Abstract
A thermodynamic model of particle adhesion from a suspension onto a solid surface is used to predict the extent of adhesion of suspension-cultured Catharanthus roseus cells to the following polymer substrates: fluorinated ethylene-propylene (FEP), polystyrene (PS), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), sulphonated polystyrene (SPS), and glass. According to this model, the extent of adhesion is determined by the surface tensions of the plant cells, the polymer substrates, and the suspending liquid medium. Experimentally, adhesion of the washed plant cells was found to decrease with increasing substrate surface tension, following the sequence FEP>PS>PET>SPS>glass, when the surface tension of the liquid was greater than that of the plant cells, in agreement with the model. However, adhesion increased with increasing substrate surface tension when the liquid surface tension was lower than the cellular surface tension, also in agreement with the model. When the liquid and cellular tensions were equal the extent of adhesion was independent of the substrate surface tension. This also agrees with model predictions and leads to a value for the surface tension of C. roseus cells of approximately 54 ergs/cm2 which is in agreement with a value obtained from contact angle measurements on layers of cells and sedimentation volume analysis. The cellular surface tension determined by the sedimentation volume method showed a biphasic alteration during growth cycles of C. roseus cell cultures. These variations (between 55 and 58 ergs/cm2) agree with the pattern of adhesion previously described.
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