Surface characterisation of oxygen plasma treated electrospun polyurethane fibres and their interaction with red blood cells

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 472-482

  Zandén, Carl ^a   Voinova, Marina ^a   Gold, Julie ^a   Mörsdorf, Daniel ^b   Bernhardt, Ingolf ^b   Liu, Johan ^a,c  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Contact angle; Electrospun polyurethane; Oxygen plasma treatment; Red blood cells; Surface morphology; X ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS)

Indexed keywords

CELL FUNCTIONS; ELECTROSPUNS; EXPOSURE-TIME; FIBRE STRUCTURE; FIBROUS ASSEMBLIES; HYDROPHOBIC CHARACTER; MATERIAL INTEGRITY; NON-WOVEN; OXYGEN PLASMA TREATMENT; OXYGEN PLASMAS; PLASMA EXPOSURE TIME; PLASMA TREATMENT; POLYURETHANE MATERIALS; PROCESS KNOWLEDGE; RED BLOOD CELL; ROUGH SURFACES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; SURFACE CHARACTERISATION; SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS; SURFACE LAYERS; SURFACE OXYGEN CONTENT; TREATMENT PHASIS; WATER CONTACT ANGLE MEASUREMENT; WATER PENETRATION; X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY (XPS);

ADHESION; BLOOD; CELLS; CONTACT ANGLE; ETHERS; OXYGEN; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMAS; POLYETHYLENES; POLYURETHANES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; SURFACES; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

FIBERS;

EID: 84862796629     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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