TY - THES A1 - Nahm, Daniel T1 - Poly(2-oxazine) Based Biomaterial Inks for the Additive Manufacturing of Microperiodic Hydrogel Scaffolds T1 - Poly(2-oxazine) Basierte Biomaterialtinten für die Additive Fertigung von Mikroperiodischen Hydrogelstrukturen N2 - The aim of this thesis was the preparation of a biomaterial ink for the fabrication of chemically crosslinked hydrogel scaffolds with low micron sized features using melt electrowriting (MEW). By developing a functional polymeric material based on 2-alkyl-2-oxazine (Ozi) and 2-alkyl-2-oxazoline (Ox) homo- and copolymers in combination with Diels-Alder (DA)-based dynamic covalent chemistry, it was possible to achieve this goal. This marks an important step for the additive manufacturing technique melt electrowriting (MEW), as soft and hydrophilic structures become available for the first time. The use of dynamic covalent chemistry is a very elegant and efficient method for consolidating covalent crosslinking with melt processing. It was shown that the high chemical versatility of the Ox and Ozi chemistry offers great potential to control the processing parameters. The established platform offers straight forward potential for modification with biological cues and fluorescent markers. This is essential for advanced biological applications. The physical properties of the material are readily controlled and the potential for 4D-printing was highlighted as well. The developed hydrogel architectures are excellent candidates for 3D cell culture applications. In particular, the low internal strength of some of the scaffolds in combination with the tendency of such constructs to collapse into thin strings could be interesting for the cultivation of muscle or nerve cells. In this context it was also possible to show that MEW printed hydrogel scaffolds can withstand the aspiration and ejection through a cannula. This allows the application as scaffolds for the minimally invasive delivery of implants or functional tissue equivalent structures to various locations in the human body. N2 - Das Ziel dieses Projekts war die Herstellung einer Biomaterialtinte, welche die Herstellung chemisch vernetzter, mikrostrukturierter Hydrogelgerüste mittels Melt Electrowriting (MEW) ermöglicht. Die Verwendung von speziell auf den schmelzbasierten 3D Druck angepassten polyoxazinbasierten Polymeren und die Anwendung von dynamisch kovalenter Chemie ermöglichte es, dieses Ziel zu erreichen. Dies ist ein wichtiger Schritt für die aufstrebende, additive Fertigungstechnologie MEW, da nun erstmals weiche und hydrophile Strukturen erzeugt werden können. Speziell die Verwendung der dynamischen Diels-Alder (DA) Chemie ist ein effizienter Weg, die Fertigung von kovalent vernetzten Strukturen mit der Schmelzprozessierung zu vereinen. Es wurde weiterhin gezeigt, dass die hier etablierte Materialplattform die Möglichkeit zur Modifikation mit biologischen und chemischen Signalen bietet. Dies ist besonders für biologische Anwendungen unerlässlich. Die physikalisch-chemischen Eigenschaften des Materials lassen sich leicht auf potentielle Anwendungen anpassen und das Potential für den 4D Druck wurde ebenfalls hervorgehoben. Alles in Allem legt diese Arbeit den Grundstein für eine Vielzahl von verschiedenen Anwendungen sowohl in der Biomedizin als auch in anderen Bereichen. KW - Polymere KW - Ringöffnungspolymerisation KW - Biomaterial KW - 3D-Druck KW - biofabrication KW - poly(2-oxazoline)s KW - poly(2-oxazine)s KW - ring-opening polymerization Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-245987 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hahn, Lukas A1 - Beudert, Matthias A1 - Gutmann, Marcus A1 - Keßler, Larissa A1 - Stahlhut, Philipp A1 - Fischer, Lena A1 - Karakaya, Emine A1 - Lorson, Thomas A1 - Thievessen, Ingo A1 - Detsch, Rainer A1 - Lühmann, Tessa A1 - Luxenhofer, Robert T1 - From Thermogelling Hydrogels toward Functional Bioinks: Controlled Modification and Cytocompatible Crosslinking JF - Macromolecular Bioscience N2 - Hydrogels are key components in bioink formulations to ensure printability and stability in biofabrication. In this study, a well-known Diels-Alder two-step post-polymerization modification approach is introduced into thermogelling diblock copolymers, comprising poly(2-methyl-2-oxazoline) and thermoresponsive poly(2-n-propyl-2-oxazine). The diblock copolymers are partially hydrolyzed and subsequently modified by acid/amine coupling with furan and maleimide moieties. While the thermogelling and shear-thinning properties allow excellent printability, trigger-less cell-friendly Diels-Alder click-chemistry yields long-term shape-fidelity. The introduced platform enables easy incorporation of cell-binding moieties (RGD-peptide) for cellular interaction. The hydrogel is functionalized with RGD-peptides using thiol-maleimide chemistry and cell proliferation as well as morphology of fibroblasts seeded on top of the hydrogels confirm the cell adhesion