Atomic Layer Deposition Coating of TiO2 Nano-Thin Films on Magnesium-Zinc Alloys to Enhance Cytocompatibility for Bioresorbable Vascular Stents

Fan Yang, Run Chang, Thomas J Webster Department of Chemical Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USACorrespondence: Thomas J WebsterDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Northeastern University, 313 Snell Engineering Center, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USATel +1 617 37...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:7be80b84cbe04ccdbf393b679d0df9d92021-12-02T12:02:14ZAtomic Layer Deposition Coating of TiO2 Nano-Thin Films on Magnesium-Zinc Alloys to Enhance Cytocompatibility for Bioresorbable Vascular Stents1178-2013https://doaj.org/article/7be80b84cbe04ccdbf393b679d0df9d92019-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.dovepress.com/atomic-layer-deposition-coating-of-tio2-nano-thin-films-on-magnesium-z-peer-reviewed-article-IJNhttps://doaj.org/toc/1178-2013Fan Yang, Run Chang, Thomas J Webster Department of Chemical Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USACorrespondence: Thomas J WebsterDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Northeastern University, 313 Snell Engineering Center, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USATel +1 617 373 6585Email th.webster@neu.eduBackground and purpose: A coronary stent is a well-known cardiovascular medical device implanted to resolve disorders of the circulatory system due to bloodstream narrowing. Since the implanted device interacts with surrounding biological environments, the surface properties of a typical implantable stent play a critical role in its success or failure. Endothelial cell adhesion and proliferation are fundamental criteria needed for the success of a medical device. Metallic coronary stents are commonly used as biomaterial platforms in cardiovascular implants. As a new generation of coronary stents, bioresorbable vascular scaffolds have attracted a great deal of attention among researchers and studies on bioresorbable materials (such as magnesium and zinc) remain a target for further optimization. However, additional surface modification is needed to control the biodegradation of the implant material while promoting biological reactions without the use of drug elution.Methods: Herein, precise temperature and thickness controlled atomic layer deposition (ALD) was utilized to provide a unique and conformal nanoscale TiO2 coating on a customized magnesium-zinc stent alloy.Results: Impressively, results indicated that this TiO2 nano-thin film coating stimulated coronary arterial endothelial cell adhesion and proliferation with additional features acting as a protective barrier. Data revealed that both surface morphology and surface hydrophilicity contributed to the success of the ALD nanoscale coating, which further acted as a protection layer inhibiting the release of harmful degradation products from the magnesium-zinc stent.Conclusion: Overall, the outcome of this in vitro study provided a promising ALD stent coating with unique nano-structural surface properties for increased endothelialization, and as a result, ALD should be further studied for numerous biomedical applications.Keywords: atomic layer deposition, titanium dioxide, magnesium, bioresorbable vascular scaffold, endothelium, cytocompatibilityYang FChang RWebster TJDove Medical Pressarticleatomic layer depositiontitanium dioxidemagnesiumbioresorbable vascular scaffoldendotheliumcytocompatibilityMedicine (General)R5-920ENInternational Journal of Nanomedicine, Vol Volume 14, Pp 9955-9970 (2019)
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topic atomic layer deposition
titanium dioxide
magnesium
bioresorbable vascular scaffold
endothelium
cytocompatibility
Medicine (General)
R5-920
spellingShingle atomic layer deposition
titanium dioxide
magnesium
bioresorbable vascular scaffold
endothelium
cytocompatibility
Medicine (General)
R5-920
Yang F
Chang R
Webster TJ
Atomic Layer Deposition Coating of TiO2 Nano-Thin Films on Magnesium-Zinc Alloys to Enhance Cytocompatibility for Bioresorbable Vascular Stents
description Fan Yang, Run Chang, Thomas J Webster Department of Chemical Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USACorrespondence: Thomas J WebsterDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Northeastern University, 313 Snell Engineering Center, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USATel +1 617 373 6585Email th.webster@neu.eduBackground and purpose: A coronary stent is a well-known cardiovascular medical device implanted to resolve disorders of the circulatory system due to bloodstream narrowing. Since the implanted device interacts with surrounding biological environments, the surface properties of a typical implantable stent play a critical role in its success or failure. Endothelial cell adhesion and proliferation are fundamental criteria needed for the success of a medical device. Metallic coronary stents are commonly used as biomaterial platforms in cardiovascular implants. As a new generation of coronary stents, bioresorbable vascular scaffolds have attracted a great deal of attention among researchers and studies on bioresorbable materials (such as magnesium and zinc) remain a target for further optimization. However, additional surface modification is needed to control the biodegradation of the implant material while promoting biological reactions without the use of drug elution.Methods: Herein, precise temperature and thickness controlled atomic layer deposition (ALD) was utilized to provide a unique and conformal nanoscale TiO2 coating on a customized magnesium-zinc stent alloy.Results: Impressively, results indicated that this TiO2 nano-thin film coating stimulated coronary arterial endothelial cell adhesion and proliferation with additional features acting as a protective barrier. Data revealed that both surface morphology and surface hydrophilicity contributed to the success of the ALD nanoscale coating, which further acted as a protection layer inhibiting the release of harmful degradation products from the magnesium-zinc stent.Conclusion: Overall, the outcome of this in vitro study provided a promising ALD stent coating with unique nano-structural surface properties for increased endothelialization, and as a result, ALD should be further studied for numerous biomedical applications.Keywords: atomic layer deposition, titanium dioxide, magnesium, bioresorbable vascular scaffold, endothelium, cytocompatibility
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author Yang F
Chang R
Webster TJ
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Chang R
Webster TJ
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title Atomic Layer Deposition Coating of TiO2 Nano-Thin Films on Magnesium-Zinc Alloys to Enhance Cytocompatibility for Bioresorbable Vascular Stents
title_short Atomic Layer Deposition Coating of TiO2 Nano-Thin Films on Magnesium-Zinc Alloys to Enhance Cytocompatibility for Bioresorbable Vascular Stents
title_full Atomic Layer Deposition Coating of TiO2 Nano-Thin Films on Magnesium-Zinc Alloys to Enhance Cytocompatibility for Bioresorbable Vascular Stents
title_fullStr Atomic Layer Deposition Coating of TiO2 Nano-Thin Films on Magnesium-Zinc Alloys to Enhance Cytocompatibility for Bioresorbable Vascular Stents
title_full_unstemmed Atomic Layer Deposition Coating of TiO2 Nano-Thin Films on Magnesium-Zinc Alloys to Enhance Cytocompatibility for Bioresorbable Vascular Stents
title_sort atomic layer deposition coating of tio2 nano-thin films on magnesium-zinc alloys to enhance cytocompatibility for bioresorbable vascular stents
publisher Dove Medical Press
publishDate 2019
url https://doaj.org/article/7be80b84cbe04ccdbf393b679d0df9d9
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