REVIEW ARTICLE


Real-Time Monitoring of Fibrinogen Cross-Linking on Model Biomaterial Surfaces with Quartz Crystal Microbalance



Brian C. Heinze, Jeong-Yeol Yoon*
Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721-0038, USA


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© 2008 Heinze and Yoon

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* Address correspondence to this author at the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721-0038, USA; E-mail: jyyoon@email.arizona.edu


Abstract

A quartz crystal microbalance was used for real-time monitoring of fibrinogen cross-linking on three model biomaterial surfaces. Fibrinogen adsorbs slowly and forms a less rigid multi-layer on hydrophobic surfaces, while it adsorbs quickly, forming a single mono-layer on hydrophilic surfaces. The extent of fibrinogen cross-linking is greater on hydrophobic surfaces. Fibrinogen cross-linking can also rigidify the relatively soft coatings of poly(methyl methacrylate) and dodecanethiol self-assembled monolayer.