Lipoic acid/ethyl lipoate as cleavable comonomers for synthesis of degradable polymer networks
Frances Dawson, Gavin Irvine, Maciej Kopeć
Abstract
α-Lipoic acid, and its ester ethyl lipoate, were copolymerised with n -butyl acrylate and a crosslinker to install labile disulfide bonds within the strands of the resulting polymer networks enabling their degradation, reformation and self-healing.
Topics & Concepts
Lipoic acidChemistryPolymerOrganic chemistryAntioxidantbiodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesAdvanced Polymer Synthesis and CharacterizationSynthetic Organic Chemistry Methods