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oapen-20.500.12657-491692021-11-23T13:54:16Z Chapter Urban Gardening: From Cost Avoidance to Profit Making — Example from Ljubljana, Slovenia Glavan, Matjaž Černič Istenič, Majda Cvejić, Rozalija Non-thermal plasma technology, surface modification, tissue engineering, scaffold fabrication, biomaterials bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PN Chemistry::PNR Physical chemistry Non-thermal plasma technology is one of those techniques that suffer relatively little from diffusion limits, slow kinetics, and complex geometries compared to more traditional liquid-based chemical surface modification techniques. Combined with a lack of solvents, preservation of the bulk properties, and fast treatment times; it is a well-liked technique for the treatment of materials for biomedical applications. In this book chapter, a review will be given on what the scientific community determined to be essential to obtain appropriate scaffolds for tissue engineering and how plasma scientists have used non-thermal plasma technology to accomplish this. A distinction will be made depending on the scaffold fabrication technique, as each technique has its own set of specific problems that need to be tackled. Fabrication techniques will include traditional fabrication methods, rapid prototyping, and electrospinning. As for the different plasma techniques, both plasma activation and grafting/polymerization will be included in the review and linked to the in-vitro/in-vivo response to these treatments. The literature review itself is preceded by a more general overview on cell communication, giving useful insights on how surface modification strategies should be developed. 2021-06-02T10:08:18Z 2021-06-02T10:08:18Z 2016 chapter ONIX_20210602_10.5772/62301_283 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/49169 eng application/pdf n/a 50067.pdf InTechOpen 10.5772/62301 10.5772/62301 09f6769d-48ed-467d-b150-4cf2680656a1 FP7-KBBE-2012-6-singlestage 312185 603567 open access
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Non-thermal plasma technology is one of those techniques that suffer relatively little from diffusion limits, slow kinetics, and complex geometries compared to more traditional liquid-based chemical surface modification techniques. Combined with a lack of solvents, preservation of the bulk properties, and fast treatment times; it is a well-liked technique for the treatment of materials for biomedical applications. In this book chapter, a review will be given on what the scientific community determined to be essential to obtain appropriate scaffolds for tissue engineering and how plasma scientists have used non-thermal plasma technology to accomplish this. A distinction will be made depending on the scaffold fabrication technique, as each technique has its own set of specific problems that need to be tackled. Fabrication techniques will include traditional fabrication methods, rapid prototyping, and electrospinning. As for the different plasma techniques, both plasma activation and grafting/polymerization will be included in the review and linked to the in-vitro/in-vivo response to these treatments. The literature review itself is preceded by a more general overview on cell communication, giving useful insights on how surface modification strategies should be developed.
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