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Sarabia-Vallejos MA, De la Fuente SR, Tapia P, Cohn-Inostroza NA, Estrada M, Ortiz-Puerta D, Rodríguez-Hernández J, González-Henríquez CM. Development of Biocompatible Digital Light Processing Resins for Additive Manufacturing Using Visible Light-Induced RAFT Polymerization. Polymers (Basel) 2024; 16:472. [PMID: 38399850 PMCID: PMC10893283 DOI: 10.3390/polym16040472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2024] [Revised: 02/01/2024] [Accepted: 02/05/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024] Open
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Patients with bone diseases often experience increased bone fragility. When bone injuries exceed the body's natural healing capacity, they become significant obstacles. The global rise in the aging population and the escalating obesity pandemic are anticipated to lead to a notable increase in acute bone injuries in the coming years. Our research developed a novel DLP resin for 3D printing, utilizing poly(ethylene glycol diacrylate) (PEGDA) and various monomers through the PET-RAFT polymerization method. To enhance the performance of bone scaffolds, triply periodic minimal surfaces (TPMS) were incorporated into the printed structure, promoting porosity and pore interconnectivity without reducing the mechanical resistance of the printed piece. The gyroid TPMS structure was the one that showed the highest mechanical resistance (0.94 ± 0.117 and 1.66 ± 0.240 MPa) for both variants of resin composition. Additionally, bioactive particles were introduced to enhance the material's biocompatibility, showcasing the potential for incorporating active compounds for specific applications. The inclusion of bioceramic particles produces an increase of 13% in bioactivity signal for osteogenic differentiation (alkaline phosphatase essay) compared to that of control resins. Our findings highlight the substantial improvement in printing precision and resolution achieved by including the photoabsorber, Rose Bengal, in the synthesized resin. This enhancement allows for creating intricately detailed and accurately defined 3D-printed parts. Furthermore, the TPMS gyroid structure significantly enhances the material's mechanical resistance, while including bioactive compounds significantly boosts the polymeric resin's biocompatibility and bioactivity (osteogenic differentiation).
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- Mauricio A. Sarabia-Vallejos
- Facultad de Ingeniería, Arquitectura y Diseño, Universidad San Sebastián, Santiago 8420524, Chile; (M.A.S.-V.); (D.O.-P.)
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- Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Matemáticas y del Medio Ambiente, Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana, Santiago 7800003, Chile; (S.R.D.l.F.); (P.T.)
- Programa Institucional de Fomento a la Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación, Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana, Santiago 8940000, Chile
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- Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Matemáticas y del Medio Ambiente, Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana, Santiago 7800003, Chile; (S.R.D.l.F.); (P.T.)
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- Programa de Fisiología y Biofísica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 8389100, Chile; (N.A.C.-I.); (M.E.)
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- Programa de Fisiología y Biofísica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 8389100, Chile; (N.A.C.-I.); (M.E.)
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- Facultad de Ingeniería, Arquitectura y Diseño, Universidad San Sebastián, Santiago 8420524, Chile; (M.A.S.-V.); (D.O.-P.)
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- Polymer Functionalization Group, Departamento de Química Macromolecular Aplicada, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (ICTP-CSIC), 28006 Madrid, Spain;
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- Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Matemáticas y del Medio Ambiente, Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana, Santiago 7800003, Chile; (S.R.D.l.F.); (P.T.)
