title: Glow-discharge-modified activated carbon cloths as skin substitutes.
abstract: In this study, activated carbon cloths (ACCs) were modified in a glow-discharge apparatus by using 2-hydroxyethyl-methacrylate (HEMA), dimethyl-aminoethyl methacrylate (DMAEMA), and hydroxymethyldisiloxane (HMDS) plasmas. Scanning electron micrographs exhibited the formation of the polymeric films on the ACCs after glow-discharge modification. The adsorption experiments were performed using model solutes, i.e., creatinine, vitamin B-12, and trypsin. No significant change was observed in the adsorption capacities of the ACC/PHEMA and ACC/PDMAEMA composites compared with the original ACC adsorption capacity. However, there was a pronounced decrease in the case of the ACC/PHMDS. Oxygen permeabilities of both the original and modified ACCs were measured in a flow-through gas chamber. The oxygen permeabilities of the original and modified forms were 817 and 3.5-5 cm3/s.cm2.cm Hg x 10(-7), respectively. Water-vapor permeabilities of the composites were obtained by using a standard water-cup assembly. Permeabilities varying between 921 and 10,300 g/m2.day were found. Microorganism impermeabilities of the ACCs were demonstrated by using model PS monosize polymeric particles with a diameter of 0.2 micron. The particle permeability of the original ACC was 65.6 mg/m2.day. Almost no particle permission was observed through the modified ACCs.
authors.affiliation: Hacettepe University, Chemical Engineering Department, Beytepe, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pişkin
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Ataç
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D018407:Bacterial Physiological Phenomena; D002244:Carbon; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002627:Chemistry, Physical; D008689:Methacrylates; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry; D010539:Permeability; D011137:Polystyrenes; D017768:Skin, Artificial; D013499:Surface Properties; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D008689:Methacrylates; D011137:Polystyrenes; D014867:Water; C005044:hydroxyethyl methacrylate; D002244:Carbon; C049840:2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate; D010100:Oxygen