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    Plasma Enhanced Co-Polymerization of Amino Acid and Synthetic Monomers

    Year: 2012

    Journal: Langmuir 2012, 28 (3) pp 1833-1845, 20121211

    Authors: Kyle D. Anderson, Seth L. Young, Hao Jiang, Rachel Jakubiak, Timothy J. Bunning, Rajesh R. Naik, Vladimir V. Tsukruk

    Organizations: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States; Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio 45433-7702, United States

    In this paper we report the use of plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) for the simultaneous deposition and copolymerization of an amino acid with other organic and inorganic monomers. We investigate the fundamental effects of plasma-enhanced copolymerization on different material chemistries in stable ultrathin coatings of mixed composition with an amino acid component. This study serves to determine the feasibility of a direct, facile method for integrating biocompatible/active materials into robust polymerized coatings with the ability to plasma copolymerize a biological molecule (l-tyrosine) with different synthetic materials in a dry, one-step process to form ultrathin coatings of mixed composition. This process may lead to a method of interfacing biologic systems with synthetic materials as a way to enhance the biomaterial–tissue interface and preserve biological activity within composite films.