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Hydrophilisation of silicone rubber for medical applications
Author(s) -
Hron Petr
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
polymer international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.592
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1097-0126
pISSN - 0959-8103
DOI - 10.1002/pi.1273
Subject(s) - silicone rubber , silicone , materials science , natural rubber , polymer science , composite material , silicone elastomers
Silicone rubber is one of the biomaterials used for preparation of medical implants. The properties of silicone rubber and methods of their evaluation are surveyed with respect to the medical applications. For some applications the hydrophobic character of silicone rubber is undesirable and possibilities of its hydrophilisation are presented in this review as well. Special attention is paid to the process of preparation of hydrophilic silicone rubber–hydrogel composite materials based on acrylic and methacrylic acids derivatives and to the properties of such materials. Copyright © 2003 Society of Chemical Industry