Wet Chemistry and Peptide Immobilization on Polytetrafluoroethylene for Improved Cell-adhesionMatthias Gabriel 1, Kerstin Niederer 2, Holger Frey 2
1Sidra Cardiovascular Research, 2Department of Organic Chemistry, Johannes-Gutenberg University
Cell-adhesiveness is key to many approaches in biomaterial research and tissue engineering. A step-by-step technique is presented using wet-chemistry for the surface modification of the important polymer PTFE with peptides.