AVS 62nd International Symposium & Exhibition
    Plasma Science and Technology Tuesday Sessions
       Session PS+BI+SM-TuM

Invited Paper PS+BI+SM-TuM1
Glow-Discharge Plasma Applications in the Biomedical Sciences: Frontiers and Horizons

Tuesday, October 20, 2015, 8:00 am, Room 210A

Session: Plasmas for Medicine and Biological Applications
Presenter: Buddy D. Ratner, University of Washington
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Plasma treatments for biomedical applications have been explored since the early 1960’s, possibly earlier than that. Plasma treatments for medical devices and for materials used in biotechnology are now widely used and have improved he performance and safety of many devices. A few advanced technologies for biomedicine exploiting plasma deposition of organic thin films will be described. These include non-fouling surfaces, thermally responsive surfaces, biodegradable surfaces, rate-limiting barriers for controlled release and surfaces that permit the growth of precision polymeric brushes by atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP). Frontiers for plasma deposition include better control of deposition chemistry, strategies to deposit unusual chemistries and depositions that integrate biological molecules and plasma-deposited chemistries.