- Programa Institucional de Fomento a la Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación, Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana, Santiago 8940000, Chile
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Morrison TX, Gramlich WM. Tunable, thiol-ene, interpenetrating network hydrogels of norbornene-modified carboxymethyl cellulose and cellulose nanofibrils. Carbohydr Polym 2023; 319:121173. [PMID: 37567714 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2023.121173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2022] [Revised: 06/25/2023] [Accepted: 06/30/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023]
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Carboxymethyl cellulose modified with norbornene groups (NorCMC) and cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs) produced through mechanical refining without chemical pretreatment formed interpenetrating network hydrogels through a UV-light initiated thiol-ene reaction. The molar ratio of thiols in crosslinkers to norbornene groups off the NorCMC (T:N), total polymer weight percent in the hydrogel, and weight percent of CNFs of the total polymer content of the hydrogels were varied to control hydrogel properties. This method enabled orders of magnitude changes to behavior. Swelling in aqueous environments could be significant (>150 %) without CNFs to minimal (<15 %) with the use of 50 % CNFs. NorCMC and CNF networks interacted synergistically to create hydrogels with compression modulus values spanning 1 to 150 kPa - the values of most biological tissues. T:N and total polymer weight percent could be varied to create hydrogels with different CNF content, but the same compression modulus, targeting 10 and 100 kPa hydrogels and providing a system that can independently vary fibrillar content and bulk modulus. Analysis of the effective crosslinks, thiol-ene network mesh size, and burst release of the polymer indicated synergistic interactions of the NorCMC thiol-ene and CNFs networks. These interactions enhanced modulus and degradation control of the network under physiological conditions.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, USA; Advanced Structures and Composites Center, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, USA; Institute of Medicine, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, USA.
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Izawa H, Ishisaka S, Saimoto H, Ifuku S. Drying-induced surface wrinkles generated on chitosan films having polyion complex skin layers: effects of physical properties of skin layers and substrates on surface wrinkling upon drying. BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 2022. [DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20220177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Hironori Izawa
- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Tottori University, 4-101 Koyama-Minami, Tottori 680-8550, Japan
- Center for Research on Green Sustainable Chemistry, Tottori University, Tottori 680-8550, Japan
- Faculty of Engineering, University of Miyazaki, 1-1 Gakuen Kibanadai-Nishi, Miyazaki 889-2192, Japan
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- Graduate School of Sustainability Science, Tottori University, 4-101 Koyama-Minami, Tottori 680-8550, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Tottori University, 4-101 Koyama-Minami, Tottori 680-8550, Japan
- Center for Research on Green Sustainable Chemistry, Tottori University, Tottori 680-8550, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Tottori University, 4-101 Koyama-Minami, Tottori 680-8550, Japan
- Center for Research on Green Sustainable Chemistry, Tottori University, Tottori 680-8550, Japan
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High density star poly HEMA containing bis-indole rich dendrimer inner core for integrated anti-fouling and anti-bacterial coating applications. Eur Polym J 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2022.111170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Chen X, Li Y, Wu J, Li N, He W, Feng Y, Liu J. Heterogeneous Structure Regulated by Selection Pressure on Bacterial Adhesion Optimized the Viability Stratification Structure of Electroactive Biofilms. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:2754-2767. [PMID: 34982530 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c19767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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As the core of microbial fuel cells (MFCs), the components and structure of electroactive biofilms (EABs) are essential for MFC performance. Bacterial adhesion plays a vital role in shaping the structure of EABs, but the effect of bacterial adhesion under selection pressure on EABs has not been systematically studied. Here, the response of the composition, structure, and electrochemical performance of EABs to the selective adhesion pressure due to the selective coordination of Fe(III) and Co(II) with thiol and the different affinities for bacteria on hybrid electrodes (Fe1Co, Fe4Co, and Fe10Co) were comprehensively investigated. Compared with carbon cloth (CC), the appropriate selective adhesion pressure of Fe4Co activated the dead inner core of EABs and optimized their viability stratification structure. Both the total viability and the viability of the inner core layer in the Fe4Co EAB (0.67, 0.70 ± 0.01) were higher than those of the CC (0.46, 0.54 ± 0.01), Fe1Co (0.50, 0.48 ± 0.03), and Fe10Co (0.51, 0.51 ± 0.03). Moreover, a higher proportion of proteins was detected in the Fe4Co EAB, enhancing the redox activity of extracellular polymeric substances. Fe4Co enriched Geobacter and stimulated microbial metabolism. Electrochemical analysis revealed that the Fe4Co EAB was the most electroactive EAB, with a maximum power density of 2032.4 mW m-2, which was 1.7, 1.3, and 1.1 times that of the CC (1202.6 mW m-2), Fe1Co (1610.3 mW m-2), and Fe10Co (1824.4 mW m-2) EABs, respectively. Our findings confirmed that highly active EABs could be formed by imposing selection pressure on bacterial adhesion.