facilitated by the peptides. Finally, bioink formulations are tested for biocompatibility by incorporating fibroblasts homogenously inside the polymer solution pre-printing. After the printing and crosslinking process good cytocompatibility is confirmed. The established bioink system combines a two-step approach by physical precursor gelation followed by an additional chemical stabilization, offering a broad versatility for further biomechanical adaptation or bioresponsive peptide modification. KW - chemical crosslinking KW - biofabrication KW - bioprinting KW - hydrogels Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-257542 VL - 21 IS - 10 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Haider, Malik Salman A1 - Ahmad, Taufiq A1 - Yang, Mengshi A1 - Hu, Chen A1 - Hahn, Lukas A1 - Stahlhut, Philipp A1 - Groll, Jürgen A1 - Luxenhofer, Robert T1 - Tuning the thermogelation and rheology of poly(2-oxazoline)/poly(2-oxazine)s based thermosensitive hydrogels for 3D bioprinting JF - Gels N2 - As one kind of “smart” material, thermogelling polymers find applications in biofabrication, drug delivery and regenerative medicine. In this work, we report a thermosensitive poly(2-oxazoline)/poly(2-oxazine) based diblock copolymer comprising thermosensitive/moderately hydrophobic poly(2-N-propyl-2-oxazine) (pPrOzi) and thermosensitive/moderately hydrophilic poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) (pEtOx). Hydrogels were only formed when block length exceeded certain length (≈100 repeat units). The tube inversion and rheological tests showed that the material has then a reversible sol-gel transition above 25 wt.% concentration. Rheological tests further revealed a gel strength around 3 kPa, high shear thinning property and rapid shear recovery after stress, which are highly desirable properties for extrusion based three-dimensional (3D) (bio) printing. Attributed to the rheology profile, well resolved printability and high stackability (with added laponite) was also possible. (Cryo) scanning electron microscopy exhibited a highly porous, interconnected, 3D network. The sol-state at lower temperatures (in ice bath) facilitated the homogeneous distribution of (fluorescently labelled) human adipose derived stem cells (hADSCs) in the hydrogel matrix. Post-printing live/dead assays revealed that the hADSCs encapsulated within the hydrogel remained viable (≈97%). This thermoreversible and (bio) printable hydrogel demonstrated promising properties for use in tissue engineering applications. KW - poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) KW - shear thinning KW - shape fidelity KW - cyto-compatibility KW - bio-printability Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-241781 SN - 2310-2861 VL - 7 IS - 3 ER - TY - THES A1 - Schug, Benedikt T1 - Untersuchungen zur Ursache und Beeinflussung des Kriechverhaltens von Gips T1 - Investigations into the origin and the influencing of the creep behavior of gypsum N2 - In dieser Arbeit konnte ein weiterer und möglicherweise entscheidender Schritt zur Aufklärung des Kriechmechanismus von Gips gemacht und darauf aufbauend Kriterien, Wege und Strategien aufgezeigt werden, um neue Antikriechmittelsubstanzen zu identifizieren oder vorhandene Kriechmittel gezielt zu verbessern. Die Gültigkeit und Praxistauglichkeit der Kriterien wurde exemplarisch nachgewiesen. Die Basis der Untersuchungen wurde gelegt mit der Errichtung standardisierter Messaufbauten und Verfahren sowie Parameterauswahl für eine beschleunigte und reproduzierbare Darstellung des Kriechphänomens, wobei zunächst im Abgleich sichergestellt wurde, dass das beschleunigte Phänomen mit dem langsam über einen Zeitraum von Jahren erzeugten Phänomen deckungsgleich ist. Darauf aufbauend wurden innovative Untersuchungsmethoden entwickelt, um das Kriechverhalten zu charakterisieren und qualitativ sowie quantitativ zu analysieren. Hierzu wurde zunächst ein Aufbau und eine Messroutine entwickelt und eingeführt, um morphologische Veränderungen während des Kriechvorgangs im Rasterelektronenmikroskop nachzuverfolgen. Im Weiteren wurden Versuchsaufbauten für statische 3-Punkt-Biegeversuche in verschiedenen Lösungen realisiert und diese ergebnisabhängig optimiert. Hierdurch konnte der Einfluss der Löslichkeit von Gips in den entsprechenden Medien auf das Kriechverhalten untersuchen werden. Mittels Laserscanning-Mikroskop wurden wiederum diese Ergebnisse untermauert. Als vorherrschender Kriechmechanismus von Gips wurde damit das Abgleiten einzelner Gipskristalle bedingt durch einen Lösungs-Abscheide-Mechanismus an Orten hoher mechanischer Belastung identifiziert und bestätigt. N2 - In this work, a further and possibly decisive step could be taken towards clarifying the creep mechanism of gypsum and, based on this, ways and strategies could be identified in order to identify new anti-creep agents or to specifically improve existing anti-creep agents. The validity and practicability of the selection criteria