UV-thermal dual-cured polymers with degradable and anti-bacterial function

UV-cured materials with antibacterial and degradable functions have a wide range of applications, especially in the biomedical field. Herein, a series of UV-cured materials have been prepared based on 2-(methacryloyloxy) ethyl acetoacetate (EAM), poly (ethyleneglycol) dimethacrylate (PM) and poly (propylene glycol) bis (2-aminopropyl ether) (D230) at different ratio via UV-thermal dual curing technique. The curing behaviors of these UV-curing systems were monitored by flourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The thermal-mechanical and coating properties of these UV-cured materials were investigated in detail. The results revealed that the various properties of these UV-cured materials could tuned by varying the contents of PM and D230. In addition, the degradable and antibacterial properties of these UV-cured materials were also studied. Notably, these UV-cured materials possessed good degradable and antibacterial properties. They showed great potential for applications the biomedical field.