Abstract
Thermo-responsive templates for the cell cultivation based on Poly(tetrafluoroethylene-co-ethylene) (ETFE) were fabricated by pre-irradiation grafting of N-isoproplyacrylamide (NIPAAm) monomer by electron beam (EB) irradiation under nitrogen gas atmosphere at room temperature, and their characteristic properties were studied. The detachment of cultured HeLa cells from fabricated thermo-responsive templates were attempted. Furthermore, the reaction mechanism is proposed using ESR spectroscopy and FT-IR spectroscopy. It is confirmed that the cultured HeLa cells were detached from fabricated thermo-responsive templates at 20 °C. Water contact angle analysis indicated that obtained templates had thermo-response around 30 °C. It is suggested that the grafted polymer chains would mainly react with peroxy radicals (–CF2–CF(OO・)–) on tetrafluoroethylene unit in ETFE.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 88-93 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Radiation Physics and Chemistry |
Volume | 142 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2018 Jan |
Keywords
- Cell culture dishes
- ETFE
- PNIPPAm-g-ETFE
- Pre-irradiation grafting
- Thermo-responsive
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiation