Degradation of plasticized PVC for biomedical disposable device under soft x-ray irradiation

Surface and Interface Analysis

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 294-300

  Manfredini, M ^a   Atzei, D ^b   Elsener, B ^b   Marchetti, A ^a   Rossi, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Degradation; Medical disposable device; PVC; Soft irradiation; XPS

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; DEGRADATION; IRRADIATION; SPECTROMETERS; SURFACE TESTING; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; X RAYS;

BIOMEDICAL DISPOSABLE DEVICES;

POLYVINYL CHLORIDES;

EID: 0037342885     PISSN: 01422421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sia.1532     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Blass CR, Biggs MS, Jones C, Courtney JM, Lowe GDO. Plastics, Rubber Compos. Process. Appl. 1991; 15: 221.
2. Van Dooren AA. Pharm. Weekbl. Sci. Ed. 1991; 13: 109.
3. Jones C, Courtney JM, Robertson LM, Biggs MS, Lowe GDO. Int. J. Artif. Organs 1989; 12: 466.
4. Zhao XB, Courtney JM. Artif. Organs 1998; 23: 104.
5. Kichewa YI, Kostov VD, Chichocvska M. Biomaterials 1995; 16: 575.
6. Manfredini M, Marchetti A, Atzei D, Elsener B, Rossi A. Radiation-induced migration of additives in PVC-based biomedical disposable devices. Part 1. Surface morphology by SEM/EDX and AFM. Surf. Interface Anal
7. Atzei D, Eisener B, Rossi A, Manfredini M, Marchetti A. Radiation-induced migration of additives in PVC-based biomedical disposable devices. Part 2. Surface analysis by XPS. Surf. Interface Anal.
8. Briggs D. Surface Analysis of Polymers by XPS and Static SIMS, Clarke DR, Suresh S, Ward JM (eds), Cambridge Solid State Science Series. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 1998.
9. Beamson G, Briggs D. High Resolution XPS of Organic Polymers. John Wiley: Chichester, 1992.
10. Coullerez G, Chevolot Y, Leonardo, Xanthopoulos N, Mathiew HJ. J. Surf. Anal. 1999; 5: 235.
11. Yoshihara K, Tanaka A. Surf. Interface Anal. 2002; 33: 252.
12. Chang HP, Thomas III JH. J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom. 1982; 26: 203.
13. Akhter S, Allan K, Buchanan D, Cook JA, Campion A, White JM. Appl. Surf. Sci. 1988-89; 35: 241.
14. ISO 15472:2001. Surface Chemical Analysis-X-ray Photoelectron Spectrometers-Calibration of energy scales.
15. Sherwood PMA. Practical Surface Analysis, Briggs D, Seah MP (eds). John Wiley: New York, 1983; 445.
16. NIST database: www.srdata.nist.gov.