Polyurethane-Based Porous Carbons Suitable for Medical Application

Materials (Basel). 2022 May 5;15(9):3313. doi: 10.3390/ma15093313.

Abstract

The main aim of the study was to synthesize and analyze spectral data to determine the structure and stereometry of the carbon-based porous material internal structure. Samples of a porous biomaterial were synthesized through anionic polymerization following our own patent and then carbonized. The samples were investigated using MALDI ToF MS, FTIR ATR spectroscopy, optic microscopy, SEM, confocal laser scanning microscopy and CMT imaging. The analysis revealed the chemical and stereological structure of the obtained porous biomaterial. Then, the parameters characterizing the pore geometry and the porosity of the samples were calculated. The developed material can be used to collect adsorption of breathing phase samples to determine the parity composition of exhaled air.

Keywords: carbonization; polyurethane; porosity.

Grants and funding

This research received no external funding.