摘要
Four kinds of poly（ethylene glycol） （PEG） derivatives with the similar backbone and different side groups have been synthesized successfully. When both catecholamine and double bond are tethered to polymer backbone, i.e., the PEG backbone, simultaneously, the polymer can accelerate the curing speed of ethyl a-cyanoacrylate （commer- cially available as 502） greatly under the same conditions （the curing time of such system is no more than 5 s）. Probably this is due to the autoxidation of catecholamines. Through the redox-cycling, catecholamines can produce, collect free radicals, and thus initiate the free radical polymerization. Due to the fast-curing of such material when mixed with a-cyanoacrylate, we could design and develop a new bicomponent super bioglue used in the dentistry or other bioenvironment requiring super fast settlement for further surgical operations.
Four kinds of poly（ethylene glycol） （PEG） derivatives with the similar backbone and different side groups have been synthesized successfully. When both catecholamine and double bond are tethered to polymer backbone, i.e., the PEG backbone, simultaneously, the polymer can accelerate the curing speed of ethyl a-cyanoacrylate （commer- cially available as 502） greatly under the same conditions （the curing time of such system is no more than 5 s）. Probably this is due to the autoxidation of catecholamines. Through the redox-cycling, catecholamines can produce, collect free radicals, and thus initiate the free radical polymerization. Due to the fast-curing of such material when mixed with a-cyanoacrylate, we could design and develop a new bicomponent super bioglue used in the dentistry or other bioenvironment requiring super fast settlement for further surgical operations.
基金
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China （Nos. 50903096, 21134004）, the Department of Science Technology of Guangdong Province （No. 2008B090500196）, and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universi- ties.
