Formula: C6H12Br2In 2021 ,《Quaternary tannic acid with improved leachability and biocompatibility for antibacterial medical thermoplastic polyurethane catheters》 was published in Journal of Materials Chemistry B: Materials for Biology and Medicine. The article was written by Wang, Yue; Liu, Shuaizhen; Ding, Kaidi; Zhang, Yaocheng; Ding, Xuejia; Mi, Jianguo. The article contains the following contents:
The surfaces of indwelling catheters offer sites for the adherence of bacteria to form biofilms, leading to various infections. Therefore, the development of antibacterial materials for catheters is imperative. In this study, combining the strong antibacterial effect of a quaternary ammonium salt (QAS) and the high biocompatibility of tannic acid (TA), we prepared a quaternary tannic acid (QTA) by grafting a synthesized quaternary ammonium salt, di-Me dodecyl 6-bromohexyl ammonium bromide, onto TA. To prepare antibacterial catheters, QTA was blended with thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) via melt extrusion, which is a convenient and easy-to-control process. Characterization of the TPU blends showed that compared with those of the QAS, dissolution rate and biocompatibility of QTA were significantly improved. On the premise that the introduction of QTA had only a slight effect on the original mech. properties of pristine TPU, the prepared TPU/QTA maintained satisfactory antibacterial activities in vitro, under a flow state, as well as in vivo. The results verified that the TPU/QTA blend with a QTA content of 4% is effective, durable, stable, and non-toxic, and exhibits significant potential as a raw material for catheters. In the experiment, the researchers used 1,6-Dibromohexane(cas: 629-03-8Formula: C6H12Br2)
1,6-Dibromohexane(cas: 629-03-8) is generally used to introduce C6 spacer in the molecular architecture. Some of the examples are: synthesis of solvent processable and conductive polyfluorene ionomers for alkaline fuel cell applications; synthesis of cross-linkable regioregular poly(3-(5-hexenyl)thiophene) (P3HNT) for stabilizing the film morphology in polymer photovoltaic cells.Formula: C6H12Br2
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