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Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing

, Volume 39, Issue 2, pp 503–517 | Cite as

Nitrogen-Doped Titanium Dioxide Thin Films Formation on the Surface of PLLA Electrospun Microfibers Scaffold by Reactive Magnetron Sputtering Method

  • E. N. Bolbasov
  • P. V. Maryin
  • K. S. Stankevich
  • S. I. Goreninskii
  • V. L. Kudryavtseva
  • A. I. Mishanin
  • A. S. Golovkin
  • A. B. Malashicheva
  • Y. M. Zhukov
  • Y. G. Anissimov
  • S. I. TverdokhlebovEmail author
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Abstract

Nitrogen-doped thin titanium dioxide films formed by the reactive magnetron sputtering method on the surface of PLLA electrospun microfibers scaffold were investigated. It was shown that the chemical composition of the films is shifting from titanium dioxide (TiO2) composites saturated with C–NH, C=N, N–C=N and HN–C=O compounds to solid solutions of titanium oxides (TixOy) and titanium oxynitrides (TiOxNy) with the increased time of the treatment. An empirical model describing changes in the chemical composition of the surface due to the treatment was proposed. It was shown that the modification of the PLLA microfibers scaffolds surface improves cell-scaffold and cell–cell interactions with the highest number of viable adherent cells observed on the scaffold treated for 4 min.

Keywords

Reactive magnetron sputtering Scaffolds Thin films Biocompatibility 
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Acknowledgements

This research was supported by Tomsk Polytechnic University Competitiveness Enhancement Program project VIU-SEC B.P. Veinberg-210/2018. The authors acknowledge the Resource Center of Saint-Petersburg State University “Physical methods of surface investigation” for conducting XPS study.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • E. N. Bolbasov
    • 1
  • P. V. Maryin
    • 1
  • K. S. Stankevich
    • 1
  • S. I. Goreninskii
    • 1
  • V. L. Kudryavtseva
    • 1
  • A. I. Mishanin
    • 2
  • A. S. Golovkin
    • 2
  • A. B. Malashicheva
    • 2
    • 3
  • Y. M. Zhukov
    • 3
  • Y. G. Anissimov
    • 4
    • 5
  • S. I. Tverdokhlebov
    • 1
    Email author
  1. 1.Tomsk Polytechnic UniversityTomskRussian Federation
  2. 2.National Almazov Medical Research CenterSaint-PetersburgRussian Federation
  3. 3.Saint-Petersburg State UniversitySaint-PetersburgRussian Federation
  4. 4.School of Environment and ScienceGriffith UniversityGold CoastAustralia
  5. 5.Institute of Molecular MedicineSechenov First Moscow State Medical UniversityMoscowRussia

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