Enhanced Protein Immobilization on Polymers-A Plasma Surface Activation Study.

ABSTRACT: Over the last years, polymers have gained great attention as substrate material, because of the possibility to produce low-cost sensors in a high-throughput manner or for rapid prototyping and the wide variety of polymeric materials available with different features (like transparency, flexibility, stretchability, etc.). For almost all biosensing applications, the interaction between biomolecules (for example, antibodies, proteins or enzymes) and the employed substrate surface is highly important. In order to realize an effective biomolecule immobilization on polymers, different surface activation techniques, including chemical and physical methods, exist. Among them, plasma treatment offers an easy, fast and effective activation of the surfaces by micro/nanotexturing and generating functi

SUBMITTER: Wieland F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7023393 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature