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2018 (English)In: Advanced Materials, ISSN 0935-9648, E-ISSN 1521-4095, Vol. 30, no 52, article id 1804966Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
The identification of a unique set of advanced materials that can bear extraordinary loads for use in bone and tooth repair will inevitably unlock unlimited opportunities for clinical use. Herein, the design of high-performance thermosets is reported based on triazine-trione (TATO) monomers using light-initiated thiol-yne coupling (TYC) chemistry as a polymerization strategy. In comparison to traditional thiol-ene coupling (TEC) systems, TYC chemistry has yielded highly dense networks with unprecedented mechanical properties. The most promising system notes 4.6 GPa in flexural modulus and 160 MPa in flexural strength, an increase of 84% in modulus and 191% in strength when compared to the corresponding TATO system based on TEC chemistry. Remarkably, the mechanical properties exceed those of polylactide (PLA) and challenge poly(ether ether ketone) PEEK and today's methacrylate-based dental resin composites. All the materials display excellent biocompatibility, in vitro, and are successfully: i) molded into medical devices for fracture repair, and ii) used as bone adhesive for fracture fixation and as tooth fillers with the outstanding bond strength that outperform methacrylate systems used today in dental restoration application. Collectively, a new era of advanced TYC materials is unfolded that can fulfill the preconditions as bone fixating implants and for tooth restorations.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Wiley, 2018
National Category
Polymer Chemistry
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-301038 (URN)10.1002/adma.201804966 (DOI)000454124800004 ()30387212 (PubMedID)2-s2.0-85055928738 (Scopus ID)
Note
QC 20210906
2021-09-032021-09-032022-06-25Bibliographically approved