Partner: M. Kowalczuk


Recent publications
1.Sajkiewicz P., Brzeska J., Denis P., Sikorska W., Kowalczuk M., Rutkowska M., The preliminary studies of a structure and electrospinning of new polyurethanes based on synthetic atactic poly[(R, S)-3-hydroxybutyrate], BULLETIN OF THE POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: TECHNICAL SCIENCES, ISSN: 0239-7528, DOI: 10.2478/bpasts-2014-0006, Vol.62, No.1, pp.55-60, 2014
Abstract:

Novel polyurethanes based on synthetic, atactic poly[(R, S)-3-hydroxybutyrate] (a-PHB) and polycaprolactone (PCL) or polyoxytetramethylene (PTMG) diols were synthesized. It was shown that the presence of a-PHB within soft segments reduces crystallinity of PUR. Because of the low melting temperature for polyurethanes with PCL in soft segments, at this stage of work, electrospinning was limited to polyurethanes containing PTMG and a-PHB. Polyurethane containing 80% of PTMG and 20% of a-PHB was electrospun at various parameters from hexafluoro-2-propanole solution, resulting in formation of fibers with the average diameter ca. 2 μm. The fiber diameter decreased with decreasing polymer concentration in a solution and was practically insensitive to the needle-collector distance in the applied range of distances.

Keywords:

polyurethane, polyhydroxybutyrate, electrospinning, scaffolds

Affiliations:
Sajkiewicz P.-IPPT PAN
Brzeska J.-other affiliation
Denis P.-IPPT PAN
Sikorska W.-Nałęcz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences (PL)
Kowalczuk M.-other affiliation
Rutkowska M.-other affiliation

Patents
Filing No./Date
Filing Publication
Autor(s)
Title
Protection Area, Applicant Name
Patent Number
Date of Grant
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378103
2005-11-21
BUP 11/2007
2007-05-28
Dacko P., Sobota M., Adamus G., Kowalczuk M., Dzwonkowski J., Gołębiewski J., Czerniawski B., Żakowska H., Nowacki W.K., Gadaj S.P.
Biodegradowalny wielowarstwowy materiał opakowaniowy i sposób jego wytwarzania
PL, Centrum Materiałów Polimerowych i Węglowodorów PAN, Instytut Inżynierii Materiałów Polimerowych i Barwników, Centralny Ośrodek Badawczo-Rozwojowy Opakowań, Instytut Podstawowych Problemów Techniki PAN, KB Folie Polska Sp. z o.o., UNIPACO sp. z o.o.
207974
WUP 02/2011
2011-02-28