Toward the new generation of surgical meshes with 4D response: soft, dynamic and adaptable [Dataset]

Abstract

The present dataset reports the scientific results corresponding to a scientific study where a bidimensional (2D) polypropylene flexible mesh material has been converted into a fourth dimension (4D) dynamic system. The platform is composed by a fibres of isotactic polypropylene (iPP) mesh coated with thermosensitive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-N,N'-methylene bis(acrylamide) (PNIPAAm-co-MBA) hydrogel, and undergoes variations in its geometry by reversible folding/unfolding behaviour. Folding and unfolding motion in aqueous solution of bilayer and monolayer systems composed by two or one layer of hydrogel, respectively, are reported in the present dataset. Furthermore, an infrared thermographic camera and an optical microscope were used to evaluate the macroscopic and microscopic structure stimulus response in air. Additionally, PP-g-PNIPAAm meshes showed an increase in the mechanical properties (bursting strength) with respect to the uncoated mesh.