Polymerization Enhancers for Cyanoacrylate Skin Adhesive

Awanish Kumar, Abraham J. Domb

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Abstract

Cyanoacrylate glues are a renowned synthetic tissue sealant that cures rapidly through polymerization at room temperature, felicitating medical glues to treat skin wounds and surgical openings. Despite a wide range of cyanoacrylates available, only 2-octyl cyanoacrylates (OCA) provides the best biocompatibility. In this study, the polymerization and adhesive properties of 2-octyl cyanoacrylates (OCA) are explored in the presence of a highly biocompatible and biochemically inert polymer, poly(ethylene glycol) polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (PEG-POSS). The effect of PEG-POSS on the polymerization of OCA is examined on a plastic surface and over pig skin. A peel-test is performed to evaluate the strength of OCA adhesive properties between two pieces of pig skin samples. Additionally, thin films of OCA are prepared using different fillers and evaluated for tear test. The results reveal that when applied on the plastic or pig skin, PEG-POSS initiated polymerization in OCA yields a high molecular weight OCA polymer with much better adhesive properties compared to commercially available cyanoacrylate adhesives. The relative change in the molecular weights of OCA compared to commercially available cyanoacrylate bioadhesives such as Dermaflex is much higher. The pig skin peeling test shows that OCA needs higher peeling force than Dermaflex.

Original languageEnglish
Article number2100143
JournalMacromolecular Bioscience
Volume21
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2021
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

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Funding

This work was supported in part by an ISF grant No. 235/17. The authors would thank Dr. Deepak Yadav for his contribution to this work.

FundersFunder number
Israel Science Foundation235/17

    Keywords

    • 2-octyl cyanoacrylates (OCA)
    • adhesion
    • poly(ethylene glycol) polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (PEG-POSS)
    • polymerization
    • skin

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