Semi-interpenetrating Polyurethane Network Foams Containing Highly Branched Poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide) with Vancomycin Functionality

Authors :: Edward Dyson
Stephen Rimmer
John Kenneth Hicks
C. W. Ian Douglas
Marc Daignault
Thomas Swift
Sheila MacNeil
Dorothy Buckle
Richard Hoskins
Source :: ACS Applied Bio Materials. 4:4319-4327
Publication Year :: 2021
Publisher :: American Chemical Society (ACS), 2021.
Abstract: Highly branched poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (HB-PNIPAM), functionalized with vancomycin at the chain ends, acted as a bacterial adhesive and was incorporated into polyurethane foams to form semi-in...

Subjects :: biology
Gram-positive bacteria
Biochemistry (medical)
Biomedical Engineering
General Chemistry
biology.organism_classification
Biomaterials
chemistry.chemical_compound
N isopropyl acrylamide
chemistry
Wound dressing
Polymer chemistry
medicine
Vancomycin
Adhesive
medicine.drug
Polyurethane

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