for new anti-creep agents was demonstrated by several examples of selections of chemical moieties, to date unknown with respect to their activity as anti-creep agent for gypsum. The fundament of the investigations was laid with the establishment of standardised measurement setups and procedures as well as with the selection of parameters for an accelerated and reproducible representation of the creep phenomenon, whereby it was ensured that the accelerated creep is comparable to natural, slow creep which usually takes up to several years in gypsum materials. On this basis, innovative investigation methods were developed to characterise the creep behaviour and to analyse it qualitatively and quantitatively. Firstly, a setup and a measuring routine were developed and introduced to track morphological changes during the creep process via scanning electron microscopy. Secondly, test setups for static 3-point bending tests were realized in different solutions and optimized. This enabled the investigation of the correlation between the solubility of gypsum in different media and the resulting creep behaviour. These results were substantiated further by means of laser scanning microscopy. Using these methods, it was possible to identify and confirm the slippage of individual gypsum crystals due to a solution deposition mechanism at locations of high mechanical stress as the predominant creep mechanism of gypsum. The creep of gypsum is thus decisively determined by an increased humidity in the pores of gypsum, which results in an enlargement of the water layer in the space between the gypsum crystals in the polycrystalline structure. Thus, gypsum crystals can slide more easily against each other under load via the mechanism of the so-called "pressure solution creep". This mechanism could be confirmed by creep tests with different large gypsum crystals in the polycrystalline gypsum body. Thus, the creep velocity results primarily from the number and size of the contact points of the gypsum crystal as well as the solubility of the crystals at these interfaces in the pore liquid. Particulate, hydraulic and surface-active additives were tested to influence the creep behaviour of gypsum. In particular, the industrial anti-creep agent sodium trimetaphosphate (STMP) was investigated in detail. The mode of action of STMP as a state-of-the-art creeping agent was demonstrated by EDX mappings and transmission electron micrsocopy. The decisive influencing variables for anti-creep agents were identified to be the following ones: • A good solubility in water, which makes it possible to employ the anti-creep agent of choice in the mixing water used to form the gypsum material. • A moderate complex formation with calcium ions in the size range around log (KB) = 2.5. This moderate complex stability does significantly not hinder the crystal formation of the gypsum crystals on the one hand, but on the other hand enables a complex formation on the gypsum crystal surfaces. The surface coating which is thereby obtained, reduces the dissolution rate of gypsum in water. This is achieved by a surface coating on only certain crystal surfaces. In this thesis, the (100) and (001) planes were identified to be most preferentially complexed / coated with anti-creep agent. • A reinforcement of the gypsum matrix by "sticking" the crystals, as observed in-situ via transmission electron microscopy, also plays a role. This reinforcement may ultimately also be a reason for the increased dimensional stability. Based on these mechanisms which were identified for the state-of-the-art anti-creep agent STMP, novel chemical moieties as potential anti-creep agent candidates were selected. Surface-active additives such as poly(acrylic acid-co-maleic acid) (PAMA) were identified as a promising alternative to STMP. They are water-soluble, contain complexing centres for calcium ions with the same complexing constant as STMP and are toxicologically harmless. Ultimately, in the laboratory, these polymers, based on experiments with pure FGD gypsum, could well compete with the performance of STMP with regard to hinder creep of gypsum. KW - Rauchgasgips KW - Kriechen KW - Bassanit KW - Kriechverhalten Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-246503 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Granath, Tim A1 - Löbmann, Peer A1 - Mandel, Karl T1 - Oxidative Precipitation as a Versatile Method to Obtain Ferromagnetic Fe\(_{3}\)O\(_{4}\) Nano‐ and Mesocrystals Adjustable in Morphology and Magnetic Properties JF - Particle & Particle Systems Characterization N2 - Oxidative precipitation is a facile synthesis method to obtain ferromagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles from ferrous salts—with unexplored potential. The concentration of base and oxidant alone strongly affects the particle's structure and thus their magnetic properties despite the same material, magnetite (Fe\(_{3}\)O\(_{4}\)), is obtained when precipitated