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Collagen‐based new biomedicial films: Synthesis, property, and cell adhesion
Author(s) -
Harada Osamu,
Kadota Kazushige,
Yamamoto Tohei
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.1684
Subject(s) - glutaraldehyde , adhesion , polymer chemistry , materials science , monomer , methyl methacrylate , methacrylate , styrene , cell adhesion , chemical engineering , copolymer , composite material , chemistry , polymer , organic chemistry , engineering
Grafted‐collagen films with poly(methyl methacrylate), poly(butyl methacrylate), and poly(styrene) were prepared by photoirradiation of the collagen films in the presence of respective monomers. Cell adhesion onto the films was investigated, and the amount of cells adhered onto every grafted films was almost the same as that onto the collagen film crosslinked with glutaraldehyde. Because the swollen grafted films are stronger than the collagen film, they are expected to be good biomedical materials. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 81: 2433–2438, 2001