Abstract
To improve antithrombogenicity of polyethylene (PE) films, the films pretreated by Ar plasma were radiated by ultraviolet light to initiate grafting polymerization with acrylamide (AAm) in absence of photo-initiator, then the AAm-grafted PE films (PE-g-AAm) were alcoholized with octadecyl alcohol. Effects of Ar plasma composite parameter (W/FM), pretreated time, AAm monomer concentration, and UV irradiation time on grafting rate were investigated systematically. AAm-grafted PE film and alcoholized PE film (PE-g-SAAm) were characterized by contact angle, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), attenuated total reflectance Fourier transfer infrared (ATR-FT-IR) spectroscopy and atomic force microscope (AFM), respectively. The results indicated that the moieties of AAm and stearyl were successively immobilized onto the PE surface. The platelet adhesion experiment showed that antithrombogenicity of the modified PE films was improved in comparison with PE films. The change in antithrombogenicity is attributed to the surface of the modified film in presence of tail-like structure which consists of polyacrylamide as spacer and stearyl as end groups.
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