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Current strategies towards hemocompatible coatings

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Inorganic coatings were shown to substantially improve the durability and inertness of biomaterials while a number of advanced polymer Coatings were demonstrated to be very effective by targeting specific biochemical pathways.
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A wide range of biomedical devices is applied clinically in contact with blood. Tailoring the surface properties of the involved biomaterials is a common approach to enhance performance and to limit adverse reactions. This review summarizes current trends in coating technologies developed for that purpose. Inorganic coatings were shown to substantially improve the durability and inertness of biomaterials while a number of advanced polymer coatings were demonstrated to be very effective by targeting specific biochemical pathways. However, to fully utilize the power of these bioactive coatings safety issues need to be thoroughly addressed in future studies.

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Advances in polymers for anti-biofouling surfaces

TL;DR: In this paper, a review highlights recent advances in the design and synthesis of polymers that can resist fouling by biomolecules, cells and organisms, and the mechanisms of anti-biofouling activity is discussed.
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Surface chemistry to minimize fouling from blood-based fluids

TL;DR: The surface chemistry developed to date to minimize fouling from these considerably more challenging blood-based fluids is summarized and adsorption dynamics is discussed.
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Blood coagulation on biomaterials requires the combination of distinct activation processes

TL;DR: The results reveal that contact activation and platelet adhesion have a strong synergistic effect on coagulation on blood-contacting materials even though these events in isolation are not sufficient to induce substantial thrombin formation.
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The surface science of titanium dioxide

TL;DR: Titanium dioxide is the most investigated single-crystalline system in the surface science of metal oxides, and the literature on rutile (1.1) and anatase surfaces is reviewed in this paper.
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Light-induced amphiphilic surfaces

TL;DR: In this paper, the photogeneration of a highly amphiphilic (both hydrophilic and oleophilic) titanium dioxide surface was reported, and the unique character of this surface was ascribed to the microstructured composition of hydrophilicity of the phases, produced by ultraviolet irradiation.
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Biomaterial-associated thrombosis: roles of coagulation factors, complement, platelets and leukocytes

TL;DR: Current perspectives on all four of these components in thrombosis and with biomaterials and cardiovascular devices are summarized.
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Clot-bound thrombin is protected from inhibition by heparin-antithrombin III but is susceptible to inactivation by antithrombin III-independent inhibitors.

TL;DR: Cl clot-bound thrombin is relatively protected from inhibition by heparin, and antithrombin III-independent inhibitors may be more effective than hepar in certain clinical settings.
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