In this paper, the mechanism of thrombus formation on the surface of polymeric materials
and the various approaches of modifying biomaterial surfaces to improve their …

Polycaprolactone (PCL) cylindrical scaffolds with gradually increasing pore size along the
longitudinal direction were fabricated by a novel centrifugation method to investigate pore …

Anchorage-dependent mammalian cells are typically grown in vitro on hydrophilic glass and
plastic substrata in a medium supplemented with 5–20% v/v blood-serum proteins …

Hydrophilic modification of ultrafiltration membranes was achieved through blending of
Pluronic F127 with poly (ether sulfone)(PES). The chemical composition and morphology …

Polyethylene oxide (PEO) surfaces were prepared by the addition of PEO-containing
amphiphilic block copolymers as surface modifying additives and of dicumyl peroxide (DCP) …

In this study, the influence of copolymer composition on the physical properties and the
degradation behavior of thermoplastic elastomers based on poly (ethylene oxide)(PEO) and …

We developed chitosan based surfactant polymers that could be used to modify the surface
of existing biomaterials in order to improve their blood compatibility. These polymers consist …

Bacterial cellulose (BC) is a natural biomaterial with unique properties suitable for tissue
engineering applications, but it has not yet been used for preparing nerve conduits to repair …

In vitro protein adsorption, platelet adhesion and activation on new hydrogel surfaces,
composed of poly (ethylene oxide)(PEO) and poly (tetramethylene oxide)(PTMO) or poly …

Materials that adsorb specific proteins may find a variety of applications in the biomedical
field. The aim of this study was the preparation of a hydrophilic surface, with low protein …