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Wet Chemistry and Peptide Immobilization on Polytetrafluoroethylene for Improved Cell-adhesion
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Bioengineering
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JoVE Journal Bioengineering
Wet Chemistry and Peptide Immobilization on Polytetrafluoroethylene for Improved Cell-adhesion
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06:15 min

August 15, 2016

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Chapters

  • 00:05Title
  • 00:40Preparation of Sodium Naphthalenide Activating Solution and Surface Activation
  • 02:28Peptide Immobilization
  • 03:49Results: Outcome of Peptide Immobilization on Endothelial Cell Attachment and Growth
  • 05:18Conclusion

Summary

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Cell-adhesiveness is key to many approaches in biomaterial research and tissue engineering. A step-by-step technique is presented using wet-chemistry for the surface modification of the important polymer PTFE with peptides.

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