Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Polymerized 2-Ethyl-2-oxazoline Based Thin Films for Biomedical Purposes.

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MAZÁNKOVÁ Věra SŤAHEL Pavel MATOUŠKOVÁ Petra BRABLEC Antonín ČECH Jan PROKEŠ Lubomír BURŠÍKOVÁ Vilma STUPAVSKÁ Monika LEHOCKÝ Marián OZALTIN Kadir HUMPOLÍČEK Petr TRUNEC David

Year of publication 2020
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Polymers
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Faculty of Science

Citation
Web https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/12/11/2679
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym12112679
Keywords antibiofouling; plasma polymer; oxazoline
Description Polyoxazoline thin coatings were deposited on glass substrates using atmospheric pressure plasma polymerization from 2-ethyl-2-oxazoline vapours. The plasma polymerization was performed in dielectric barrier discharge burning in nitrogen at atmospheric pressure. The thin films stable in aqueous environments were obtained at the deposition with increased substrate temperature, which was changed from 20 degrees C to 150 degrees C. The thin film deposited samples were highly active against both S. aureus and E. coli strains in general. The chemical composition of polyoxazoline films was studied by FTIR and XPS, the mechanical properties of films were studied by depth sensing indentation technique and by scratch tests. The film surface properties were studied by AFM and by surface energy measurement. After tuning the deposition parameters (i.e., monomer flow rate and substrate temperature), stable films, which resist bacterial biofilm formation and have cell-repellent properties, were achieved. Such antibiofouling polyoxazoline thin films can have many potential biomedical applications.
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