Wetting behavior and stability of surface‐modified polyurethane materials

Even though polyurethanes (PU) constitute a class of highly versatile and customizable polymeric materials, being able to modify their surface properties, for example, wettability, without altering the composition bulk material would often be desirable. However, PU-based materials can both rather diverse resilient chemical modification. Thus, in this study, three PU variants are subjected different treatments that aim at wetting properties materials: We assess feasibility plasma treatment, dopamine incubation, etching, evaluate stability obtained modifications with regard wet dry storage, UV exposure, application-specific such as lubricity colonization eukaryotic cells. The results here used achieve an additional customization surfaces tailor behavior selected applications where dedicated required.