Air-Trapping on Biocompatible Nanopatterns
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Abstract
The occurrence of air-trapping inside poly-eta-caprolactone nanopits was investigated by measuring the contact angles of water droplets on a set of defined nanotopographies. It is shown that the advancing angles follow the Cassie-Baxter theory, thus revealing the presence of air bubbles inside the biodegradable nanopatterns. The importance of these observations for the definition of hydrophilicity/hydrophobicity and in the context of in vitro cell behavior is discussed.
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OpenAlex topics: Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity · Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization · Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics
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Centre for Cell Engineering, IBLS, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK, Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK, and School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, S017 1BJ, UK
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