Fig. 5
From: Evaluating polymeric biomaterials to improve next generation wound dressing design
Material chemistry and hydrophobicity. A Depiction of the different functional groups that are commonly found in polymeric biomaterials and give rise to many of their properties. B Depicts a hydrophobicity scale with more hydrophobic (water-resistant) polymers including polymers with more hydrocarbons linkages and less hydrophobic polymers containing more reactive oxygen and nitrogen moieties. Includes different amino acids (top) and different synthetic monomers (bottom), in addition to cellulose (bottom left). Created using ChemDraw Office software