scholarly journals Biomaterial-Assisted Anastomotic Healing: Serosal Adhesion of Pectin Films

Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (16) ◽  
pp. 2811
Author(s):  
Yifan Zheng ◽  
Aidan F. Pierce ◽  
Willi L. Wagner ◽  
Hassan A. Khalil ◽  
Zi Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ex Vivo ◽  
Physical And Mechanical Properties ◽  
Anastomotic Healing ◽  
Intestinal Surgery ◽  
Adhesive Properties ◽  
Surgical Morbidity ◽  
Pressure Sensitive Adhesives ◽  
Pressure Sensitive ◽  
Tensile Adhesion ◽  
Water Contents

Anastomotic leakage is a frequent complication of intestinal surgery and a major source of surgical morbidity. The timing of anastomotic failures suggests that leaks are the result of inadequate mechanical support during the vulnerable phase of wound healing. To identify a biomaterial with physical and mechanical properties appropriate for assisted anastomotic healing, we studied the adhesive properties of the plant-derived structural heteropolysaccharide called pectin. Specifically, we examined high methoxyl citrus pectin films at water contents between 17–24% for their adhesivity to ex vivo porcine small bowel serosa. In assays of tensile adhesion strength, pectin demonstrated significantly greater adhesivity to the serosa than either nanocellulose fiber (NCF) films or pressure sensitive adhesives (PSA) (p < 0.001). Similarly, in assays of shear resistance, pectin demonstrated significantly greater adhesivity to the serosa than either NCF films or PSA (p < 0.001). Finally, the pectin films were capable of effectively sealing linear enterotomies in a bowel simulacrum as well as an ex vivo bowel segment. We conclude that pectin is a biomaterial with physical and adhesive properties capable of facilitating anastomotic healing after intestinal surgery.

scholarly journals Robust, universal, and persistent bud secretion adhesion in horse-chestnut trees

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dagmar Voigt ◽  
Jaekang Kim ◽  
Anne Jantschke ◽  
Michael Varenberg
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Chemical Properties ◽  
Horse Chestnut ◽  
Adhesive Properties ◽  
Pressure Sensitive Adhesives ◽  
Pressure Sensitive ◽  
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectra ◽  
Component Material ◽  
Dry Out

Abstract Buds of horse-chestnut trees are covered with a viscous fluid, which remains sticky after long-term exposure to heat, frost, radiation, precipitation, deposition of aerosols and particles, attacks by microbes and arthropods. The present study demonstrates that the secretion does not dry out under arid conditions, not melt at 50 °C, and not change significantly under UV radiation or frost at a microscopic level. It is slightly swellable under wet conditions; and, it universally wets and adheres to substrates having different polarities. Measured pull-off forces do not differ between hydrophilic and lipophilic surfaces, ranging between 58 and 186 mN, and resulting in an adhesive strength up to 204 kPa. The mechanical and chemical properties of secretion resemble those of pressure-sensitive adhesives. The Raman, infrared, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectra show the clear presence of saturated aliphatic hydrocarbons, esters, free carboxylic acids, as well as minor amounts of amides and aromatic compounds. We suggest a multi-component material (aliphatic hydrocarbon resin), including alkanes, fatty acids, amides, and tackifying terpenoids embedded in a fluid matrix (fatty acids) comprising nonpolar and polar portions serving the universal and robust adhesive properties. These characteristics matter for ecological-evolutionary aspects and can inspire innovative designs of multifunctional, biomimetic pressure-sensitive adhesives and varnishes.

Adhesion of Triblock Copolymer-Based Thermoreversible Gels and Pressure Sensitive Adhesives

2000 ◽  
Vol 629 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth R. Shull ◽  
Alfred J. Crosby ◽  
Cynthia M. Flanigan
Keyword(s):  
Elastic Moduli ◽  
Adhesive Layer ◽  
Work Of Adhesion ◽  
Underlying Structure ◽  
Pressure Sensitive Adhesive ◽  
Adhesive Properties ◽  
Pressure Sensitive Adhesives ◽  
Pressure Sensitive ◽  
Surface Development ◽  
Thermoreversible Gels

ABSTRACTTriblock copolymers with poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) end blocks and a poly (n-butyl acrylate) (PnBA) midblock have been synthesized as model pressure sensitive adhesives and thermoreversible gels. These materials dissolve in a variety of alcohols at temperatures above 60 °C to form freely flowing liquids. At lower temperatures the PMMA end-blocks associate so that the solutions form ideally elastic solids. In our case the solvent is 2-ethylhexanol, polymer volume fractions vary from 0.05 to 0.3, and the elastic moduli are close to 10,000 Pa. We have conducted three types of experiments to elucidate the origins of adhesion and bulk mechanical properties of these materials: 1) Weakly adhering gels: The adhesive properties of the gels are dominated by the solvent. Very little adhesion hysteresis is observed in this case, although we do observe hysteresis associated with the frictional response of the layers. 2) Strongly adhering gels. By heating the gels in contact with a PMMA surface, it is possible to bond the gels to the surface. Development of adhesion as the PMMA blocks penetrate into the PMMA substrate can be probed in this case. The cohesive strengths of the gels are found to be substantially greater than their elastic moduli, so that these materials can be reversibly extended to very high strains. These properties have enabled us to probe the origins of elastic shape instabilities that play a very important role in the behavior of thin adhesive layers. 3) Dried gels – model pressure sensitive adhesives. By removing the solvent at low temperatures, the underlying structure of the gel is preserved, giving a thin elastic layer with excellent performance as a pressure sensitive adhesive. Resistance to adhesive failure, expressed as a velocity-dependent fracture energy, greatly exceeds the thermodynamic work of adhesion. This energy is further magnified by ‘bulk’ energy dissipation when the stress applied to the adhesive layer exceeds its yield stress.

