纤维素/海藻酸钠复合气凝胶的表面功能化与仿生矿化

通过高碘酸钠和亚氯酸钠的2次氧化法,对纤维素/海藻酸钠复合气凝胶进行表面氧化改性,将纤维素和海藻酸钠表面C2和C3位置的羟基氧化为羧基,有效地提高了复合气凝胶的矿化能力。通过傅里叶红外光谱仪(FT-IR)、扫描电镜(SEM)、X射线衍射仪(XRD)、X射线光电子能谱仪(XPS)、体外细胞毒性测试等对羧基化改性前后在复合气凝胶支架上的沉积物进行表征。结果表明,改性后复合气凝胶表面的磷灰石形成速率更快,晶粒更小,沉积层更均匀;改性复合气凝胶表面的羧基具有更强的Ca2+结合能力,可以诱导Ca2+吸附在气凝胶表面,使矿化能力提高。同时,小鼠成纤维细胞实验表明,矿化后的复合气凝胶无毒性,可以促进细胞生长和分化,是性能良好的骨组织工程材料。     

PLG-g-TA/RGD酶催化交联水凝胶用于透明软骨细胞黏附和三维细胞培养

制备了一种基于聚谷氨酸-g-酪胺/cRGDfk(PLG-g-TA/RGD)的新型酶催化交联水凝胶, 用于兔透明软骨细胞黏附和三维细胞的培养. PLG-g-TA/RGD聚合物材料在辣根过氧化物酶(HRP)和过氧化氢(H₂O₂)存在下, 能够通过酪氨基团的自交联快速形成水凝胶. 环状多肽(cRGDfk)的引入能够显著提高材料的溶液-凝胶转变速率和凝胶强度. 透明软骨细胞在水凝胶表面黏附3 d后, 在PLG-g-TA/RGD水凝胶表面有更多的细胞黏附; 将透明软骨细胞包裹在水凝胶内培养1, 4, 7 d后, 细胞在PLG-g-TA/RGD水凝胶内增殖效率明显高于对照组PLG-g-TA水凝胶. 细胞实验结果表明, 该水凝胶材料具有良好的生物相容性. cRGDfk的引入, 促进了透明软骨细胞的黏附和增殖, 显示了PLG-g-TA/RGD水凝胶材料在三维细胞培养方面的应用潜力.     

PVDF膜改性方法研究进展

本文介绍了目前国内外聚偏氟乙烯(PVDF)超滤膜改性中常用的膜表面改性方法和膜材料改性方法。PVDF膜表面改性主要通过膜表面的物理改性、磺化改性、表面接枝改性、光化学改性、低温等离子体改性等方法来实现;而PVDF膜材料的改性主要是通过PVDF与亲水性高分子材料或小分子无机粒子的共混以及膜材料本体的化学改性来实现。改性PVDF膜的亲水性增强,使水通量增加,提高了机械性能,改善了抗污染性,增加了膜的使用寿命。     

PVDF膜改性的方法研究

本文介绍了目前国内外聚偏氟乙烯(PVDF)超滤膜改性中常用的膜表面改性方法和膜材料改性方法。PVDF膜表面改性主要通过膜表面的物理改性、磺化改性、表面接枝改性、光化学改性、低温等离子体改性等方法来实现;而PVDF膜材料的改性主要是通过PVDF与亲水性高分子材料或小分子无机粒子的共混以及膜材料本体的化学改性来实现。改性PVDF膜的亲水性增强,使水通量增加,提高了机械性能,改善了抗污染性,增加了膜的使用寿命。     

