The roles of water molecules at the biointerface of medical polymers

Polymer Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 701-710

  Tanaka, Masaru ^a   Hayashi, Tomohiro ^b,c   Morita, Shigeaki ^d  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c RIKEN   (Japan)

^d OSAKA ELECTRO COMMUNICATION UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attenuated total reflection infrared (ATR IR) spectroscopy; Bio blood compatibility; Cell adhesion; Protein adsorption; Self assembled monolayers (SAMs); Surface force; Water structure

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTION INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; BIO/BLOOD COMPATIBILITY; PROTEIN ADSORPTION; SAMS; SURFACE FORCES; WATER STRUCTURE;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CELL ADHESION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; HYDRATION; ORGANIC POLYMERS; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS;

FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS;

EID: 84881445676     PISSN: 00323896     EISSN: 13490540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pj.2012.229     Document Type: Review

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