Research on Obtaining Nanocomposites Based on High-Density Polyethylene with the Use in Medicine

Abstract

Metal oxide (Cu₂O, ZnO) nanoparticles stabilized in high-pressure polyethylene matrix maleinated by mechanical-chemical method without using organic solvents were obtained and new composite materials based on industrial polymers were obtained by using them as a modifying agent. It has been shown that the properties of metal oxide nanoparticles located in the interphase layer of nanocomposites improve as a result of the interaction of maleinated polyethylene with maleic groups. In the obtained nanocomposites, nanoparticles play the role of a structure promoter and lead to the formation of a relatively small spherulite structure. Nanoparticles of copper (I) oxide and zinc oxide stabilized in a polymer alloy medium - maleinated high pressure polyethylene matrix - were obtained by mechanical-chemical method. Their phase composition and structure were determined by RFA and IR-spectroscopy methods and it was determined that they have bactericidal properties.

  Metal oxide-containing nanoparticles stabilized in a maleinated high-pressure polyethylene matrix were used as a modifying agent in order to improve the operational properties of industrial polymers (РМР, i-PP, РМР E/i-PP, ). It is shown that the main characteristics of the resulting polymer nanocomposite make it possible to obtain various materials and equipment for medical equipment on its basis.фф