Thrombogenesis: An epitaxial phenomena. I
Author(s) -
Barenberg S. A.,
Anderson J. M.,
Mauritz K. A.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of biomedical materials research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1097-4636
pISSN - 0021-9304
DOI - 10.1002/jbm.820150210
Subject(s) - crystallinity , copolymer , materials science , epitaxy , surface (topology) , ultrastructure , polymer chemistry , molecular dynamics , morphology (biology) , surface energy , chemical physics , chemical engineering , polymer , polymer science , composite material , chemistry , computational chemistry , geometry , medicine , mathematics , layer (electronics) , pathology , biology , engineering , genetics
A semiempirical epitaxial model has been derived which correlates and interrelates the surface free energy, ultrastructural morphology, surface charge, surface chemistry, and surface molecular motions of a model triblock copolymer to thrombogenesis. This paper addresses the aspect of: (1) ultrastructure order versus disorder, (2) primary and secondary molecular motions, (3) surface and side chain chemistry, (4) thrombogenesis, and (5) the derived epitaxial model based on the above observations. This model can be extrapolated to include and predict the relative thrombogenic responses of various crystalline and semicrystalline polymeric substrates, i.e., aliphatic polyolefins, polyurethanes, and polypeptides.
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