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- Xuepeng Chen
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Academy of Environment and Ecology, Tianjin University, No. 92 Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin 300072, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Academy of Environment and Ecology, Tianjin University, No. 92 Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin 300072, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Academy of Environment and Ecology, Tianjin University, No. 92 Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin 300072, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Academy of Environment and Ecology, Tianjin University, No. 92 Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin 300072, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Academy of Environment and Ecology, Tianjin University, No. 92 Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin 300072, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Academy of Environment and Ecology, Tianjin University, No. 92 Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin 300072, China
- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, No. 73 Huanghe Road, Nangang District, Harbin 150090, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Academy of Environment and Ecology, Tianjin University, No. 92 Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin 300072, China
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González-Henríquez CM, Rodríguez-Umanzor FE, Alegría-Gómez MN, Terraza-Inostroza CA, Martínez-Campos E, Cue-López R, Sarabia-Vallejos MA, García-Herrera C, Rodríguez-Hernández J. Wrinkling on Stimuli-Responsive Functional Polymer Surfaces as a Promising Strategy for the Preparation of Effective Antibacterial/Antibiofouling Surfaces. Polymers (Basel) 2021; 13:4262. [PMID: 34883766 PMCID: PMC8659726 DOI: 10.3390/polym13234262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2021] [Revised: 11/26/2021] [Accepted: 12/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Biocompatible smart interfaces play a crucial role in biomedical or tissue engineering applications, where their ability to actively change their conformation or physico-chemical properties permits finely tuning their surface attributes. Polyelectrolytes, such as acrylic acid, are a particular type of smart polymers that present pH responsiveness. This work aims to fabricate stable hydrogel films with reversible pH responsiveness that could spontaneously form wrinkled surface patterns. For this purpose, the photosensitive reaction mixtures were deposited via spin-coating over functionalized glasses. Following vacuum, UV, or either plasma treatments, it is possible to spontaneously form wrinkles, which could increase cell adherence. The pH responsiveness of the material was evaluated, observing an abrupt variation in the film thickness as a function of the environmental pH. Moreover, the presence of the carboxylic acid functional groups at the interface was evidenced by analyzing the adsorption/desorption capacity using methylene blue as a cationic dye model. The results demonstrated that increasing the acrylic acid in the microwrinkled hydrogel effectively improved the adsorption and release capacity and the ability of the carboxylic groups to establish ionic interactions with methylene blue. Finally, the role of the acrylic acid groups and the surface topography (smooth or wrinkled) on the final antibacterial properties were investigated, demonstrating their efficacy against both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria model strains (E. coli and S. Aureus). According to our findings, microwrinkled hydrogels presented excellent antibacterial properties improving the results obtained for planar (smooth) hydrogels.
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- Carmen M. González-Henríquez
- Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Matemáticas y del Medio Ambiente, Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana, Santiago 7800003, Chile; (F.E.R.-U.); (M.N.A.-G.)
- Programa Institucional de Fomento a la Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación, Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana, Santiago 8940000, Chile
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- Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Matemáticas y del Medio Ambiente, Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana, Santiago 7800003, Chile; (F.E.R.-U.); (M.N.A.-G.)
- Programa PhD en Ciencia de Materiales e Ingeniería de Procesos, Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana, Santiago 8940000, Chile
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- Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Matemáticas y del Medio Ambiente, Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana, Santiago 7800003, Chile; (F.E.R.-U.); (M.N.A.-G.)
- Programa PhD en Ciencia de Materiales e Ingeniería de Procesos, Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana, Santiago 8940000, Chile
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- Research Laboratory for Organic Polymer (RLOP), Facultad de Química y Farmacia, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago 7810000, Chile;
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- Group of Organic Synthesis and Bioevaluation, Instituto Pluridisciplinar, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Associated Unit to the ICTP-IQM-CSIC, 28040 Madrid, Spain; (E.M.-C.); (R.C.-L.)
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- Group of Organic Synthesis and Bioevaluation, Instituto Pluridisciplinar, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Associated Unit to the ICTP-IQM-CSIC, 28040 Madrid, Spain; (E.M.-C.); (R.C.-L.)
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago 9170022, Chile; (M.A.S.-V.); (C.G.-H.)