with potassium hydroxide (KOH) from ferrous sulfate (FeSO\(_{4}\)) and treated with potassium nitrate (KNO\(_{3}\)) at appropriate temperature. Depending on the potassium hydroxide and potassium nitrate concentrations, it is possible to obtain a series of different types of either single crystals or mesocrystals. The time‐dependent mesocrystal evolution can be revealed via electron microscopy and provides insights into the process of oriented attachment, yielding faceted particles, showing a facet‐dependent reactivity. It is found that it is the nitrate and hydroxide concentration that influences the ligand exchange process and thus the crystallization pathways. The presence of sulfate ions contributes to the mesocrystal evolution as well, as sulfate apparently hinders further crystal fusion, as revealed via infrared spectroscopy. Finally, it is found that nitrite, as one possible and ecologically highly relevant reduction product occurring in nature in context with iron, only evolves if the reaction is quantitative. KW - colloidal nanostructures KW - nanoparticle aggregation KW - non‐classical crystallization KW - oriented attachment Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-224419 VL - 38 IS - 3 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hahn, Lukas A1 - Luxenhofer, Robert A1 - Helten, Holger A1 - Forster, Stefan A1 - Fritze, Lars A1 - Polzin, Lando A1 - Keßler, Larissa T1 - ABA Type Amphiphiles with Poly(2-benzhydryl-2-oxazine) Moieties: Synthesis, Characterization and Inverse Thermogelation JF - Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics N2 - Thermoresponsive polymers are frequently involved in the development of materials for various applications. Here, polymers containing poly(2- benzhydryl-2-oxazine) (pBhOzi) repeating units are described for the first time. The homopolymer pBhOzi and an ABA type amphiphile comprising two flanking hydrophilic A blocks of poly(2-methyl-2-oxazoline) (pMeOx) and the hydrophobic aromatic pBhOzi central B block (pMeOx-b-pBhOzi-b-pMeOx) are synthesized and the latter is shown to exhibit inverse thermogelling properties at concentrations of 20 wt.% in water. This behavior stands in contrast to a homologue ABA amphiphile consisting of a central poly(2-benzhydryl-2-oxazoline) block (pMeOx-b-pBhOx-b-pMeOx). No inverse thermogelling is observed with this polymer even at 25 wt.%. For 25 wt.% pMeOx-b-pBhOzi-b-pMeOx, a surprisingly high storage modulus of ≈22 kPa and high values for the yield and flow points of 480 Pa and 1.3 kPa are obtained. Exceeding the yield point, pronounced shear thinning is observed. Interestingly, only little difference between self-assemblies of pMeOx-b-pBhOzi-b-pMeOx and pMeOx-b-pBhOx-b-pMeOx is observed by dynamic light scattering while transmission electron microscopy images suggest that the micelles of pMeOx-b-pBhOzi-b-pMeOx interact through their hydrophilic coronas, which is probably decisive for the gel formation. Overall, this study introduces new building blocks for poly(2-oxazoline) and poly(2-oxazine)-based self-assemblies, but additional studies will be needed to unravel the exact mechanism. KW - inverse thermogels KW - physical hydrogels KW - poly(2-oxazine) KW - poly(2- oxazoline) KW - self-assembly Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-265124 VL - 222 IS - 17 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zahoranová, Anna A1 - Luxenhofer, Robert T1 - Poly(2‐oxazoline)‐ and Poly(2‐oxazine)‐Based Self‐Assemblies, Polyplexes, and Drug Nanoformulations—An Update JF - Advanced Healthcare Materials N2 - For many decades, poly(2‐oxazoline)s and poly(2‐oxazine)s, two closely related families of polymers, have led the life of a rather obscure research topic with only a few research groups world‐wide working with them. This has changed in the last five to ten years, presumably triggered significantly by very promising clinical trials of the first poly(2‐oxazoline)‐based drug conjugate. The huge chemical and structural toolbox poly(2‐oxazoline)s and poly(2‐oxazine)s has been extended very significantly in the last few years, but their potential still remains largely untapped. Here, specifically, the developments in macromolecular self‐assemblies and non‐covalent drug delivery systems such as polyplexes and drug nanoformulations based on poly(2‐oxazoline)s and poly(2‐oxazine)s are reviewed. This highly dynamic field benefits particularly from the extensive synthetic toolbox poly(2‐oxazoline)s and poly(2‐oxazine)s offer and also may have the largest potential for a further development. It is expected that the research dynamics will remain high in the next few years, particularly as more about the safety and therapeutic potential of poly(2‐oxazoline)s and poly(2‐oxazine)s is learned. KW - block copolymers KW - colloids KW - cytotoxicity KW - drug delivery KW - micelles KW - microphase separation KW - thermogelling Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-225833 VL - 10 IS - 6 ER -