The poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG)-grafted styrene (St) copolymer, which was formed as a nanosphere, was used as an agent to modify the surface of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) film. The graft copolymer was dissolved into chloroform and coated onto the PET film by dip-coating method. The coated am
Surface modification of silicone rubber with poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogel coatings
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- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 149 KB
- Volume
- 92
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-8995
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โฆ Synopsis
Abstract
Hydrogel coatings of monoacrylated poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) methyl ethers of different molecular weights were attached to silicon rubber surfaces and crosslinked with hexanediol diacrylate or ethoxylated trimethylolpropane diacrylate by UV polymerization. The wetting, evaluated with the water contact angles, correlated with the surface oxyethylene chain density, which was evaluated with the ESCA >C๏ฃฟO๏ฃฟ/๏ฃฟCH~2~๏ฃฟ ratio obtained from the C(1s) peak. As measured by the ESCA N(1s) peak, bovine serum albumin formed very thin protein adsorbates on the PEGโcoated surfaces. A strong correlation was found between low protein adsorption and a high >C๏ฃฟO๏ฃฟ/๏ฃฟCH~2~๏ฃฟ ratio of the PEGโcoated substrate. The PEGโcoated silicon rubber also demonstrated very low cell and platelet adhesion. ยฉ 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 92: 1486โ1492, 2004
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