Abstract
Atmospheric pressure plasmas are attractive for many industrial applications such as improvement of adhesion, surface modification, sterilization et al. Atmospheric pressure plasma is conducted for tissue engineering. PLGA (poly(latic-co-glycolic)acid), one of biodegradable polymer, is selected as a scaffold. A series of gases were used for plasma treatment of PLGA under various conditions such as atmosphere, electric power, and time. Plasma characteristics are investigated by oscilloscope and OES (optical emission spectroscopy). Surface properties are also investigated, which are surface hydrophilicity, surface energy with high polar component, O-containing groups, and N-containing groups. From these results, we can expect that atmospheric pressure plasma treatment will be effective process for culturing of cells on PLGA.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 2P55 |
| Pages (from-to) | 200 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Journal | IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science |
| Publication status | Published - 2004 |
| Event | IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts: The 31st IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science, ICOPS2004 - Baltimore, MD, United States Duration: 2004 Jun 28 → 2004 Jul 1 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering