生物沾黏(Bio-fouling)是薄膜科技在使用上遇到的最大問題,過去研究顯示,雙離子性材料改質薄膜能有良好抗生物沾黏性質。此研究擬以表面改質技術來改善薄膜生物沾黏的問題,並且保有原本薄膜之物理特性,以達到薄膜最佳使用效能。 本研究使用Poly(maleic anhydride-alt-1-octadecene)(MAO)前驅高分子,以開環反應分別將N,N-dimethylenediamine(DMEA)及3-(dimethylamino)-1-propylamine(DMPA)修飾MAO分子鏈段,合成出兩種新的雙離子型高分子(i)p(MAO-DMEA)及(ii)p(MAO-DMPA),並以此兩種高分子於聚氟化乙二烯(Polyvinylidene fluoride, PVDF)薄膜表面進行分子自組裝改質。由X光電子光譜儀(XPS)鑑定表面元素證明成功改質表面,藉由孔隙度測試顯示不同的表面改質密度(0-1 mg/cm2)不影響原本膜材之物理結構(孔洞)。然而,p(MAO-DMEA)高分子塗佈於薄膜表面能增進膜材表面之親水性與水合能力。研究中,p(MAO-DMPA)之正、負電基團間距相較p(MAO-DMEA)多一個碳原子之距離。為探討雙離子性高分子鏈中正、負電基團間距對於生物沾黏性質的影響,以蛋白質吸附檢測與細菌貼附測試進行其抗生物沾黏之測試,並進一步以人體血液成分包含血小板、紅血球、與白血球貼附測試。電荷分布之狀態可能會降低水合能力,進而影響高分子在抗生物沾黏或血液相容性材料上的表現效果。因此,此研究結果指出雙離子基團中之正、負電基團間距控制會影響其抗生物沾黏性質表現。
Bio-fouling is a major problem in application of membranes. In general, membranes modified with zwitterionic functionalities polymer reduced the surface fouling. Not only surface modification improved the problem of Bio-fouling, also membranes retained all properties that in order to achieve the highest operation performance. In this work, polymers of (i) maleic anhydride-alt-1-octadecene and N,N-dimethylenediamine [p(MAO-DMEA)], and (ii) maleic anhydride-alt-1-octadecene and 3-(dimethylamino)-1-propylamine [p(MAO-DMPA)] were synthesized by ring opening reaction, and used to modify polyvinylidene fluoride membranes. Surface modification was well controlled as evidenced by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS), leading to homogeneous surfaces, without reduction of surface porosity for all range of coating densities tested (0-1 mg/cm2). However, p(MAO-DMEA) better improved hydration properties of membranes. Antifouling tests (protein adsorption, bacterial attachment) and the assessment of blood compatibility – adhesion of thrombocytes, erythrocytes or leukocytes, evaluation of hemolytic – suggested the important role on biocompatibility of the number of carbons in space between electropositive and electronegative sites. p(MAO-DMPA) contains one more carbon atom than p(MAO-DMEA): uneven charge distribution decreases the extent of hydration, then affecting the effectiveness of polymer as an antifouling/hemocompatible material. Therefore, this work reveals the important role of carbon spacer on the efficiency of novel hemocompatible zwitterionic polymers.