Sulfur composites and polymeric materials from elemental sulfur

A copolymer material comprising:

• a) a sulfur copolymer at a level in the range of about 5 wt % to about 95 wt % of the copolymer material, said sulfur copolymer comprising:
• i. one or more sulfur monomers, each having a structure:
• wherein n ranges from 1 to 6, wherein the sulfur monomers are at a level at least about 50 wt % of the sulfur copolymer;
• and
• ii. one or more amine comonomers at a level in the range of about 0.1 wt % to about 50 wt % of the sulfur copolymer, wherein the amine comonomers are aromatic amine comonomers;
• and
• b) one or more carrier polymers selected from a group consisting of an N-(2-hydroxylpropyl)methacrylamide (HPMA) copolymer, a poly-L-glutamic acid, a poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG), Dextran, vinyls, alkynyls, thiiranes, amines, sulfides, ethers, norbornenes, amides, peptides, polyesters, polyamides, polyethers, and sugars, wherein the carrier polymer is bonded to the sulfur copolymer to form a hydrogen sulfide (H2S) donating polymer conjugate;
• wherein a sulfur moiety of the sulfur monomers is bonded to a carbon of the aromatic amine comonomers such that a nitrogen of the aromatic amine comonomers remains as an amine functional group,
• wherein the sulfur monomers form a sulfur containing core of the sulfur copolymer, wherein the amine comonomers extend outwardly from the sulfur containing core, wherein at least one functional group of the amine comonomers solubilizes the sulfur copolymer, wherein at least one functional group of the amine comonomers is biocompatible.