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago 9170022, Chile; (M.A.S.-V.); (C.G.-H.)
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- Polymer Functionalization Group, Departamento de Química Macromolecular Aplicada, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (ICTP-CSIC), 28006 Madrid, Spain;
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Cui L, Yao Y, Yim EKF. The effects of surface topography modification on hydrogel properties. APL Bioeng 2021; 5:031509. [PMID: 34368603 PMCID: PMC8318605 DOI: 10.1063/5.0046076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2021] [Accepted: 06/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Hydrogel has been an attractive biomaterial for tissue engineering, drug delivery, wound healing, and contact lens materials, due to its outstanding properties, including high water content, transparency, biocompatibility, tissue mechanical matching, and low toxicity. As hydrogel commonly possesses high surface hydrophilicity, chemical modifications have been applied to achieve the optimal surface properties to improve the performance of hydrogels for specific applications. Ideally, the effects of surface modifications would be stable, and the modification would not affect the inherent hydrogel properties. In recent years, a new type of surface modification has been discovered to be able to alter hydrogel properties by physically patterning the hydrogel surfaces with topographies. Such physical patterning methods can also affect hydrogel surface chemical properties, such as protein adsorption, microbial adhesion, and cell response. This review will first summarize the works on developing hydrogel surface patterning methods. The influence of surface topography on interfacial energy and the subsequent effects on protein adsorption, microbial, and cell interactions with patterned hydrogel, with specific examples in biomedical applications, will be discussed. Finally, current problems and future challenges on topographical modification of hydrogels will also be discussed.
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- Linan Cui
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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Um E, Cho YK, Jeong J. Spontaneous Wrinkle Formation on Hydrogel Surfaces Using Photoinitiator Diffusion from Oil-Water Interface. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:15837-15846. [PMID: 33689266 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c00449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Patterning wrinkles on three-dimensional curved or enclosed surfaces can be challenging due to difficulties in application of uniform films and stresses on such structures. In this study, we demonstrate a simple one-step wrinkle-formation method on various hydrogel structures utilizing the oil-water interfaces. By diffusion of the photoinitiator from the oil phase to the prepolymer solution in water through the interface, a characteristic cross-linking gradient is set up in the hydrogel. Then, after photopolymerization, we observe diverse patterns of wrinkles upon changing the concentration of the hydrogel or photoinitiator. As the wrinkle formation via photoinitiator diffusion through the interface requires only UV exposure for polymerization, while taking advantage of the oil-water interfacial tension, wrinkles can be developed easily on various curved structures. In addition, we illustrate the formation of wrinkles on surfaces underneath another layer of polymer or on completely enclosed surfaces, which is difficult with conventional methods. We expect that our results will lead to production of novel microstructures and provide a platform for studying the morphogenesis of wrinkles found in nature such as in curved substrates and multilayers.
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- Eujin Um
- Department of Physics, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
- Center for Soft and Living Matter, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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González-Henríquez CM, Rodriguez-Umanzor FE, Almagro-Correa J, Sarabia-Vallejos MA, Martínez-Campos E, Esteban-Lucía M, Del Campo-García A, Rodríguez-Hernández J. Biocompatible fluorinated wrinkled hydrogel films with antimicrobial activity. MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING. C, MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 2020; 114:111031. [PMID: 32993990 DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2020.111031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2019] [Revised: 03/13/2020] [Accepted: 04/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Surface-modified hydrogel films were designed to control the bacterial colonization on their surface and to promote cell proliferation through the gradual insertion of highly hydrophobic functional monomers. These hydrogel films were deposited via spin-coating technique, using muscovite mica as a substrate. These samples were then exposed to different external stimuli to produce wrinkled patterns. The relationship between the monomers which compose the hydrogel, was varied to alter the hydrophobic/hydrophilic balance of the final composite. Contact angle and confocal Raman spectroscopy measurements were carried out to characterize the surface and the bulk of the hydrogel film. Cell proliferation and antimicrobial tests were performed using premyoblastic murine cells (C2C12-GFP) and RAW 264.7 (ATCC® TIB-71) macrophagic cell lines, and also for bacteria strains, Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli. The results indicate that the inclusion of the TFPMA produces an increase in cell proliferation, together with a decrease in living bacterial colonies after 48 h, both for Gram-positive or Gram-negative species.