基于聚N-异丙基丙烯酰胺的细胞智能分离材料

聚 N -异丙基丙烯酰胺(PNIPAm)在水中是具有温度响应性的智能高分子材料,可用于细胞培养和自动脱附。本文从材料的制备方法出发,介绍了电子束照射接枝、等离子体处理接枝、表面活性自由基聚合、水凝胶等方法制备的材料对细胞培养及脱附的影响;阐述了细胞的脱附机理;讨论了加快细胞脱附的方法,包括共聚改性PNIPAm、PNIPAm接枝多孔膜、聚乙二醇(PEG)共聚PNIPAm接枝多孔膜、聚偏氟乙烯(PVDF)膜辅助细胞转移。从PNIPAm温敏性材料表面智能分离得到的细胞片因结构完整并保留了细胞外基质成分,在组织修复中得到了应用。     

疏水性聚丙烯酸酯人工晶状体的低温等离子体改性

通过低温等离子体表面改性技术对疏水性聚丙烯酸酯人工晶状体进行表面改性, 并对改性前后材料的表面结构、形貌和光学性能进行了表征. 静态水接触角结果显示, 经过氨等离子体处理后的人工晶状体亲水性效果最好, 同时最佳的改性时间为120 s, 改性功率为150 W. XPS分析结果进一步证实, 经等离子体处理后, 在人工晶状体表面引入了极性基团. 原子显微镜观察结果显示, 改性后材料表面更加凹凸不平, 粗糙度显著增加而透光率变化很小, 但过大功率改性的样品透光率明显下降. 时效性测试结果表明, 人工晶状体在改性14 d后疏水性恢复趋于稳定.     

PEGDA/HEMA水凝胶等离子体表面改性的研究

采用紫外光聚合法合成了聚乙二醇双丙烯酸酯(PEGDA)/甲基丙烯酸-2-羟基乙酯(HEMA)复合凝胶,在不同的条件下进行等离子处理后,紫外光下进行表面接枝改性。在凝胶表面引入亲水性基团,改善材料的亲水性。研究了不同等离子体处理条件及辐射条件对丙烯酰胺(AAm)接枝率的影响。研究表明,丙烯酰胺接枝率随着等离子体处理时间的增加先增大后减小,随着紫外光照射时间、丙烯酰胺浓度的增大而增大。     

氧等离子体改性的聚苯胺/碳纳米管电化学性能

由乳液聚合法制备聚苯胺/碳纳米管复合电极材料,再利用感应耦合氧等离子体源对其进行射频放电处理,制得改性后的复合材料,进一步研究氧等离子体处理时间对材料表面性质和电化学性能的影响。通过SEM和FTIR对复合材料的表面形貌和组成进行分析和表征,结果显示复合材料在改性后的微观形貌均一,粒径变小且颗粒间团聚减轻,材料表面引入了羟基官能团。电化学测试表明,经氧等离子体改性处理10 min后,聚苯胺/碳纳米管复合材料具有突出的电化学特性,比电容为287.8 F.g-1,为改性前的1.7倍,同时等效串联电阻(ESR)降低了67.7%,是一种优良的超级电容器电极材料。由此也表明氧等离子体改性是一种高效的电极材料改性方法。     

胶原温敏半互穿水凝胶的制备及其对L929细胞行为的影响

以Ⅰ型胶原和N-异丙基丙烯酰胺(NIPAAm)为主要原料,将Ⅰ型胶原引入到PNIPAAm交联网络中,制得一种具有温度响应性的半互穿水凝胶.通过红外光谱(FTIR)和扫描电镜(SEM)对PNIPAAm/CollagenⅠ半互穿水凝胶进行成分和结构的表征;通过溶胀测试和示差扫描量热法(DSC)研究了半互穿水凝胶的温敏特性,并对其表面亲疏水性进行分析;在水凝胶表面培养L929细胞,研究其增殖脱附行为.结果表明,PNIPAAm/CollagenⅠ半互穿水凝胶具有良好的温度响应性和生物相容性,与PNIPAAm水凝胶相比,PNIPAAm/CollagenⅠ半互穿水凝胶表面更有利于L929细胞的黏附增殖.将温度降至临界温度(LCST,32℃)以下,细胞从凝胶表面自发脱附.细胞染色表明,与胰蛋白酶消化相比,降温脱附的细胞损伤少,活性更高,表明PNIPAAm水凝胶中引入胶原后,生物相容性得到改善.     

