ENHANCING HYDROPHILICITY AND PROTEIN RESISTANCE OF SILICONE HYDROGELS BY PLASMA INDUCED GRAFTING WITH HYDROPHILIC POLYMERS

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摘要 Thehydrophilicityofsiliconehydrogelsusedassoftcornealcontactlensplaysanimportantroleinwearingcomfort.Inordertoenhancehydrophilicityandproteinresistance,siliconehydrogelmembranesweremodifiedbyatmosphericpressureglowdischargeplasma(APGDP)inducedsurfacegraftpolymerizationofN-vinylpyrrolidone(NVP)andpoly(oligoethyleneglycolmethylethermethacrylate)(PEGMA)inthispaper.XPSanalysisdemonstratedthesuccessofgraftpolymerizationofNVPandPEGMAontothesurfaceofsiliconehydrogelmembranes.Thehydrophilicityofsiliconehydrogelswascharacterizedbythemeasurementofwatercontactangle(WCA).TheresultshowedthatNVPgraftedsiliconehydrogelhastheWCAofabout68°andPEGMAgraftedsiliconehydrogelhasthelowestWCAofabout62°,whilethepristinesiliconehydrogelishydrophobicwiththeWCAofabout103°.Proteinresistanceofsiliconehydrogelswasinvestigatedbythemethodofbicinchoninicacidassayusingbovineserumalbumin(BSA)asamodel.It'sfoundthatthegraftedsiliconehydrogelhasasignificantimprovementofproteinresistance,andPEGMAgraftingismoreefficientforthereductionofproteinadsorptionthanNVPgrafting.ThesiliconehydrogelmembranesgraftedwithNVPandPEGMAaregoodcandidatesofsoftcornealcontactlenses.
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出版日期 2010年04月14日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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