We report the efficient application of a well-layered tubular amphiphilic nanofiber of a polyurethane copolymer (PU-ran) for the regulation the phenotypic expression of epithelial cells (ECs) and smooth muscle cells (SMCs) for vascularized urethral reconstruction.

Reconstitution of urethral defects through a tissue-engineered autologous urethra is an exciting area of clinical urology research.

Four new N‐isopropylacrylamide‐ and N‐n‐alkyl amine‐based acrylamide monomers, N‐(3‐(alkylamino)‐N‐(3‐(isopropylamino)‐3‐oxopropyl) acrylamide (Mn) (n = 4, 8, 10, 12) are successfully synthesized and polymerized via reversible addition‐fragmentation chain‐transfer polymerization (polyMn, n = 4, 8, 10, and 12), which are characterized by gel permeation chromatography, 1H NMR, Fourier transform infra red spectroscopy, thermo‐gravimetry‐differential thermal analysis, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and rheology. All polymers are thermally stable and undergo a two‐step degradation process at ≈280 and ≈375 °C. Glass transition temperature (Tg)s of these polymers decrease gradually from 99.6 to 52.5 °C with increasing n‐alkyl side chain length. The rheology of these polymers in melt state agrees to a typical Rouse‐melt behavior and allows for confirming the Tg determined from DSC. Benzyl alcohol solution rheology proves a weak structural build‐up, in particular for polyM12. Comparison of the quantum chemical calculations of polyMns with n = 4–8 reveals increase in backbone helicity with increasing n‐alkyl side chain length.