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- Carmen M González-Henríquez
- Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Matemáticas y del Medio Ambiente, Departamento de Química, Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana, P.O. Box 9845, Correo 21, Santiago, Chile; Programa Institucional de Fomento a la Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación, Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana, Ignacio Valdivieso 2409, Santiago, Chile.
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- Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Matemáticas y del Medio Ambiente, Departamento de Química, Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana, P.O. Box 9845, Correo 21, Santiago, Chile
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- Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Matemáticas y del Medio Ambiente, Departamento de Química, Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana, P.O. Box 9845, Correo 21, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Estructural y Geotecnia, Escuela de Ingeniería, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, P.O. Box 306, Correo 22, Santiago, Chile; Instituto de Ingeniería Biológica y Medica, Escuela de Ingeniería, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, P.O. Box 306, Correo 22, Santiago, Chile
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- Tissue Engineering Group, Instituto de Estudios Biofuncionales, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Associated Unit to the ICTP-CSIC Polymer Functionalization Group, Paseo Juan XXIII, n° 1, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Tissue Engineering Group, Instituto de Estudios Biofuncionales, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Associated Unit to the ICTP-CSIC Polymer Functionalization Group, Paseo Juan XXIII, n° 1, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Polymer Functionalization Group, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (ICTP-CSIC), Departamento de Química Macromolecular Aplicada, Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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González-Henríquez CM, Rodríguez-Umanzor FE, Guzmán D, Sarabia-Vallejos MA, Rodríguez-Hernández J. Formation of responsive hierarchical wrinkled patterns on hydrogel films via multi-step methodology. POLYMER 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2019.121662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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González-Henríquez CM, Galleguillos-Guzmán SC, Sarabia-Vallejos MA, Santos-Coquillat A, Martínez-Campos E, Rodríguez-Hernández J. Microwrinkled pH-sensitive hydrogel films and their role on the cell adhesion/proliferation. MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING. C, MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 2019; 103:109872. [PMID: 31349409 DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2019.109872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2019] [Revised: 05/20/2019] [Accepted: 06/07/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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In this work, hydrogels based on HEMA and DMAEMA (pH-sensitive monomer) were used to form biocompatible films which present microwrinkled patterns in their surface, with the focus of exploring the role of chemical composition on cell adhesion and proliferation. Three different pH (5.4, 7.4, and 8.3) were employed to prepare these hydrogels. The pre-polymerized hydrogel mixtures were deposited via spin coating, then exposed to vacuum for deswelling the films and finally, to UV-light to spontaneously generate the wrinkled pattern. By following this procedure, is possible to form a thin rigid layer on the top of the soft and incompletely polymerized hydrogel film which generates, in turn, a wrinkled pattern due to strain mismatch in the interface. FE-SEM and AFM micrographs allowed us to characterize the wrinkled pattern dimensions. The results evidenced that chemical composition is directly related to the surface pattern morphologies obtained, not so in the case of pH variation, which does not generate relevant changes in the pattern morphology. Interestingly, these pH variations resulted in significant alterations on the interface-cell interactions. More precisely, a premyoblastic cell monolayer was cultured over the wrinkled pattern, showing an optimal cell proliferation at neutral pH. Also, the variation of DMAEMA amount on the monomer feed composition employed for the preparation of the wrinkle surfaces revealed that a certain amount is required to favor cell attachment and growth.
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- Carmen M González-Henríquez
- Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Matemáticas y del Medio Ambiente, Departamento de Química, P.O. Box 9845, Correo 21, Santiago, Chile; Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana, Programa Institucional de Fomento a la Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación, Ignacio Valdivieso 2409, San Joaquín, Santiago, Chile.
