Many applications of polymers require the functionalisation of their surface for use in
sensors, composite materials, membranes, microfluidic and biomedical devices and many …

Surface biofunctionalization aims to create cell-instructive surfaces that control the behavior
of cells and modulate cellular interactions by incorporating cell signaling moieties at the …

Advances in cellular reprogramming have radically increased the use of patient-derived
cells for neurological research in vitro. However, adherence of human neurons on tissue …

Application of bio-functionalized coatings on bone implantable devices is a promising
approach to direct rapid bone-implant integration. Plasma polymer (PP) films have become …

Fundamental knowledge about cell–surface interactions can be applied in the development
of wound dressings and scaffolds to encourage wounds to heal. As surfaces produced with …

A method to identify and quantify amines in polymers by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
using the energetic distribution of N1s atomic orbitals is presented in this work. The N orbital …

This paper describes a modification process of QTFs' prongs with stable amine containing
bilayer plasma polymer film and an application of quartz tuning fork (QTF) as a transducer …

Functionalising surfaces using polymeric thin films is an industrially important field. One
technique for achieving nanoscale, controlled surface functionalization is plasma deposition …

Different pyrrole and allylamine polymeric materials, were synthesized by plasma
polymerization with different powers and doped with iodine. The polymers were …

Plasma treatment and plasma polymerization processes aiming to form amine groups on
polystyrene surfaces were studied in-silico with molecular dynamics simulations. The …