Abstract
By successive enzymatic and chemical modifications, novel fluorinated polyhydroxyalkanoates were synthesized and characterized. Unsaturated polyhydroxyalkanoate, PHAU, was first produced by fermentation using marine bacteria Pseudomonas raguenesii, and a graft copolymer PHAU-g-C8F17 was further prepared by controlled thiol-ene reaction in the presence of perfluorodecanethiol (PFDT). The PFDT grafting is realized by two different processes. In the first method, PHAU was previously solubilized in toluene. The grafting in solution is more efficient than the direct heterogeneous grafting onto a PHAU film. The degrees of grafting were determined by 1H NMR. The characterization of the microstructure by SEM-EDX and modulated and conventional DSC showed the formation of microdomains due to the organization of the hydrophobic segments of graft PFDT. Biomaterials prepared by 3D printing and coated by PHAU-g-C8F17 have the potential to be used as novel contrast agents as shown by Hahn echo experiments.
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