Dielectric barrier discharge and jet type plasma surface modifications of hybrid polymeric poly (ε-caprolactone)/chitosan scaffolds

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2018

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Özkan, Ozan
Sasmazel, Hilal Turkoglu
Şaşmazel, Hilal Türkoğlu

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Sage Publications Ltd

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Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
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The main fields of operation for Metallurgical and Materials Engineering are production of engineering materials, defining and improving their features, as well as developing new materials to meet the expectations at every aspect of life and the users from these aspects. Founded in 2004 and graduated its 10th-semester alumni in 2018, our Department also obtained MÜDEK accreditation in the latter year. Offering the opportunity to hold an internationally valid diploma through the accreditation in question, our Department has highly qualified and experienced Academic Staff. Many of the courses offered at our Department are supported with various practice sessions, and internship studies in summer. This way, we help our students become better-equipped engineers for their future professional lives. With the Cooperative Education curriculum that entered into effect in 2019, students may volunteer to work at contracted companies for a period of six months with no extensions to their period of study.

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In this study, dry air plasma jet and dielectric barrier discharge Ar+O-2 or Ar+N-2 plasma modifications and their effects on wettability, topography, functionality and biological efficiency of the hybrid polymeric poly (epsilon-caprolactone)/chitosan scaffolds were reported. The samples treated with Ar+O-2 dielectric barrier discharge plasma (80 sccm O-2 flow rate, 3-min treatment) or with dry air plasma jet (15-cm nozzle-sample distance, 13-min treatment) had the closest wettability (49.11 +/- 1.83 and 53.60 +/- 0.95, respectively) to the commercial tissue culture polystyrene used for cell cultivation. Scanning electron microscopy images and X-ray photoelectron spectrometry analysis showed increase in topographical roughness and OH/NH2 functionality, respectively. Increased fluid uptake capacity for the scaffolds treated with Ar+O-2 dielectric barrier discharge plasma (73.60%+/- 1.78) and dry air plasma jet (72.48%+/- 0.75) were also noted. Finally, initial cell attachment as well as seven-day cell viability, growth and proliferation performances were found to be significantly better for both plasma treated scaffolds than for untreated scaffolds.

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Turkoglu Sasmazel, Hilal/0000-0002-0254-4541; Ozkan, Ozan/0000-0002-9050-1583

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Dielectric barrier discharge, hybrid poly(epsilon-caprolactone), chitosan scaffolds, MRC5 fibroblast cells, plasma jet, plasma treatment

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32

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