Immobilization of PEO-PPO-PEO triblock copolymers on PTFE-like fluorocarbon surfaces

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 340-343

  Nitschke, Mirko ^a   Meaning, Anke ^a   Werner, Carsten ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Immobilization; Low pressure plasma; PEO PPO PEO triblock copolymers; Poly(tetrafluoroethylene); Polymers

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; DECOMPOSITION; ELLIPSOMETRY; FLUOROCARBONS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POLYPROPYLENE OXIDES;

LOW-PRESSURE PLASMA;

BIOMATERIALS;

COPOLYMER; FLUOROCARBON; MACROGOL; POLITEF; POLYPROPYLENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DECOMPOSITION; FILM; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; IMMOBILIZATION; SPECTROSCOPY; THICKNESS;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; FLUOROCARBONS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; PROPYLENE GLYCOLS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0034033976     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(20000605)50:3<340::AID-JBM7>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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