Ionic Polyurethanes-Development of Waterborne Polyurethanes-

Coagulation of Polyurethanes

The polymer most often used for the coagulation process is polyurethane. Nearly all leather substitutes sold in the world consist partially or totally of polyurethanes. Therefore a whole chapter is dedicated to the coagulation of polyurethanes. In 1951 a coagulation process for a polyurethane was published for the first time [1]. Since 1954 [36] additional process steps have been developed to p...

Fluorinated Polyurethanes, Synthesis and Properties.

Fluorinated polyurethanes with a glass transition temperature as low as -139 °C and a decomposition onset temperature of 247-330 °C were prepared by a reaction of fluorinated alcohols with aromatic and cycloaliphatic diisocyanates in solution or melt.

Controlling cell adhesion on polyurethanes{

Cell attractive or non-attractive surface properties of polyurethane devices can be controlled by treating them with zirconium tetra(tert-butoxide). This gives reactive interfacial zirconium complex species that can be used subsequently to bond cell attractive peptides such as arg-gly-asp (RGD) or cell non-attractive organics such as polyethylene glycol (PEG) to the device surface. Control of t...

Phosphonated polyurethanes that resist calcification.

Cardiovascular implant mineralization involving bioprosthetic materials, such as glutaraldehyde cross linked porcine aortic valves or synthetic materials such as polyurethanes, is an important problem that frequently leads to clinical failure of bioprosthetic heart valves, and complicates long-term experimental artificial heart device implants. Novel, proprietary, calcification resistant polyet...

Degradation of Polyurethanes for Cardiovascular Applications