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- Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Matemáticas y del Medio Ambiente, Departamento de Química, P.O. Box 9845, Correo 21, Santiago, Chile
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- Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Escuela de Ingeniería, Departamento de Ingeniería Estructural y Geotecnia, P.O. Box 306, Correo 22, Santiago, Chile; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Escuela de Ingeniería, Instituto de Ingeniería Biológica y Médica, P.O. Box 306, Correo 22, Santiago, Chile
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- Tissue Engineering Group, Instituto de Estudios Biofuncionales, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Associated Unit to the ICTP-CSIC Polymer Functionalization Group, Paseo Juan XXIII, N° 1, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Tissue Engineering Group, Instituto de Estudios Biofuncionales, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Associated Unit to the ICTP-CSIC Polymer Functionalization Group, Paseo Juan XXIII, N° 1, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Polymer Functionalization Group, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (ICTP-CSIC), Departamento de Química Macromolecular Aplicada, Juan de la Cierva N° 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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González-Henríquez CM, Veliz-Silva DF, Sarabia-Vallejos MA, Del Campo-García A, Rodríguez-Hernández J. Micrometric Wrinkled Patterns Spontaneously Formed on Hydrogel Thin Films via Argon Plasma Exposure. Molecules 2019; 24:E751. [PMID: 30791473 PMCID: PMC6412580 DOI: 10.3390/molecules24040751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2019] [Revised: 02/02/2019] [Accepted: 02/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
The generation of microstructured patterns on the surface of a specific polymeric material could radically improve their performance in a particular application. Most of the interactions with the environment occur at the material interface; therefore, increasing the exposed active surface considerably improves their range of application. In this article, a simple and reliable protocol to form spontaneous wrinkled patterns using a hydrogel layer is reported. For this purpose, we took advantage of the doctor blade technique in order to generate homogenous films over solid substrates with controlled thickness and large coverage. The hydrogel wrinkle formation involves a prepolymerization step which produces oligomers leading to a solution with increased viscosity, enough for doctor blade deposition. Subsequently, the material was exposed to vacuum and plasma to trigger wrinkled pattern formation. Finally, a UV-polymerization treatment was applied to fix the undulations on top. Interestingly, the experimental parameters allowed us to finely tune the wrinkle characteristics (period, amplitude, and orientation). For this study, two main aspects were explored. The first one is related to the role of the substrate functionalization on the wrinkle formation. The second study correlates the deswelling time and its relationship with the dimensions and distribution of the wrinkle pattern. In the first batch, four different 3-(trimethoxysilyl)propyl methacrylate (TSM) concentrations were used to functionalize the substrate in order to enhance the adhesion between hydrogel film and the substrate. The wrinkles formed were characterized in terms of wrinkle amplitude, wavelength, pattern roughness, and surface Young modulus, by using AFM in imaging and force spectroscopy modes. Moreover, the chemical composition of the hydrogel film cross-section and the effect of the plasma treatment were analyzed with confocal Raman spectroscopy. These results demonstrated that an oxidized layer was formed on top of the hydrogel films due to the exposure to an argon plasma.
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Affiliation(s)
- Carmen M González-Henríquez
- Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Matemáticas y del Medio Ambiente, Departamento de Química, Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana, Las Palmeras 3360, Santiago 7800003, Chile.
- Programa Institucional de Fomento a la Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación, Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana, Ignacio Valdivieso 2409, Santiago 8940577, Chile.
| | - Diego F Veliz-Silva
- Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Matemáticas y del Medio Ambiente, Departamento de Química, Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana, Las Palmeras 3360, Santiago 7800003, Chile.
| | - Mauricio A Sarabia-Vallejos
- Escuela de Ingeniería, Departamento de Ingeniería Estructural y Geotecnia, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Avenida Vicuña Mackenna 4860, Santiago 7820436, Chile.
- Escuela de Ingeniería, Instituto de Ingeniería Biológica y Médica, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Avenida Vicuña Mackenna 4860, Santiago 7820436, Chile.
| | - Adolfo Del Campo-García
- Ceramics for Smart Systems Group, Departamento de Electrocerámicos, Instituto de Cerámica y Vidrio- Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (ICV-CSIC), Kelsen 5, Madrid 28049, Spain.
| | - Juan Rodríguez-Hernández
- Polymer Functionalization Group. Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (ICTP-CSIC), Departamento de Química Macromolecular Aplicada, Juan de la Cierva 3, Madrid 28006, Spain.
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