1 IntroductionDentinal repair in the postnatal organism occurs through the activity of specialized cells, odontoblasts,that are thought to be maintained by an as yet undefined precursor population associated with pulp...
详细信息
1 IntroductionDentinal repair in the postnatal organism occurs through the activity of specialized cells, odontoblasts,that are thought to be maintained by an as yet undefined precursor population associated with pulp tissue.
There are currently many experimental efforts to develop a treatment to restore useful vision for blind patients by electrical stimulation at epiretina, which is based on experiments that inner retinal layers can be e...
详细信息
In order to account for the influence of subcellular organelles on transmembrane potential, five-shelled dielectric model of spherical cell was developed in this paper. And the calculation method of transmembrane pote...
详细信息
A novel topology of three-phase rectifier with double frequency is proposed in this paper. The topology is composed of two standard three-phase bridges, which work in different frequency. The novel converter topology ...
详细信息
A cell-to-cell fusion technique using 3-D microelectrodes array microchip has been developed. It permits cell-to-cell fusion operation in large amount simultaneously. And it needs much lower voltage (alternating volta...
详细信息
Subretinal prosthesis is one kind of retinal prosthesis, which means that a microimplant based on MEMS technology is inserted in the subretinal space to stimulate the optic nerve and elicit an electrical-evoked respon...
详细信息
A novel topology of Buck converter with double frequency is proposed in this paper. This topology is composed of two-Buck cells cascaded, one of which works in high frequency, and another one works in low frequency. T...
详细信息
We report a study involving chitosan chains immobilized on poly (ethylene terephthalate) (PET) films by plasma and ultraviolet (UV) grafting modification. The surface structure of the modified PET is determined by mea...
详细信息
We report a study involving chitosan chains immobilized on poly (ethylene terephthalate) (PET) films by plasma and ultraviolet (UV) grafting modification. The surface structure of the modified PET is determined by means of attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infraed spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The results show that the chains of chitosan are successfully grafted on the surface of PET. Platelet adhesion evaluation in vitro is conducted to examine the blood compatibility in vitro. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and optical microscopy reveal that the amounts of adhered, aggregated and morphologically changed platelets are reduced on the chitosan-immobilized PET films. The number of platelet adhered on the modified film is reduced by almost 48% compared to the amount of platelets on the untreated film. Our result thus shows that chitosan immobilized on the PET surface improves blood compatibility.
In this paper, polyethylene glycol (PEG) of various different molecular weights was grafted onto PET films using plasma surface grafting modification. The surface structure of PEG-grafted PET films was analyzed by att...
详细信息
In this paper, polyethylene glycol (PEG) of various different molecular weights was grafted onto PET films using plasma surface grafting modification. The surface structure of PEG-grafted PET films was analyzed by attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), suggesting that the surface structure and composition of PET films changes due to the presence of PEG. Blood compatibility was characterized by in vitro platelet adhesion experiments and coagulation factors. The tests of platelet adhesion and coagulation factors in vitro suggest that PEG grafted onto polymer surfaces can improve the blood compatibility of PET films remarkably. The modified PET films were pre-coated with albumin and fibrinogen respectively;platelet adhesion tests in vitro then indicated that samples pre-coated with albumin have better blood compatibility than with fibrinogen, resulting in the conclusion that the albumin can improve blood compatibility. The contact angle of PEG-grafted films was measured by the sessile drop method and the surface free energy and interface free energy were induced. It is indicated that the PEG-grafted PET films have the characteristic of preferentially adsorbing albumin.
Surface modification has shown great potential for improving the hemocompatibility of biomedical materials and devices. In this paper we describe our work on improving blood compatibility with Ti-O thin films prepared...
详细信息
Surface modification has shown great potential for improving the hemocompatibility of biomedical materials and devices. In this paper we describe our work on improving blood compatibility with Ti-O thin films prepared by unbalanced DC magnetron sputtering. The structure and surface chemical and physical properties of the films were characterized by X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), SEM, sheet resistance tests, and Hall effect measurements. The sheet resistance of the titanium oxide samples increased with oxygen pressure and shows a sharp increase when only TiO2 exists in the films. The band gap, carrier density and sheet resistance of the titanium oxide films synthesized at different oxygen pressure are different. These properties affect blood compatibility significantly. We suggest that the semiconducting nature of n-type Ti-O films with bandgap 3.0-3.2 eV, sheet resistance greater than 1 Ω.cm and carrier density of about 1.17 × 1016cm-2 leads to their excellent blood compatibility.
暂无评论