申请人:THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
公开号:US10822448B2
公开(公告)日:2020-11-03
The present invention relates to polymers having dynamic urea bonds and more specifically to polymers having hindered urea bonds (HUBs) with fast hydrolytic kinetics. These urea bonds are aryl-substituted, i.e. aromatic-substituted hindered urea bonds, that demonstrate pH independent hydrolytic kinetics, such that they consistently and rapidly hydrolyze in water from pH 2 to 11. The urea bond dissociation for these materials is generally such that k−1>h−1, which is two orders of magnitudes faster than for aliphatic hindered ureas. The present invention also relates to hydrolytically reversible or degradable linear, branched or network polymers incorporating these HUBs and to precursors for incorporation of these HUBs into these polymers. The technology can be applied to and integrated into a variety of polymers, such as polyureas, polyurethanes, polyesters, polyamides, polycarbonates, polyamines, and polysaccharides to make linear, branched, and cross-linked polymers. Polymers incorporating these HUBs can be used in a wide variety of applications including for example, environmentally compatible packaging materials and biomedical applications, such as drug delivery systems and tissue engineering. In other embodiments, the HUBs can be used in self-healing polymers.
本发明涉及具有动态脲键的聚合物,更具体地说,涉及具有快速水解动力学的受阻脲键 (HUB)的聚合物。这些脲键是芳基取代的,即芳香取代的受阻脲键,其水解动力学与 pH 值无关,因此它们在 pH 值为 2 到 11 的水中可持续快速水解。这些材料的脲键解离速度一般为 k-1>h-1,比脂肪族受阻脲快两个数量级。本发明还涉及含有这些 HUB 的水解可逆或可降解线性、支链或网络聚合物,以及将这些 HUB 纳入这些聚合物的前体。该技术可应用于各种聚合物,如聚脲、聚氨酯、聚酯、聚酰胺、聚碳酸酯、聚胺和多糖,并可与之结合,制成线性、支链和交联聚合物。含有这些 HUB 的聚合物可用于多种应用领域,例如环保型包装材料和生物医学应用,如药物输送系统和组织工程。在其他实施例中,HUBs 可用于自愈合聚合物。