Control of adhesive properties through structured particle design of water-borne pressure-sensitive adhesives

Polymer ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 50 (7) ◽  
pp. 1654-1670 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew B. Foster ◽  
Peter A. Lovell ◽  
Michael A. Rabjohns
Keyword(s):  
Adhesive Properties ◽  
Pressure Sensitive Adhesives ◽  
Pressure Sensitive ◽  
Water Borne

scholarly journals Influence of Acrylic Acid and Tert-Dodecyl Mercaptan in the Adhesive Performance of Water-Based Acrylic Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives

Polymers ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 2879
Author(s):  
Irene Márquez ◽  
Núria Paredes ◽  
Felipe Alarcia ◽  
José Ignacio Velasco
Keyword(s):  
Acrylic Acid ◽  
Chain Transfer ◽  
Shear Resistance ◽  
Chain Transfer Agent ◽  
Adhesive Properties ◽  
Gel Content ◽  
Pressure Sensitive Adhesives ◽  
Pressure Sensitive ◽  
Water Based ◽  
Dodecyl Mercaptan

Currently, pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSA) are used in more than 80% of all labels in the market today. They do not require any heat, solvent, or water to activate: It only takes light pressure to apply them to a product surface. Many products that come in glass bottles need labels that have staying power in harsh conditions. For that reason, it is necessary to have a good balance between all the polymer adhesive properties. In this study is described how adhesive properties of water-based PSA were affected by varying the amount of functional monomer acrylic acid (AA) and chain transfer agent, tert-dodecyl mercaptan (TDM). Four series of PSA were prepared by emulsion polymerization. Within each polymer series, the AA monomer proportion was held constant between 0.5 and 3.0 phm, and the fraction of the chain transfer agent was varied 0.0 to 0.2 phm. The results showed that the gel content decreased with the increase of the chain transfer agent and with the reduction of AA. All adhesives properties (tack, peel, and shear resistance) improved with increasement of the AA monomer. The increase of chain transfer agent caused decrease of the gel content resulting in higher peel resistance and tack values, but lower shear resistance values.

scholarly journals Butyl acrylate/4-acryloyloxy benzophenone copolymers as photoreactive UV-crosslinkable pressure-sensitive adhesives

2009 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Zbigniew Czech ◽  
Agnieszka Butwin
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Mass ◽  
Butyl Acrylate ◽  
Polymer System ◽  
Pressure Sensitive Adhesive ◽  
Adhesive Properties ◽  
Pressure Sensitive Adhesives ◽  
Uv Crosslinking ◽  
Pressure Sensitive ◽  
Peel Adhesion ◽  
Radical Solution

Butyl acrylate/4-acryloyloxy benzophenone copolymers as photoreactive UV-crosslinkable pressure-sensitive adhesives It has previously been shown that copolymers of butyl acrylate with 4-acryloyloxy benzophenone can be used as pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSAs). This paper presents the synthesis and application of a solvent-borne polymer system for the preparation of photoreactive UV-crosslinkable acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesives. Butyl acrylate/benzophenone copolymers with molecular mass in the range 180 000 to 480 000 Dalton were prepared by carrying out free-radical solution polymerization. These copolymers were found to be tacky but in some cases to possess insufficient cohesive strength after UV-crosslinking to be useful as PSAs. The other copolymers resulted in materials with the balance of cohesive and adhesive characteristics required of good PSAs. Some of the parameters affecting the pressure-sensitive adhesive properties of the copolymers are the concentration of 4-acryloyloxy benzophenone, the molecular mass of the polymeric components, the UV-reactivity, and properties such as tack, peel adhesion, and cohesion.

scholarly journals Sustainable UV-Crosslinkable Acrylic Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives for Medical Application

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (21) ◽  
pp. 11840
Author(s):  
Paula Ossowicz-Rupniewska ◽  
Paulina Bednarczyk ◽  
Małgorzata Nowak ◽  
Anna Nowak ◽  
Wiktoria Duchnik ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Transdermal Drug Delivery ◽  
Medical Application ◽  
Adhesive Properties ◽  
Pressure Sensitive Adhesives ◽  
Adhesive Matrix ◽  
Pressure Sensitive ◽  
Transdermal Patches ◽  
Relevant Dose ◽  
Synthesis Routes

This study aimed to investigate the potential of photoreactive acrylate patches as systems for transdermal drug delivery, in particular, using more renewable alternatives and more environmentally friendly synthesis routes of transdermal patches. Therefore, the aim of this study was to develop a transdermal patch containing ibuprofen and investigate its performance in vitro through the pigskin. Transparent patches were prepared using four acrylate copolymers with an incorporated photoinitiator. Two types of transdermal patches based on the photocrosslinking acrylic prepolymers with isobornyl methacrylate as biocomponent and monomer increasing Tg (“hard”) were manufactured. The obtained patches were characterized for their adhesive properties and tested for permeability of the active substance. It turns out that patches whose adhesive matrix is photoreactive polyacrylate copolymers have a higher cohesion than patches from commercial adhesives, while the modification of the copolymers with isobornyl methacrylate resulted in an improvement in adhesion and tack. This study demonstrates the feasibility of developing photoreactive acrylic-based transdermal patches that contain biocomponents that can deliver a therapeutically relevant dose of ibuprofen.

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