Rapid activation of diazirine biomaterials with the blue light photocatalyst

• Main Authors: Djordjevic, Ivan, Wicaksono, Gautama, Šolić, Ivan, Singh, Juhi, Kaku, Tanvi Sushil, Lim, Sierin, Ang, Elwin Wei Jian, Blancafort, Lluís, Steele, Terry W. J.
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science and Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials::Biomaterials; Polycaprolactone; Diazirine; Visible Light; Cross-linking; Photocatalysis
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/152662
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Carbene-based macromolecules are an emerging new stimuli-sensitive class of biomaterials that avoid the impediments of free radical polymerization but maintain a rapid liquid-to-biorubber transition. Activation of diazirine-grafted polycaprolactone polyol (CaproGlu) is limited to UVA wavelengths tha...