Polymer networks for enrichment of calcium ions

Heinze M, Horn C, Pospiech D, Boldt R, Kobsch O, Eckstein K, Jehnichen D, Voit B, Baudis S, Liska R, Naumova A, Saalwaechter K, Lendenmann U, Moszner N (2021)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2021

Journal

Polymers MDPI

Book Volume: 13

Article Number: 3506

Journal Issue: 20

DOI: 10.3390/polym13203506

Abstract

In this study, solvogels containing (2-((2-(ethoxycarbonyl)prop-2-en-1-yl)oxy)-ethyl) phos-phonic acid (ECPA) and N,N′-diethyl-1,3-bis-(acrylamido)propane (BNEAA) as the crosslinker are synthesized by UV induced crosslinking photopolymerization in various solvents. The polymerization of the ECPA monomer is monitored by the conversion of double bonds with in situ attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy. The morphology of the networks is characterized by in situ photorheology, solid state NMR spectroscopy, and scanning electron mi-croscopy (SEM) of the dried gels. It is demonstrated that the storage modulus is not only determined by the crosslinker content in the gel, but also by the solvent used for preparation. The networks turn out to be porous structures with G′ being governed by a rigid, phase-separated polymer phase rather than by entropic elasticity. The external and internal pKa values of the poly(ECPA-co-BNEAA) gels were determined by titration with a specially designed method and compared to the calculated val-ues. The polymer-immobilized phosphonic acid groups in the hydrogels induce buffering behavior into the system without using a dissolved buffer. The calcium accumulation in the gels is studied by means of a double diffusion cell filled with calcium ion-containing solutions. The successful accumulation of hydroxyapatite within the gels is shown by a combination of SEM, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) and wide-angle X-ray scattering (WAXS).

Involved external institutions

Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e. V. DE Germany (DE) Technische Universität Wien / Vienna University of Technology AT Austria (AT) Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) DE Germany (DE) Ivoclar Vivadent AG LI Liechtenstein (LI)

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APA:

Heinze, M., Horn, C., Pospiech, D., Boldt, R., Kobsch, O., Eckstein, K.,... Moszner, N. (2021). Polymer networks for enrichment of calcium ions. Polymers, 13(20). https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13203506

MLA:

Heinze, Marcus, et al. "Polymer networks for enrichment of calcium ions." Polymers 13.20 (2021).

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