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Li X, Mao X, Li X, Liu C, Li J. A one-step process for multi-gradient wettability modification on a polymer surface. Analyst 2024; 149:2103-2113. [PMID: 38421308 DOI: 10.1039/d3an02185h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/02/2024]
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The surface modification technique is applied in microfluidic devices to modify wettability and achieve different flow velocities. Currently available methods for poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) surfaces may reliably induce wettability changes, but only one area can be altered at a time. This work introduces the controlled gradient oxygen plasma modification (CGPM) technique, which layers several resin masks with varying porosities on top of the PDMS surface. Selective wettability of the PDMS surface can be achieved by varying the oxygen plasma density above the modified material's surface by manipulation of the porosity value. Through the implementation of the COMSOL plasma module, the impact of the mask's porosity, through-hole size, distribution, and distance from the PDMS surface on wettability was studied. The suggested CGPM approach was characterized by contact angle measurements. During the 25-second CGPM procedure, the PDMS surface's contact angle continually changed from 8.77° to 76.98°. An integrated microfluidic device was created and manufactured to identify D-dimers to illustrate this method. In comparison with standard oxygen plasma treatment, the D-dimer assay was finished in 10 minutes and had a dynamic range of 1-1000 ng mL-1, with a peak fluorescence signal augmentation of 78.3% and an average fluorescence intensity enhancement of 31.1%.
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- Xinxin Li
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, Liaoning, China.
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, Liaoning, China.
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, Liaoning, China.
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, Liaoning, China.
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, Liaoning, China.
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Moffatt K, Tekko IA, Vora L, Volpe-Zanutto F, Hutton ARJ, Mistilis J, Jarrahian C, Akhavein N, Weber AD, McCarthy HO, Donnelly RF. Development and Evaluation of Dissolving Microarray Patches for Co-administered and Repeated Intradermal Delivery of Long-acting Rilpivirine and Cabotegravir Nanosuspensions for Paediatric HIV Antiretroviral Therapy. Pharm Res 2023; 40:1673-1696. [PMID: 36224503 PMCID: PMC10421828 DOI: 10.1007/s11095-022-03408-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2022] [Accepted: 09/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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PURPOSE Whilst significant progress has been made to defeat HIV infection, the efficacy of antiretroviral (ARV) therapy in the paediatric population is often hindered by poor adherence. Currently, two long-acting (LA) intramuscular injectable nanosuspensions of rilpivirine (RPV) and cabotegravir (CAB) are in clinical development for paediatric populations. However, administration requires access to healthcare resources, is painful, and can result in needle-stick injuries to the end user. To overcome these barriers, this proof-of-concept study was developed to evaluate the intradermal delivery of RPV LA and CAB LA via self-disabling dissolving microarray patches (MAPs). METHODS Dissolving MAPs of two conformations, a conventional pyramidal and a bilayer design, were formulated, with various nanosuspensions of RPV and CAB incorporated within the respective MAP matrix. MAPs were mechanically robust and were capable of penetrating ex vivo skin with intradermal ARV deposition. RESULTS In a single-dose in vivo study in rats, all ARV MAPs demonstrated sustained release profiles, with therapeutically relevant plasma concentrations of RPV and CAB detected to at least 63 and 28 d, respectively. In a multi-dose in vivo study, repeated MAP applications at 14-d intervals maintained therapeutically relevant plasma concentrations throughout the duration of the study. CONCLUSIONS These results illustrate the potential of the platform to repeatedly maintain plasma concentrations for RPV and CAB. As such, these MAPs could represent a viable option to improve adherence in the paediatric population, one that is capable of being painlessly administered in the comfort of the patient's own home on a biweekly or less frequent basis.
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- Kurtis Moffatt
- School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, Medical Biology Centre, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7BL, UK
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- School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, Medical Biology Centre, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7BL, UK
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- School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, Medical Biology Centre, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7BL, UK
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- School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, Medical Biology Centre, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7BL, UK
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- School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, Medical Biology Centre, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7BL, UK
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- ViiV Healthcare, 1250 South Collegeville Rd, Collegeville, PA, 19426, USA
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- ViiV Healthcare, 410 Blackwell Street, Durham, 27701, NC, UK
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- School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, Medical Biology Centre, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7BL, UK
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- School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, Medical Biology Centre, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7BL, UK.
