Technology tethers free radicals

摘要

Details of the breakthrough technology were published recently in the international journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The paper: Free radical functionali-sation of surfaces to prevent adverse responses to biomedical devices says the technology uses a layer of carbon and nitrogen, rich in free radicals that anchor proteins to a surface. It is this easy and strong adherence of the biomolecules, while still preserving their function that has the science community talking.