TY - JOUR
T1 - Fluorinated Polyurethane Scaffolds for 19F Magnetic Resonance Imaging
AU - Lammers, Twan
AU - Mertens, Marianne E.
AU - Schuster, Philipp
AU - Rahimi, Khosrow
AU - Shi, Yang
AU - Schulz, Volkmar
AU - Kuehne, Alexander J.C.
AU - Jockenhoevel, Stefan
AU - Kiessling, Fabian
PY - 2017/4/11
Y1 - 2017/4/11
N2 - Researchers used fluorinated polyurethane scaffolds for 19F magnetic resonance imaging. They generated a novel fluorinated polymer based on thermoplastic polyurethane (19F -TPU) which possesses distinct properties rendering it suitable for fluorine-based MRI. The 19F -TPU is synthesized from a perfluorinated aromatic diisocyanate and butanediol. After polymerization, the polyurethane is N-alkylated to obtain a noncrystalline material with partially fluorinated alkyl side chains. To provide proof-of-principle for the usefulness of 19F -TPU for developing MRI-detectable scaffold materials, it was processed into monofilaments via melt spinning.
AB - Researchers used fluorinated polyurethane scaffolds for 19F magnetic resonance imaging. They generated a novel fluorinated polymer based on thermoplastic polyurethane (19F -TPU) which possesses distinct properties rendering it suitable for fluorine-based MRI. The 19F -TPU is synthesized from a perfluorinated aromatic diisocyanate and butanediol. After polymerization, the polyurethane is N-alkylated to obtain a noncrystalline material with partially fluorinated alkyl side chains. To provide proof-of-principle for the usefulness of 19F -TPU for developing MRI-detectable scaffold materials, it was processed into monofilaments via melt spinning.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85017545060
U2 - 10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b04649
DO - 10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b04649
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85017545060
SN - 0897-4756
VL - 29
SP - 2669
EP - 2671
JO - Chemistry of materials
JF - Chemistry of materials
IS - 7
ER -