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Wetting Properties of Polyetheretherketone Plasma Activated and Biocoated Surfaces

Year: 2019

Journal: Colloid Interfac., Volume 3, 1-Mar

Authors: Przykaza, Kacper; Wozniak, Klaudia; Jurak, Malgorzata; Wiacek, Agnieszka Ewa

Keywords: PEEK polymer; plasma activation; Langmuir-Blodgett coatings; wettability; surface free energy

Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) biomaterial is a polymer which has been widely used since the early 90s as a material for human bone implant preparations. Nowadays it is increasingly used due to its high biocompatibility and easily modeling, as well as better mechanical properties and price compared to counterparts made of titanium or platinum alloys. In this paper, air low-temperature and pressure plasma was used to enhance PEEK adhesive properties as well as surface sterilization. On the activated polymeric carrier, biologically-active substances have been deposited with the Langmuir-Blodgett technique. Thereafter, the surface was characterized using optical profilometry, and wettability was examined by contact angle measuring. Next, the contact angle hysteresis (CAH) model was used to calculate the surface free energy of the modified surface of PEEK. The variations of wettability and surface free energy were observed depending on the deposited monolayer type and its components.