Medical polymers with poly

Poly(acrylates) and poly(methacrylates) form another class of common polymers with saturated carbon chain backbone. Polyacrylates can be considered vinyl polymers with the -COOR group attached at every other carbon atom in the chain. However, due to their common use and particular properties, polyacrylates form a separate polymer class together with polymethacrylates. Among the most common polymers from this class are those obtained from acrylic acid methyl ester (PMA) and methylacrylic (methacrylic) acid methyl ester (PMMA). Acrylic polymers have many practical applications in automotive industry, in the production of medical materials, paints, coatings and lacquers, adhesives, textiles, and synthetic leather. Poly(methacrylic acid methyl ester) can be obtained in cast sheets with applications in technical components, furniture, building materials, etc. Formulas for poly(acrylic acid), two polyacrylates, and poly(methyl methacrylate) are shown below ... [Pg.341]

Poly(l,4-dioxane-2-one) is a biocompatible polymer with good flexibility and tensile strength for medical applications. Metal-free poly(l,4-dioxane-2-one) with Mw up to 4.lx 10 was synthesized by lipase CA-catalyzed ring-opening pol5mier-ization of l,4-dioxan-2-one (161). [Pg.2633]

Acrylate polymers are often used in many applications that require good optical properties. However, they are unsuitable for use in the automotive industry because of their brittle characteristics. Thus, when natural rubber is blended with poly(methyl methacrylate), there is a big improvement in the elasticity of the brittle acrylate polymers. It is of interest that thermoplastic natural rubbers are relatively new products in the rubber industry and are fastgrowing items in the polymer market. The acrylate polymers blended with natural rubber can improve various properties of both the natural rubber and the acrylate polymers such as elasticity, adhesion, processability properties, and transparency. These materials are known for their excellent processability, characteristic of acrylate polymers, and their elasticity property provided by natural rubber, thus they exhibit the typical properties of elastomeric materials and can be processed with thermoplastic processing equipment used to prepare acrylate polymers. Many of their interesting properties have been widely developed for several industrial applications such as in the automotive industry, household appliances, medical devices, electrical cables, and headphone cables. ... [Pg.340]