Low and atmospheric plasmarnpolymerisation of nanocoatingsrnfor bio-applications

摘要

There exists an abundant literature on polymers used for biomedical applications. However, the research describedrnin this article deals with the plasma (co)polymerisation of different organic precursors for surface modifications of arnvariety of substrates in order to tailor the physico-chemical properties of the substrates for tuneable biomolecule–surfacerninteractions. The major part of the work presented focuses on the low-pressure inductively excited plasma-enhancedrnchemical vapour deposition of organic precursors for the functionalisations of material. In the second part of the article,rnan open-air custom-made atmospheric-pressure dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma jet is discussed for the antifoulingrnapplications. This special focus aims to elaborate the state of the art of different low and atmospheric pressurernplasma-deposited polymers for anti-fouling applications, cell–surface interactions and tissue engineering applications.