氧化纤维素增强胶原水凝胶

对纤维素进行氧化,得到醛基化的氧化纤维素,将其作为大分子交联剂制备了氧化纤维素改性胶原水凝胶.通过扫描电镜、力学性能及流变学测试,对改性胶原水凝胶的结构和性能进行了表征.研究结果表明,与纯胶原水凝胶相比,氧化纤维素改性胶原水凝胶的力学性能和热稳定性都得到了明显改善,其压缩破坏强度比纯胶原水凝胶提高了1个数量级以上.此外,氧化纤维素的引入,并未出现一般化学交联剂改性所带来的细胞毒性,并保持了胶原水凝胶良好的生物相容性.为改性胶原水凝胶在组织工程材料领域的应用提供依据.     

Vibrational Spectroscopy of Surface Adsorbates by Sum Frequency Generation (SFG)

The vibrational spectroscopy by way of vibrational sum-frequency generation (VSFG) has been made of formic acid adsorbed on MgO(001) surface and of n-alkyltrichlorosilanes chemisorbed on quartz plates. It was revealed that the species on the MgO surface was formate ion (HCOO⁺) with CH bonds standing vertical to the surface and that the different adsorption sites showed up on repeated cycles of adsorption-desorption processes. The results of chemisorbed films indicated that the g-t and/or g-t-g′ conformational scquences of n-alkyl chains occurred more frequently by the length of alkyl chain and that the surface hydroxyls, which are the sites of chemisorption, are ripped off by pre-exposure of substrate to oxygen plasma.     

Polymer matrix of polyethylene porous films functionalized by electrical discharge plasma

The polyethylene porous films were treated by dielectric surface barrier discharge (DSBD) plasma at atmospheric pressure in oxygen (O₂) or nitrogen (N₂), and by radio-frequency discharge (RFD) plasma in air at reduced pressure 46 Pa. The surface energy of films was carried out by direct measurements of contact angles of six testing liquids. The strength of adhesive joints in the system modified polyethylene porous films - polyacrylate was measured by peeling of the joints under the angle of 90°. The significant increase of the surface energy and its polar component of polyethylene porous films modified by all types of plasma were observed. The higher strengths of adhesive joints were found for modification of polyethylene porous films by radio-frequency discharge plasma in comparison with modification of the films by barrier discharge plasma.     

Influence of oxygen plasma treatment on poly(ether sulphone) films

Poly(ether sulphone) (PES) is one of the most widely used materials in the micro-electronics industry and a good candidate for the substrates of flexible optoelectronic devices. In this work, the influences of oxygen plasma treatment on the surface chemical composition, surface morphology and optical transparency of PES films were investigated by means of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM) and UV-visible spectrophotometry. The possible relations between the optical transparency of the substrate and the surface roughness and chemical composition were also studied. The oxygen plasma treatment seriously changed the surface chemical composition and made the surface more rough. Considerable amounts of sulphate species were found on the plasma-treated surface and the surface roughness values (R_a) increased monotonically with the increase of the treatment time. The PES films treated by 5 min, 15 min, 30 min and 45 min oxygen plasma demonstrated transmission of approximately 98, 94, 68 and 46%, respectively, in the wavelength range of 400-780 nm. The oxygen plasma induced decline of optical transparency of PES films might be attributed to both the increase of surface roughness and the changes of chemical composition of the film surface.     

