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    Chemical and Topographical Modification of Polycarbonate Surfaces through Diffusion/Photocuring Processes of Hydrogel Precursors Based on Vinylpyrrolidone

    Year: 2017

    Journal: Langmuir, Volume 33, FEB 21, page 1614–1622

    Authors: Gallardo, Alberto; Lujan, Noelia; Reinecke, Helmut; Garcia, Carolina; del Campo, Adolfo; Rodriguez-Hernandez, Juan

    Organizations: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC); Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad (MINECO) [MAT2013-47902-C2-1-R, MAT2013-42957-R, MAT2016-78437-R]

    Facile procedures capable of simultaneously conferring hydrophilicity and tailored topography to surfaces of hydrophobic supports, such as polycarbonate (PC), are very attractive but rare. In this work, we describe a simple methodology to wrinkle PC surfaces after a process of (a) contacting with a photopolymerizable vinylic solution, (b) UV curing of such solutions, and (c) detachment of the formed polymer network, upon swelling in ethanol. The influence of different parameters such as contact lag time between the PC surface and the polymerizable solution, the monomer concentration and type of solvents, as well as the cross-linking degree on the formation of wrinkles, has been studied. The dimensions of the wrinkles can be tailored to some extent by altering the different parameters. Surface chemistry has been analyzed by contact angle measurements and by confocal Raman microscopy. The results are consistent with a chemical alteration of the surface and the formation of an outer hydrogel layer, which is interpenetrated into the PC mechanism of monomer diffusion and PC swelling that produces surface instabilities and wrinkling is proposed. structure. A mechanism of monomer diffusion and PC swelling that produces surface instabilities and wrinkling is proposed.
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