Title :
Plasma and vacuum ultrviolet assisted engineering of medical polymers
Author :
Vasilets, Victor N. ; Sevastianov, Viktor I.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Energy Problems of Chem. Phys., Russian Acad. of Sci., Chernogolovka
Abstract :
The mechanisms of the interaction of a gas-discharge plasma and vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) radiation with medical polymers were considered. Various techniques were proposed for the use of plasma-chemical and photochemical processes for enhancing the biocompatibility of medical polymers. The functionalization and regulation of the biological characteristics of medical polymers was achieved by plasma and VUV-assisted immobilization of proteins, biologically active compounds and spatially resolved chemical patterning. The relationships of the surface processes that occur in the VUV photolysis of polymers with the kinetics of protein adsorption and the adhesion of blood cell components were analyzed.
Keywords :
adhesion; adsorption; biomedical materials; cellular biophysics; molecular biophysics; photochemistry; photolysis; plasma materials processing; polymers; proteins; VUV photolysis; VUV-assisted protein immobilization; adhesion; biocompatibility; biologically active compounds; blood cell components; gas-discharge plasma; medical polymers; photochemical process; plasma-chemical process; protein adsorption; spatially resolved chemical patterning; vacuum ultraviolet radiation; Biomedical engineering; Chemical compounds; Engineering in medicine and biology; Kinetic theory; Photochemistry; Plasma chemistry; Plasma properties; Polymers; Proteins; Spatial resolution;
Conference_Titel :
Plasma Science, 2008. ICOPS 2008. IEEE 35th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Karlsruhe
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1929-6
Electronic_ISBN :
0730-9244
DOI :
10.1109/PLASMA.2008.4591147
