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Solvent-free and biocompatible multiphased organic-inorganic hybrid nanocomposites

Da Silva, Laura C.E. ; Germiniani, Luiz G.L. ; Plivelic, Tomás S. LU and Gonçalves, Maria C. (2018) In Soft Matter 14(9). p.1709-1718
Abstract

Biocompatible chemically cross-linked organic-inorganic (O-I) hybrid nanocomposites were developed using a new atoxic, simple and fast, solvent-free pathway. Poly(ϵ-caprolactone) (PCL) and poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG), which are both biocompatible, were used as the organic moieties (at different PCL/PEG ratios), while in situ synthesized polysilsesquioxanes made up the inorganic moiety. The O-I hybrid nanocomposites' molecular structures were characterized using solid-state 29Si NMR, TGA and ATR-IR. Results showed an unusually high condensation yield of approximately 90% and two distinct silsesquioxane structures. No traces of the remaining isocyanate groups were found. Advanced morphological characterization of the ternary... (More)

Biocompatible chemically cross-linked organic-inorganic (O-I) hybrid nanocomposites were developed using a new atoxic, simple and fast, solvent-free pathway. Poly(ϵ-caprolactone) (PCL) and poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG), which are both biocompatible, were used as the organic moieties (at different PCL/PEG ratios), while in situ synthesized polysilsesquioxanes made up the inorganic moiety. The O-I hybrid nanocomposites' molecular structures were characterized using solid-state 29Si NMR, TGA and ATR-IR. Results showed an unusually high condensation yield of approximately 90% and two distinct silsesquioxane structures. No traces of the remaining isocyanate groups were found. Advanced morphological characterization of the ternary O-I hybrids was performed using a combination of electron microscopy and X-ray scattering techniques such as SEM, TEM, ESI-TEM, WAXS and temperature-dependent SAXS. Results showed the occurrence of spherical nanoparticles, associated with polysilsesquioxane, and ordered network grains, associated with PCL and/or PEG chains cross-linked by silsesquioxane cages. As a consequence, a four-phased nanostructured morphology was proposed. In this model, PCL and PEG are undistinguishable, while polysilsesquioxane nanoparticles are uniformly distributed throughout a homogeneous cross-linked matrix, which shows gel-like behavior. Moreover, a mobile phase made up of unbound polymer chains occurs at the grain interface.

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Structural Characterization of Multicomponent Biodegradable Polymeric Systems by Synchrotron X-ray Scattering and Transmission Electron Microscopy
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  author       = {{Da Silva, Laura C.E. and Germiniani, Luiz G.L. and Plivelic, Tomás S. and Gonçalves, Maria C.}},
  issn         = {{1744-683X}},
  language     = {{eng}},
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  publisher    = {{Royal Society of Chemistry}},
  series       = {{Soft Matter}},
  title        = {{Solvent-free and biocompatible multiphased organic-inorganic hybrid nanocomposites}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c7sm02547e}},
  doi          = {{10.1039/c7sm02547e}},
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