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Zhu Y, Chen Q, Tsoi CC, Huang X, El Abed A, Ren K, Leu SY, Zhang X. Biomimetic reusable microfluidic reactors with physically immobilized RuBisCO for glucose precursor production. Catal Sci Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d1cy02038b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Reusable RuBisCO-immobilized microfluidic reactors are used to synthesize the glucose precursor from CO2 and restore >95% of activity after refreshing.
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- Yujiao Zhu
- Department of Applied Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, 999077, P. R. China
- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, 999077, P. R. China
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- School of Microelectronics Science and Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai, 519082, P. R. China
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- Department of Applied Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, 999077, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Department of Bioengineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250353, P. R. China
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- Laboratoire Lumière Matière et Interfaces (LuMIn), Institut d'Alembert, ENS Paris Saclay, CentraleSupélec, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 4 avenue des Sciences, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, 999077, P. R. China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, 999077, P. R. China
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- Department of Applied Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, 999077, P. R. China
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Pascual M, Kerdraon M, Rezard Q, Jullien MC, Champougny L. Wettability patterning in microfluidic devices using thermally-enhanced hydrophobic recovery of PDMS. SOFT MATTER 2019; 15:9253-9260. [PMID: 31657428 DOI: 10.1039/c9sm01792e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Spatial control of wettability is key to many applications of microfluidic devices, ranging from double emulsion generation to localized cell adhesion. A number of techniques, often based on masking, have been developed to produce spatially-resolved wettability patterns at the surface of poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) elastomers. A major impediment they face is the natural hydrophobic recovery of PDMS: hydrophilized PDMS surfaces tend to return to hydrophobicity with time, mainly because of diffusion of low molecular weight silicone species to the surface. Instead of trying to avoid this phenomenon, we propose in this work to take advantage of hydrophobic recovery to modulate spatially the surface wettability of PDMS. Because temperature speeds up the rate of hydrophobic recovery, we show that space-resolved hydrophobic patterns can be produced by locally heating a plasma-hydrophilized PDMS surface with microresistors. Importantly, local wettability is quantified in microchannels using a fluorescent probe. This "thermo-patterning" technique provides a simple route to in situ wettability patterning in closed PDMS chips, without requiring further surface chemistry.
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- Marc Pascual
- Gulliver, CNRS, ESPCI Paris, PSL University, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75005 Paris, France.
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- Gulliver, CNRS, ESPCI Paris, PSL University, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75005 Paris, France.
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- Gulliver, CNRS, ESPCI Paris, PSL University, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75005 Paris, France.
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- Gulliver, CNRS, ESPCI Paris, PSL University, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75005 Paris, France. and Institut de Physique de Rennes, UMR CNRS 6251, Bât. 11A, Campus de Beaulieu, 263 avenue du Général Leclerc, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France
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- Gulliver, CNRS, ESPCI Paris, PSL University, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75005 Paris, France. and Grupo de Mecánica de Fluidos, Departamento de Ingeniería Térmica y de Fluidos, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Av. Universidad 30, 28911 Leganés (Madrid), Spain
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Mora-Boza A, Aparicio FJ, Alcaire M, López-Santos C, Espinós JP, Torres-Lagares D, Borrás A, Barranco A. Multifunctional antimicrobial chlorhexidine polymers by remote plasma assisted vacuum deposition. Front Chem Sci Eng 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s11705-019-1803-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Liao W, Hashimoto Y, Honda Y, Li P, Yao Y, Zhao Z, Matsumoto N. Accelerated construction of an in vitro model of human periodontal ligament tissue: vacuum plasma combined with fibronectin coating and a polydimethylsiloxane matrix. PeerJ 2019; 7:e7036. [PMID: 31183259 PMCID: PMC6546080 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.7036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2019] [Accepted: 04/27/2019] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Tying shape memory wires to crowded teeth causes the wires to deform according to the dental arch. This deformation results in a resilient force that is delivered to the tooth. The appropriate amount of force can activate the osteogenetic and osteoclastic ability of the periodontal ligament (PDL) and the tooth can be moved. This is the biological basis of orthodontic treatment. To achieve further insight into the mechanisms underlying orthodontic treatment, we examined whether accelerated construction of an in vitro human PDL fibroblast (HPdLF) stretching model can be achieved by combining fibronectin coating and vacuum