Enhancement of wettability in low density polyethylene films using low pressure glow discharge N2 plasma

Low pressure glow discharge nitrogen plasma has been used to improve wettability in a low density polyethylene (LDPE) film for technical applications. The plasma treatment was carried out at a power of 300 W for different exposure times in the 1–20 min range. Wettability changes were analyzed using contact angle measurements. In addition to this, plasma‐treated samples were subjected to an aging process to determine the durability of the plasma treatment. X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy, and scanning electron microscopy were used for surface characterization. The nitrogen plasma treatment considerably reduced contact angle values thus indicating an increase in surface wettability. The spectroscopic study showed presence of oxygen‐based species on the plasma‐treated samples, which are mainly generated after the plasma treatment as a consequence of air exposure. These polar species contribute to improve surface functionalization, but this is almost lost during aging due to the hydrophobic recovery process. Microscopic studies revealed that also small changes in surface roughness occurred during the plasma treatment but these are very low compared to surface activation. The results confirmed that low pressure nitrogen can be considered as an environmentally efficient process to improve wettability in low density polyethylene films. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 45: 2390–2399, 2007     

Modification of Polyimide in Barrier Discharge Air-Plasmas: Chemical and Morphological Effects

Chemical and physical modifications of polyimide (PI) surfaces caused by an air plasma have been studied. The plasma-induced surface changes of PI were investigated by using a local dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) in air at atmospheric pressure and room temperature as a function of the plasma exposure time and plasma power, while the excitation frequency was kept constant at about 130 kHz. The first results obtained in this work suggest that DBDs operating in air at atmospheric pressure can be an efficient alternative plasma source for surface treatment of polymers: a short time air plasma treatment of few seconds leads to chemical and physical changes including the rise of wettability, surface oxidation, and enhancement of surface roughness. Therefore, this simple kind of dry surface treatment seems to be an effective, low cost method for production of well-adhering subsequent layers such as metal films, paints, glues, etc. on DBD pretreated polymers.     

Characterization of oxygen and argon ion flux interaction with PET surfaces by in-situ XPS and ex-situ FTIR

The effects of low (2.5, 0.2 keV) energy reactive oxygen ion bombardment and argon ion bombardment on poly(ethylene terephthalate) thin film (PET) surface chemical composition were studied. PET films have a high potential as a material for biomedical and electrical industries. The source of ions was an ECR Ion Gun with settable acceleration voltages. PET films were sputtered by ion bombardment for variable process time and the modified films were investigated by in-situ X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) and ex-situ Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The significant changes in the chemical composition of surface layers were quantitatively studied by XPS. The ion bombardment scissions the chains in PET film surface layers. Selective sputtering of oxygen atoms from PET surface was observed when argon ion flux used. The 0.2 keV and 2.5 keV argon ion decreased O/C ratio from 0.37 to 0.25, 0.04 respectively. This phenomenon is responsible for the creation of carbon-rich up 96 at.% surface layer and the oxygen in ester bonds is detached first. The oxygen 2.5 keV ion bombardment had similar effect as argon ion bombardment; the ratio O/C was decreased. The ester bond was broken first. But oxygen 0.2 keV ion flux irradiation created an oxygen rich surface; the O/C ratio was in increased from 0.37 to 0.46. The changes in surface conductivity were investigated by shifts in C1s binding energy. Good agreement with atomic concentration of carbon in C-C bonds on the films surface was found. The FTIR analyses identified changes in chemical composition but with no obvious correlation to surface changes. Photons from the ion source irradiating the PET film during ion bombardment probably caused the observed changes in FTIR spectra.     

Blood compatibility of surface-engineered poly(ethylene terephthalate) via o-carboxymethylchitosan

Poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) films were treated by argon plasma following by graft copolymerization with acrylic acid (AAc). The obtained PET-surface grafted PAA (PET-g-PAA) was coupled with chitosan (CS) and o-carboxymethylchitosan (OCMCS) molecules, respectively. Their surface physicochemical properties were characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), water contact angle and streaming potential measurements. The PET-g-PAA surface containing carboxylic acid, CS immobilized PET surface containing amino and OCMCS immobilized PET surface containing both carboxylic acid and amino groups, make the PET surface exhibited a hydrophilic character. The blood compatibility was evaluated by platelet contacting experiments and protein adsorption experiments in vitro. The results demonstrate that the PET surface coupling OCMCS shows much less platelet adhesive and fibrinogen adsorption compared to the other surface modified PET films. The anticoagulation of PET-OCMCS is ascribed to the suitable balance of hydrophobicity/hydrophilicity, surface zeta potential and the low adsorption of protein.     

