Title: THE PREPARATION AND CHARACTERISATION OF A NOVEL SILOXANE BIOMATERIAL
Page Range: p.833-840
Author(s): Shunsheng Cao; Xiaobo Deng; Bailing Liu; Rong Luo; Hualing Chen
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Journal: Polymers and Polymer Composites
Issue Year: ppc
Volume: 14
Issue No: No.8
Abstract
Polysiloxane is known to interact strongly with proteins and to adsorb significant quantities of protein due to its hydrophobicity. This causes conformational and orientational changes in the adsorbed proteins so as to decrease their biocompatibility. A n