Water-soluble photoinitiators in biomedical applications
Authors:
- Wiktoria Tomal,
- Joanna Ortyl
Abstract
Light-initiated polymerization processes are currently an important tool in various industrial fields. The advancement of technology has resulted in the use of photopolymerization in various biomedical applications, such as the production of 3D hydrogel structures, the encapsulation of cells, and in drug delivery systems. The use of photopolymerization processes requires an appropriate initiating system that, in biomedical applications, must meet additional criteria such as high water solubility, non-toxicity to cells, and compatibility with visible low-power light sources. This article is a literature review on those compounds that act as photoinitiators of photopolymerization processes in biomedical applications. The division of initiators according to the method of photoinitiation was described and the related mechanisms were discussed. Examples from each group of photoinitiators are presented, and their benefits, limitations, and applications are outlined.
- Record ID
- CUTc51bf51513094af1b97acda55b661fc2
- Publication categories
- ;
- Author
- Journal series
- Polymers, ISSN , e-ISSN 2073-4360, Biweekly
- Issue year
- 2020
- Vol
- 12
- No
- 5
- Pages
- [1-30]
- Article number
- 1073
- Other elements of collation
- rys.; schem.; tab.; wykr.; Bibliografia (na s.) - 18-30; Bibliografia (liczba pozycji) - 270; Oznaczenie streszczenia - Abstr.; Numeracja w czasopiśmie - Vol. 12, Iss. 5, Spec. Iss.
- Substantive notes
- Tyt. numeru spec.: Biomedical Polymer Materials II
- Keywords in English
- water-soluble photoinitiators, type I photoinitiators, type II photoinitiators, two-photon initiators (2PP), photopolymerization, biomedical applications, free-radical photopolymerization, cationic photopolymerization
- DOI
- DOI:10.3390/polym12051073 Opening in a new tab
- URL
- https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/12/5/1073 Opening in a new tab
- Language
- eng (en) English
- License
- Score (nominal)
- 100
- Additional fields
- Indeksowana w: Web of Science, Scopus
- Uniform Resource Identifier
- https://cris.pk.edu.pl/info/article/CUTc51bf51513094af1b97acda55b661fc2/
- URN
urn:pkr-prod:CUTc51bf51513094af1b97acda55b661fc2
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