POLYURETHANE MODIFIED BY PLASMA ION IMPLANTATION

1,2 Chudinov V.S.
Co-authors:
2 Shardakov I.N. 2 Svistkov A.L. 3 Kondyurin A.V.
Institutions:
1 Perm State University, Perm, Russian Federation, chudinovsl@mail.ru
2 Institute of Continuous Media Mechanics of the Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Science, Perm, Russian Federation
3 School of Physics, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Conference:
10th International Conference on Nanomaterials - Research & Application, Hotel Voronez I, Brno, Czech Republic, EU, October 17th - 19th 2018
Proceedings:
Proceedings 10th International Conference on Nanomaterials - Research & Application
Pages:
295-299
ISBN:
978-80-87294-89-5
ISSN:
2694-930X
Published:
28th February 2019
Proceedings of the conference were published in Web of Science and Scopus.
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Abstract

Polyurethane was treated by nitrogen ions with energy of 20 keV and fluence of 1014 - 1016 ions/cm2. Modified polyurethane was investigated by the IR FTIR, Raman and EPR spectroscopy, AFM microscopy. The contact angle and the surface energy of modified polyurethane are measured. Polyurethane after treatment has a carbonized layer of 70 nm thickness and partly depolymerized layer below the carbonized layer. Polyurethane after treatment have wave-like surface relief and cracks. Carbonized layer of the modified polyurethane contains highly active free radicals. It provides high hydrophilicity of modified polyurethane surface. High activity free radicals and hydrophilicity of modified polyurethane surface provides a saving of biological activity of the covalently attached proteins. As results, it provides to attachment and growing of endothelial cells on the polyurethane surface. The modified polyurethane can be applied for soft tissue medical implants.

Keywords: Carbonized layer, polyurethane, plasma ion implantation, implant, biocompatibility

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