AZOBENZENE POLYMER NETWORK, AND USES THEREOF FOR BIOFILM REMOVAL AND CONTROL OVER CELL ATTACHMENT

Disclosed methods include formulating azobenzene-based polymer networks to induce a modulus change in a highly crosslinked polymer, in vivo, with no external heat requirement and using a benign light as the source of stimuli. A modulus change can be achieved via a coating on the substrate and within...

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Hauptverfasser:	NAIR, Devatha, SHAHEEN, Sean, MCLEOD, Robert, KEHE, Gannon, SCHURR, Michael, NAGARAJ, Ram
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	ADHESIVES AFTER-TREATMENT NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C08B, C08C, C08F,C08G APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, ORSURGICAL ARTICLES CHEMICAL PAINT OR INK REMOVERS CHEMISTRY COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES ORLACQUERS COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS CORRECTING FLUIDS DENTISTRY DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR DYES FILLING PASTES GENERAL PROCESSES OF COMPOUNDING HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE INKS MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVINGCARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED BONDS MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICALARTICLES MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE METALLURGY METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS INGENERAL MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS NATURAL RESINS ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS PAINTS PASTES OR SOLIDS FOR COLOURING OR PRINTING POLISHES THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP USE OF MATERIALS THEREFOR WOODSTAINS WORKING-UP
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Zusammenfassung:	Disclosed methods include formulating azobenzene-based polymer networks to induce a modulus change in a highly crosslinked polymer, in vivo, with no external heat requirement and using a benign light as the source of stimuli. A modulus change can be achieved via a coating on the substrate and within the bulk of the substrate via photoexposure. The azobenzene-based polymer network can be formed as a coating or in the bulk of a material from either a glassy composition comprising methyl methacrylate (MMA), poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), and triethylene glycol dimethacrylate (TEGDMA) or a soft material comprising of long-chain difunctional acrylates. The disclosed technology also includes methods of biofilm disruption and removal from the surface of a substrate, and includes methods of inhibiting biofilm growth and cell attachment to a substrate.