UV-curable low-surface-energy fluorinated poly(urethane-acrylate)s for biomedical applications

Wettability of the morphologically and compositionally varied surfaces prepared from blends of well ordered comb-like polymer and polystyrene

“…Among the many methods for modifying the surface properties, polymer blending is considered one of the simplest methods for obtaining the desirable surface characteristics by controlling the surface morphology and wettability [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] and commercially available polystyrene (PS) and poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) have been studied extensively as blending components [16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]. Polymer surfaces with extremely low surface energies are used widely in electric and biomedical applications [24][25][26]. Therefore, there have been many attempts to use fluoropolymers and silicon polymers with very low energy values as one of the blends component.…”

Reduced platelet adhesion and improved corrosion resistance of superhydrophobic TiO2-nanotube-coated 316L stainless steel

“…4). Hydrophobicity of PTES molecular combined with vertically oriented nanotubular structure traps air within interstices of nanostructure and reduces the interaction of fibrinogen/platelet with surface [24,63,66]. The precise mechanism of hemocompatibility of superhydrophilic and superhydrophobic TNTs needs further investigation Page 16 of 34 A c c e p t e d M a n u s c r i p t to substantiate all of this speculation.…”

Syntheses of novel photosensitive polysiloxanes and their effects on properties of UV-cured epoxy methacrylate coatings

“…This resulted from the free methylsiloxane chain segment not being involved in a UV-curing reaction and certain phase separation due to the relatively low content of unsaturated groups in MAPS-1, as a report that the formation of the hydrophobic domains would lead to low surface energy. 28 …”