The mechanism of adhesion and graft polymerization of a PNIPAAm thermoresponsive hydrogel to polypropylene meshes [Dataset]

Abstract

These data are associated to the paper with the same title and are structured according to the figures in the paper. These data correspond to the research results of the WP1 of the European Project 4D-POLYSENSE.

In the scientific publication corresponding to the present dataset, a commercial and fully flexible monofilament polypropylene mesh has been used for the deposition of a thermosensitive hydrogel, generated by graft copolymerization of N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAAm) and N,NI-methylene bis(acrylamide) (MBA) monomers. The study represents an initial step for the future development of a new generation of surgical meshes, able to interact with the complex three-dimensional structure of biological tissues, as smart materials working as self-evolving motion sensors. The meshes were previously functionalized by O2-plasma method and subsequently grafted with the thermoresponive hydrogel and the data related to micro- and standard spectroscopy techniques empoyed for the characterization, such as Raman spectroscopy, FTIR spectroscopy and XPS, are reported in the present dataset. Additionally, the data of graft yield and thermoresponsive properties of PNIPAAm (VPTT behaviour) are included in the dataset

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