發展具有生物惰性與生物活性調控功能表面的智慧材料,是現今主要生醫材料研究課題。而在本研究主要以溫感性的高分子(N-isopropylacrylamide)與雙離子性高分子(zwitterionicsulfobetaine methacrylate) 以低壓電漿聚合法接枝於醋酸纖維膜中(cellulose acetate),以成為可調控之生物感應膜。並製備出混合式與雙層結構的改質膜,以探討微生物吸附之可逆效果。表面化學組成與性質鑑定以傅立葉紅外線光譜儀(Fourier Transform Infrared Sepectromter)、表面化學分析儀(X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy)、接觸角量測儀(contact angle) 、與掃描式電子顯微鏡(Scanning Electron Microscopy)觀察改質膜材之定性與定量分析。改質膜於生物環境中展現出高的溫度感應性、膨潤度與親水能力以達到調控大腸桿菌(Escherichia coli)的貼附行為。而對於非離子性的NIPAAm含量較高的接枝膜,由於在高溫中展現出疏水特性,以致含有較高的細菌貼附。反之SBMA含量高的接枝膜,藉由表面的親水特性,展現出抗微生物沾黏之特性。而本研究以雙層結構探討微生物的可逆吸脫附效果,發現可有效控制微生物脫附速率。這種藉由環境感應而調控表面特性的改質膜,對於智慧材料的生物應用上,有很大貢獻與發展。
A great challenge in the smart biomaterials is to design a dual-functional bioinert/bioactive surface with reversible bioadhesive property. This work describes a novel tunable bioadhesive membrane of cellulose acetate (CA) grafted with thermoresponsive N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAAm) and zwitterionic sulfobetaine methacrylate (SBMA). Two grafting structures of PNIPAAm-SBMA copolymer layer, mix- and bi-layer grafting, were controlled using low pressure plasma-induced graft polymerization and varing NIPAAm and SBMA molar ratios. The chemical composition and microstructure of the various surface-modified CA membranes were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), contact angle, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) measurements. The prepared membranes exhibited controllable temperature-dependent swelling behaviors and surface hydrophilicity which highly regulates the attachment of Gram-negative bacteria (E. coli). At a physiological temperature, the high content of the non-ionic polyNIPAAm in grafting copolymeric layer exhibits a high bacterial attachment due to the interfacial exposure of polyNIPAAm-rich hydrophobic domains. A relatively high content of polySBMA in grafting copolymeric layer exhibits reduced amounts of bacterial attachment due to the interfacial hydration of polySBMA-rich hydrophilic segments. This work shows that the bioadhesive properties of CA membranes with bi-layer copolymer grafting can be effectively controlled to be potentially useful for triggered bacteria detachment. The tunable-bioadhesive behavior of temperature-sensitive PNIPAAm-SBMA grafted CA membranes makes this smart membrane appropriate for biomedical applications.