[Synthesis and characterization of thermosensitive hydrogel based on PEG-PCL-PEG block copolymers]

Sheng Wu Yi Xue Gong Cheng Xue Za Zhi. 2008 Oct;25(5):1121-5.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

In this paper, a series of low-molecular-weight PEG-PCL-PEG triblock copolymers were successfully synthesized by ring-opening polymerization method, and were characterized using 1H-NMR and FTIR. The aqueous solution displayed specific thermosensitive gel-sol transition when the concentration was above corresponding critical gel concentration (CGC). The gel-sol phase diagram was recorded using test tube-inverting method, which was depended on the hydrophilic/hydrophobic balance in macromolecular structure, as well as heating history. As a result, the gel-sol transition temperature range could be altered, which might be very useful for its application as injectable drug delivery system.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biocompatible Materials / chemical synthesis*
  • Biocompatible Materials / chemistry
  • Drug Carriers / chemistry*
  • Drug Delivery Systems
  • Hydrogel, Polyethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate / chemistry*
  • Polyesters / chemical synthesis*
  • Polyesters / chemistry
  • Polyethylene Glycols / chemical synthesis*
  • Polyethylene Glycols / chemistry
  • Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
  • Temperature

Substances

  • Biocompatible Materials
  • Drug Carriers
  • Polyesters
  • poly(ethylene glycol)-poly(caprolactone)-poly(ethylene glycol)
  • Hydrogel, Polyethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate
  • Polyethylene Glycols