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Plasma Surface Modification of Polymers for Biomedical Uses

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Plasma Modification of Polyolefins

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Polyolefins (POs) are a class of synthetic polymers that appear most popularly in daily uses. Despite the natural hdydrophobic characteristic of these materials, the applications of them in biomedicine are very common and important, thank to plasma surface processing technology. By processing, the surfaces of POs have been modified in aspect of morphology and chemical compositions. Thereby the surfaces own high roughness with significant ratio of polar groups after plasma processing, become water-favorable surface. This modification is a key factor to extensively expand the applications of POs into biomedical uses. The chapter shows a close perspective of interaction process between plasma and POs surface, which transfers the surface characteristics to biocompatibility, hydrophilicity and widens their applications in antibacterial, bioadhesive, tissue generation or food container.

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    Phan Lan Thi & Moon Myoung-Woon

  2. Life and Materials Science Research Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea

    Phan Lan Thi & Moon Myoung-Woon

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Thi, P.L., Myoung-Woon, M. (2022). Plasma Surface Modification of Polymers for Biomedical Uses. In: Baneesh, N.S., Sari, P.S., Vackova, T., Thomas, S. (eds) Plasma Modification of Polyolefins. Engineering Materials. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52264-3_10

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