plasma treatment with polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) cell-culture chambers. Each chamber was randomly assigned to a no-surface modification (NN), fibronectin coating (FN), vacuum plasma treatment (PN), or vacuum plasma treatment followed by a fibronectin coating (PF) treatment protocol. The physical and chemical features and ability to promote cellular proliferation of the PDMS chamber surfaces were evaluated. Cellular adhesion of four materials were evaluated and two best-proliferated groups were considered as better model-constructing surfaces and used in subsequent experiments and used in subsequent experiments. HPdLFs were cultured on these two kinds of chambers without stretching for 3 days, then with stretching for 7 days. Time-course gene expression cellular morphology were evaluated. Chambers in the PN group had high wettability and surface component changes. The FN and PF chambers had high cellular proliferation ability. They were selected into subsequent experiments. After 3 days of culturing HPdLFs on the PF and PN chambers, the cells in the PF chambers had significantly higher levels of runt-related transcription factor 2 (Runx-2) and osteocalcin (OCN) gene expression compared with the cells in the PN chambers. After cyclic stretch application to the cells in the PN and PF chambers, expression of the type-3 collagen (COL-3) gene in PF group continued to increase for 7 days and was significantly higher than that in the PN group from day 5 onwards. The HPdLFs in the PF group showed parallel alignment from days 3 to 7 after imposition of cyclic stretch, while those in the PN group aligned in parallel from day 5 on. Our results suggested that applying a fibronectin coating to a PDMS chamber after plasma treatment can accelerate establishment of an in vitro PDL stretching model.
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- Wen Liao
- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Department of Orthodontics, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.,Department of Orthodontics, Osaka Dental University, Osaka, Japan
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- Institute of Dental Research, Osaka Dental University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Implantology, Osaka Dental University, Osaka, Japan
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Department of Implantology, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Department of Orthodontics, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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Study on surface structure of plasma-treated polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) elastomer by slow positron beam. SURF INTERFACE ANAL 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/sia.6484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Strategies to hydrophilize silicones via spontaneous adsorption of poly(vinyl alcohol) from aqueous solution. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2018.03.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Ganta D, Marry C, Ma J, Sinha S. Hydrophobic recovery in ultrathin PDMS-coated long and short silicon nanowires. Chem Phys Lett 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2016.01.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Nagahashi K, Teramura Y, Takai M. Stable surface coating of silicone elastomer with phosphorylcholine and organosilane copolymer with cross-linking for repelling proteins. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2015.07.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Yu X, Xiao J, Dang F. Surface Modification of Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Using Ionic Complementary Peptides to Minimize Nonspecific Protein Adsorption. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2015; 31:5891-5898. [PMID: 25966872 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b01085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) has become a widely used material for microfluidic and biological applications. However, PDMS has unacceptably high levels of nonspecific protein adsorption, which significantly lowers the performance of PDMS-based microfluidic chips. Most existing methods to reduce protein fouling of PDMS are to make the surface more hydrophilic by surface oxidization, polymer grafting, and physisorbed coatings. These methods suffer from the relatively short-term stability, the multistep complex treatment procedure, or the insufficient adsorption reduction. Herein, we developed a novel and facile modification method based on self-assembled peptides with well-tailored amino acid composition and sequence, which can also interact strongly with the PDMS surface in the same way as proteins, for suppressing the nonspecific protein fouling and improving the biocompatibility of PDMS-based microfluidic chips. We first demonstrated that an ionic complementary peptide, EAR16-II with a sequence of [(Ala-Glu-Ala-Glu-Ala-Arg-Ala-Arg)2], can readily self-assemble into an amphipathic film predominantly composed of tightly packed β-sheets on the native hydrophobic and plasma-oxidized hydrophilic PDMS surfaces upon low concentrations of carbohydrates. The self-assembled EAR16-II amphipathic film exposed its hydrophobic side to the solution and thus rendered the PDMS surface hydrophobic with water contact angles (WCAs) of around 110.0°. However, the self-assembled EAR16-II amphipathic film exhibited excellent protein-repelling and blood compatibility properties comparable to or better than those obtained with previously reported methods. A schematic model has been proposed to explain the interactions of EAR16-II with the PDMS surface and the antifouling capability of EAR16-II coatings at a molecular level. The current work will pave the way to the development of novel coating materials to address the nonspecific protein adsorption on PDMS, thereby broadening the potential uses of PDMS-based microfluidic chips in complex biological analysis.
