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Surface modification
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TL;DR: The versatility of the click modulation protocol will allow a wide range of MOFs to be easily surface functionalized for a number of applications, as demonstrated for dichloroacetic-acid-loaded materials, which exhibit enhanced cytotoxicity.
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28 Feb 1994TL;DR: In this paper, a method for modifying the surface of a material adapted for contact with tissue of a human or non-human animal to impart biofunctional, bioactive or biomimetic properties to the surface comprising exposing the surface to a solution comprising (1) an ethylenically unsaturated monomer or mixture thereof capable, via the ethylenic unsaturation, of gamma irradiation or electron beam induced polymerization, and (2) at least one biofunctional agent; and (b) irradiating the surface with gamma or electronbeam irradiation in the presence of the
Abstract: A method for modifying the surface of a material adapted for contact with tissue of a human or non-human animal to impart biofunctional, bioactive or biomimetic properties to the surface comprising: (a) exposing the surface to a solution comprising (1) an ethylenically unsaturated monomer or mixture thereof capable, via the ethylenic unsaturation, of gamma irradiation or electron beam induced polymerization, and (2) at least one biofunctional agent; and (b) irradiating the surface with gamma or electron beam irradiation in the presence of the solution to thereby form on the surface a graft polymerized coating, the coating having physically entrapped therein or chemically bonded thereto molecules of the at least one biofunctional agent which imparts biofunctional or biomimetic properties to the surface; wherein the gamma or electron beam irradiation induced polymerization is conducted under one of the following conditions: A. (i) monomer concentration in the solution in the range of from about 0.1% to about 50%, by weight; (ii) total gamma or electron beam dose in the range of from about 0.001 to less than about 0.50 Mrad; and (iii) gamma dose rate in the range of from about 10 to about 2,500 rads/min., or electron beam dose rate in the range of from about 10 to about 10 8 rads/min.; B. (i) hydrophilic monomer(s) graft under conditions which may include monomer pre-soak or plasma gamma surface modification (especially for metal or glass substrates in latter case); and (ii) graft polymerization of monomer(s) with bioactive/biofunctional molecules using (i) as substrate; C. (i) Hydrograft™ as in A or B above followed by dehydration and adsorption of bioactive/biofunctional molecules into the hydrophilic polymer graft; wherein the biological properties of the biofunctional agent are substantially maintained.
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TL;DR: A carbon fiber/polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane/carbon nanotube (CF-POSS-CNT) hybrid reinforcement was prepared by grafting CNTs onto the carbon fiber surface using octaglycidyldimethylsilyl POSS as the linkage in an attempt to improve the interfacial properties between carbon fibers and an epoxy matrix.
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TL;DR: In this paper, Nitrogen-based plasma systems such as N 2, NH 3, Ar/NH 3, and O 2 /NH 3 were used to modify microporous polyethersulfone membranes.
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TL;DR: This work prepares nanoporous polymer monoliths from ABC triblock copolymer precursors that assemble into a cylindrical morphology, where the A block constitutes matrix, C is the removable minor component, and B provides the functionality on the surface of the pores.
Abstract: The utilization of nanoporous substrates in applications such as selective ion transport, biomolecule separation, seeded templating, and catalysis necessitates the ability to efficiently control pore surface properties. We approached this task by preparing nanoporous polymer monoliths from ABC triblock copolymer precursors that assemble into a cylindrical morphology, where the A block constitutes matrix, C is the removable minor component, and B provides the functionality on the surface of the pores. Polystyrene−polydimethylacrylamide−polylactide (PS−PDMA−PLA) triblock copolymers were prepared by a combination of controlled ring-opening and free-radical polymerization techniques. After selective etching of the PLA cylinders from shear-aligned monoliths, a nanoporous polystyrene matrix containing a hexagonally packed array of hydrophilic, PDMA-coated channels was obtained. Extremely high degrees of alignment and order could be attained, and nanoporous substrates with second-order orientation factors of as ...
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