Lubricating Polymer Surfaces

ISBN-13: 9780367400460 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 184 str.

Yoshikimi Uyama

Opis

A lubricating polymer surface is important, especially in biomedical technologies. Low-friction surfaces enable easy insertion and removal of devices from patients. Earlier approaches were mostly simple applications involving lubricants such as lidocaine jelly, silicone oil, or non-permanent coating with low-friction materials such as polyethylene or fluoroplastics. However, these substances cannot maintain a high degree of slipperiness for the required duration of time. This book describes the principle of lubrication, outlines a variety of methods for attaining a lubricous surface, and describes the characteristics and properties of such lubricous surfaces.

Spis treści

Introduction. Principles of Friction and Lubrication. Test Methods for Lubricated Polymer Surfaces. Lubricous Polymer Surfaces. Lubricated Surfaces for Medical Use. General Methods for Surface Modification. Surface Analysis of Modified Polymers. Surface Grafting. Surface Structures and Properties of Grafted Polymers. Appendix.

O autorze

Uyama, Yoshikimi