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Synthesis, spectroscopic, and thermal properties of polyurethanes containing zwitterionic sulfobetaine groups

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A series of novel polyurethanes (PUs) containing zwitterionic sulfobetaine groups were synthesized from polycarbonatediol with alkyne groups and 3-((2-azidoethyl)dimethylammonio)propane-1-sulfonate using the copper-catalyzed 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition (click) reaction. All the polyurethanes were fully characterized by 1H NMR, Fourier transform infrared spectrometer, gel permeation chromatography, and elemental analysis; the thermal properties were investigated by thermogravimetric analysis and differential scanning calorimetry. It has been proved that the thermal stability of zwitterionic sulfobetaine functionalized polyurethanes were greater than the starting alkyne-containing polyurethane. Protein adsorption was measured and it was indicated that PUs with zwitterionic sulfobetain structure are a kind of biocompatible materials with a better anti-protein fouling property compared to the corresponding alkyne-containing polyurethanes.

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This work was financially supported by Major State Basic Research Development Program (973 Program) (2012CB722701), National Natural Science Foundation of China (21202127), and Scientific Research Fund of Wuhan Textile University.

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  1. College of Textiles Science and Engineering, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, 430073, China

    Jingjing Huang, Ruquan Zhang & Weilin Xu

  2. Key Laboratory of Green Processing and Functional Textiles of New Textile Materials, Ministry of Education, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, 430073, China

    Shaojin Gu, Zhigang Xia & Weilin Xu

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Huang, J., Gu, S., Zhang, R. et al. Synthesis, spectroscopic, and thermal properties of polyurethanes containing zwitterionic sulfobetaine groups. J Therm Anal Calorim 112, 1289–1295 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-012-2715-6

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