses
7.4.PVC
-Tubing (blood transfusion, feeding, dialysis) and blood storage bags
-Plasticizer problem
7.5 PDMS or SR
-For finger joint, hart valves, breath implant, for chin, ear, nose reconstruction
-Oxygenator membranes
7.6 PEG: drug delivery, modify polymer surface to form non-fouling surface
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