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- Xiaoling Yu
- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, 620 West Chang'an Street, Xi'an 710119, China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, 620 West Chang'an Street, Xi'an 710119, China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, 620 West Chang'an Street, Xi'an 710119, China
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Nguyen L, Hang M, Wang W, Tian Y, Wang L, McCarthy TJ, Chen W. Simple and improved approaches to long-lasting, hydrophilic silicones derived from commercially available precursors. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2014; 6:22876-83. [PMID: 25506712 DOI: 10.1021/am507152d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Three types of commercially derived methylsilicone materials, Sylgard-184, Q(V)Q(H) (an MQ-based silicone containing no dimethylsiloxane, D units), and D(V)D(H) (a D-based silicone with no additives), were judiciously chosen to study the conditions under which long-lasting hydrophilicity after oxygen plasma treatment can be obtained. A 30 s plasma treatment time under controlled conditions was found to be optimal in terms of achieving the lowest initial advancing and receding contact angles of θ(A)/θ(R) = 10°/5° with undetectable surface damage. Vacuum treatment, a necessary step prior to plasma ignition that has been overlooked in previous studies, as well as room temperature curing were explored as means to remove low molecular weight species. For thin films (a few micrometers), 40 min vacuum treatment was sufficient to achieve low dynamic contact angles of θ(A)/θ(R) = 51-56°/38-43° on all three types of silicones measured more than 30 days after the plasma treatments. These values indicate superior hydrophilicity relative to what has been reported. The small and slow rise in contact angle over time is likely caused by the intrinsic nature of the silicone materials, i.e., surface reorientation of hydrophilic functional groups to the bulk and condensation of surface silanol groups, and is thus unavoidable. For thick films (∼1 mm), room temperature curing in addition to vacuum treatment was required to reduce hydrophobic recovery and to achieve long-lasting hydrophilicity. The final contact angles for thick samples were slightly higher than the corresponding thin film samples due to the greater "reservoir" depth and migration length for mobile species. In particular, Sylgard exhibited inferior performance among the thick samples, and we attribute this to the additives in its commercial formulation. Furthermore, unlike polydimethylsiloxane-based silicones, Q(V)Q(H) does not contain equilibration products of the Dn-type; its thin films perform as well as those of Sylgard and D(V)D(H). Silicones without D units are promising materials with intrinsically low hydrophobic recovery characteristics and long-lasting hydrophilicity after oxygen plasma treatment.
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- Lien Nguyen
- Chemistry Department, Mount Holyoke College , 50 College Street, South Hadley, Massachusetts 01075, United States
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Özçam AE, Spontak RJ, Genzer J. Toward the development of a versatile functionalized silicone coating. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2014; 6:22544-22552. [PMID: 25426681 DOI: 10.1021/am506661m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The development of a versatile silicone copolymer coating prepared by the chemical coupling of trichlorosilane (TCS) to the vinyl groups of poly(vinylmethylsiloxane) (PVMS) is reported. The resultant PVMS-TCS copolymer can be deposited as a functional organic layer on a hydrophobic poly(dimethylsiloxane) substrate and its mechanical modulus can be regulated by varying the TCS coupling ratio. In this paper, several case studies demonstrating the versatile properties of these PVMS-TCS functional coatings on PDMS elastomer substrates are presented. Numerous experimental probes, including optical microscopy, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, surface contact angle, ellipsometry, and nanoindentation, are utilized to interrogate the physical and chemical characteristics of these PVMS-TCS coatings.
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- A Evren Özçam
- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering North Carolina State University Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7905, United States
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