氧化锌有序结构在Au(111)和Cu(111)上的生长

利用NO₂或O₂作为氧化剂,研究了氧化锌在Au(111)和Cu(111)上的生长和结构。NO₂表现了更好的氧化性能,有利于有序氧化锌纳米结构或薄膜的生长。在Au(111)和Cu(111)这两个表面上,化学计量比氧化锌都形成非极性的平面化ZnO(0001)的表面结构。在Au(111)上,NO₂气氛下室温沉积锌倾向于形成双层氧化锌纳米结构;而在更高的沉积温度下,在NO₂气氛中沉积锌则可同时观测到单层和双层氧化锌纳米结构。O₂作为氧化剂时可导致形成亚化学计量比的ZnO_x结构。由于铜和锌之间的强相互作用会促进锌的体相扩散,并且铜表面可以被氧化形成表面氧化物,整层氧化锌在Cu(111)上的生长相当困难。我们通过使用NO₂作为氧化剂解决了这个问题,生长出了覆盖Cu(111)表面的满层有序氧化锌薄膜。这些有序氧化锌薄膜表面显示出莫尔条纹,表明存在一个ZnO和Cu(111)之间的莫尔超晶格。实验上观察到的超晶格结构与最近理论计算提出的Cu(111)上的氧化锌薄膜结构相符,具有最小应力。我们的研究表明,氧化锌薄膜的表界面结构可能会随氧化程度或氧化剂的不同而变化,而Cu(111)的表面氧化也可能影响氧化锌的生长。当Cu(111)表面被预氧化成铜表面氧化物时,ZnO_x的生长模式会发生变化,锌原子会受到铜氧化物晶格的限域形成单位点锌。我们的研究表明了氧化锌的生长需要抑制锌向金属基底的扩散,并阻止亚化学计量比ZnO_x的形成。因此,使用原子氧源有利于在Au(111)和Cu(111)表面上生长有序氧化锌薄膜。     

Adhesion Enhancement and Characterization of Plasma Polymerized 1,2-Dichloroethane on Polypropylene Surface

Polypropylene (PP) films were modified in 1,2-dichloroethane (DCE) plasma. Surface energy measurement and rate of deposition showed two-step surface modification. First, incorporation of chloride ions on PP surface followed by deposition of cross-linked layer. DCE plasma modified PP films were subsequently compared with earlier reported work on carbontetrachloride (CCl₄) and chloroform (CHCl₃) plasma modification. Modified films were characterized using ATR-FTIR technique by monitoring the relative changes in intensities of C–H stretch vibrations. The nature of deposition on PP film was characterized using FTIR technique and solubility test. Peel strength measurements of DCE, CCl₄, and CHCl₃ plasma modified films showed improvement in bonding strength. Durability of plasma modified PP film was studied by calculating surface energy and peel strength of samples aged for two months.     

SURFACE MODIFICATION OF BLEND FILMS COMPOSED OF SILK FIBROIN AND POLY（ETHYLENE GLYCOL） MACROMER AND THEIR IN VITRO ANTITHROMBOGENICITY

In order to improve the blood compatibility of silk fibroin (SF), poly(ethylene glycol) macromer (PEGM) in different amounts was added to the SF film to incorporate C=C group into the surface of blend films which were then modified by SO2 gas plasma treatment. ATR-FITR and XPS were used to analyze the chemical change which had occurred on the film‘s surface. When the content of sulfur on the surface of blend films surpasses 1.59%, the antithrombogenicity of plasma treated films increases remarkably due to surface sulfonation. This result implies that SF with blend of PEGM after SO2 plasma treatment have potential use for making blood-contacting biomaterials.