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Anti-bacterial property of Hydrogen-free amorphous carbon coatings on Ar plasma-pretreated polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) with a-C:H:F interlayer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2013

Hironari Umemoto ,
Terumitsu Hasebe ,
Rumiko Kasai ,
Yukihiro Yoshimoto ,
So Nagashima ,
Atsushi Hotta  and
Tetsuya Suzuki
Hironari Umemoto
Affiliation:
Center for Science of Environment, Resources and Energy, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Keio University, 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 223-8522, Japan.
Terumitsu Hasebe
Affiliation:
Center for Science of Environment, Resources and Energy, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Keio University, 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 223-8522, Japan. Department of Radiology, Tokai University Hachioji Hospital, 1838 Ishikawa-machi, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, 192-0032 Japan.
Rumiko Kasai
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, Toho University Sakura Medical Center, 564-1 Shimoshizu, Sakura, Chiba 285-8741, Japan.
Yukihiro Yoshimoto
Affiliation:
Center for Science of Environment, Resources and Energy, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Keio University, 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 223-8522, Japan.
So Nagashima
Affiliation:
Institute for Multidisciplinary Convergence of Materials, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Hwarang-no 14-gil 5, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-791, Republic of Korea.
Atsushi Hotta
Affiliation:
Center for Science of Environment, Resources and Energy, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Keio University, 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 223-8522, Japan.
Tetsuya Suzuki
Affiliation:
Center for Science of Environment, Resources and Energy, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Keio University, 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 223-8522, Japan.
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Abstract

Amorphous carbon (a-C) films have a growing interest in the biological and medical field, as a coating material, due to their biocompatibility and antibacterial property. However, a-C films deposited directly on polymers often show adhesion failure.

In this paper, two types of a-C films, amorphous hydrogenated carbon (a-C:H) film and hydrogen-free a-C (H-free a-C) film were deposited on polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) using a plasma deposition method. Prior to a-C film coating, the PTFE substrates were treated with Ar and O2 plasma and an appropriate interlayer was chosen to enhance the adhesion strength. The effect of the plasma pretreatment on the chemical composition of the PTFE was investigated by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). A T-peel test was carried out to evaluate the adhesion strength of the a-C coated PTFE. In the T-peel test, Ar plasma pretreatment improved the adhesion strength more effectively than that of O2 plasma pretreatment, because of the substantial defluorination and oxygen bonding occurred by Ar plasma pretreatment. Moreover, H-free a-C film reduced the numbers of Escherichia coli (E. coli) colonies dramatically, compared with original PTFE and a-C:H coated PTFE. Consequently, H-free a-C film coating can be a promising method to inhibit the increase of bacteria.

Keywords

adhesionbiomaterialplasma-enhanced CVD (PECVD) (deposition)
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1505: Symposium W – Carbon Nanomaterials , 2013 , mrsf12-1505-w17-06
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2013

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