Dual surface activation of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) guided membranes

Year 2024, Volume: 30 Issue: 1, 95 - 102, 29.02.2024

Zeynep Karahaliloğlu

Abstract

Thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), which consisting of alternant hard- and soft segment is a kind of segmented block copolymer. Amazing elasticity, transparency, and strength at break have expanded the application of TPU in automotive, buildings, coatings, sealants, medicine, and rubber industries. Further, TPUs lack active group, they have high crystallinity, low surface energy, and chemical inertness. Therefore, its properties needed to restore. Recently, plasma or alkali treatment have been suggested to modify the surface properties of nanostructures. Especially, alkali treatment is also versatile one, and creates changes in dimensions, and fine structure without change the surface functional groups. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of surface treatment method on newly identified TPU membranes containing of phosphatidylcholine (PC) and polyethylene glycol (PEG). Raw TPU surface was modified by alkali treatment with different percentages of NaOH: 1M and 3 M without heating for a constant soaking time of 30 min. Surface morphology, roughness and wettability properties of treated TPU membranes were investigated. The experimental results showed that the all treated TPU membranes showed surface feature morphology with increasing roughness, i.e. Sa (areal average roughness) values of the TPU-PEG or TPU-PC after the submersion in 1 M solution of NaOH became about 2.51x102±15.6 and 2.79x102±17.3 nm while that of TPU was 6.24x101±6.9 nm. Furthermore, while the contact angle values of TPU-PEG after alkalization reduced from 40.6±0.5° to 21±0.2° and patterned TPU-PC showed significantly superior cell attachment to the MC3T3-E1 cells than the pristine TPU. The study’s findings indicate NaOH-treated composite TPU membranes could be a possible guided agent, which supported the bone induction, and differentiation.

Keywords

Thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), Phosphatidylcholine (PC), Polyethylene glycol (PEG), Guided bone regeneration, Alkali treatment

Termoplastik poliüretan (TPU) kılavuz membranlarının ikili yüzey aktivasyonu

Abstract

Termoplastik poliüretan (TPU), yumuşak ve sert segmentten oluşan blok kopolimer türüdür. İlgi çekici elastisitesi, transparanlığı ve kopmaya karşı direnci, TPU’nun otomotiv, inşaat, kaplama, dolgu, tıp ve kauçuk endüstrisindeki uygulamalarını genişletmiştir. Ancak TPU aktif gruplara sahip değildir ve bu özellik onu yüksek kristalin, düşük yüzey enerjili ve kimyasal olarak inert yapar. Bu nedenle özelliklerinin iyileştirilmesine ihtiyacı vardır. Son zamanlarda plazma ya da alkali muamelesi nanoyapıların yüzey özelliklerinin modifiye edilmesi için önerilmektedir. Özellikle, alkali müdahalesi çok yönlü yöntemlerden bir tanesidir ve yüzeydeki fonksiyonel grupları değiştirmeden küçük yapılar oluşturur ve boyutlarda değişiklik yaratır. Bu çalışmadaki amaç, fosfatidilkolin (PC) ve polietilenglikol (PEG) içeren yeni tanımlanmış TPU membranlar üzerindeki yüzey modifikasyon metodunun etkisini araştırmaktır. Saf TPU, farklı yüzdelerdeki (1 M ve 3 M) NaOH ile ısıtma olmaksızın 30 dakika süreyle, alkali muamelesi ile modifiye edilmiştir. Muamele edilmiş TPU membranların yüzey morfolojisi, pürüzlülüğü ve ıslanabilirlik özellikleri incelenmiştir. Deney sonuçları, tüm muamele edilmiş TPU membranlarında artan yüzey pürüzlüğüne işaret etmektedir; şöyle ki 1 M NaOH solüsyonuna daldırılan TPU-PEG ya da TPU-PC’nin Sa (yüzey alanı pürüzlülüğü) değeri 2.51x102±15.6 ve 2.79x102±17.3 nm iken TPU’nun 6.24x101±6.9 nm’dir. Ayrıca TPU-PEG’in temas açısı alkalizasyon sonrasında 40.6±0.5’den 21±0.2°’e düşmüştür ve yüzeyi modifiye edilmiş TPU-PC, saf TPU’ya kıyasla üstün bir hücre yapışması göstermiştir. Çalışmanın bulguları, NaOH-muamele edilmiş kompozit TPU membranların kemik indüksiyonunu ve farklılaşmasını destekleyen potansiyel bir kılavuz ajanı olacağını göstermektedir.

Keywords

Termoplastik poliüretan (TPU), Fosfatidilkolin (PC), Polietilen glikol (PEG), Kılavuzlu kemik rejenerasyonu, Alkali muamelesi

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