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Nitrogen-Doped Titanium Dioxide Thin Films Formation on the Surface of PLLA Electrospun Microfibers Scaffold by Reactive Magnetron Sputtering Method

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Nitrogen-doped thin titanium dioxide films formed by the reactive magnetron sputtering method on the surface of PLLA electrospun microfibers scaffold were investigated. It was shown that the chemical composition of the films is shifting from titanium dioxide (TiO2) composites saturated with C–NH, C=N, N–C=N and HN–C=O compounds to solid solutions of titanium oxides (TixOy) and titanium oxynitrides (TiOxNy) with the increased time of the treatment. An empirical model describing changes in the chemical composition of the surface due to the treatment was proposed. It was shown that the modification of the PLLA microfibers scaffolds surface improves cell-scaffold and cell–cell interactions with the highest number of viable adherent cells observed on the scaffold treated for 4 min.

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This research was supported by Tomsk Polytechnic University Competitiveness Enhancement Program project VIU-SEC B.P. Veinberg-210/2018. The authors acknowledge the Resource Center of Saint-Petersburg State University “Physical methods of surface investigation” for conducting XPS study.

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    E. N. Bolbasov, P. V. Maryin, K. S. Stankevich, S. I. Goreninskii, V. L. Kudryavtseva & S. I. Tverdokhlebov

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Bolbasov, E.N., Maryin, P.V., Stankevich, K.S. et al. Nitrogen-Doped Titanium Dioxide Thin Films Formation on the Surface of PLLA Electrospun Microfibers Scaffold by Reactive Magnetron Sputtering Method. Plasma Chem Plasma Process 39, 503–517 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11090-019-09956-x

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