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MEDICAL PHYSICS IN <strong>THE</strong> BALTIC STATES 7 (2009)<br />

Proceedings of International Conference “Medical Physics 2009”<br />

8 - 10 October 2009, Kaunas, Lithuania<br />

ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION INFLUENCES WETTABILITY AND BIOLOGICAL<br />

PROPERTIES <strong>OF</strong> PMMA SURFACE<br />

Yuri DEKHTYAR 1 , Linda LANCERE 1 , Nataliya POLAYKA 1 , Alexander RAPOPORT 2 , Anna RUSAKOVA 2 ,<br />

Alexander SUDNIKOVICH 2 , Valdis VALTERS 3<br />

1 Riga Technical university, 2 University of Latvia, 3 Valter’s Prosthetic laboratory, ltd.<br />

Abstract: PMMA (poly-methyl metha acrylate) material is widely used for eye prostheses. During its exploitation the<br />

material is under sun radiation, ultraviolet (UV) being the component. Therefore the properties of PMMA influenced by<br />

UV could affect biocompatibility of the prostheses. The present article is targeted to explore influence of UV on<br />

wettabilty and biological properties of PMMA<br />

Keywords: PMMA, ultraviolet radiation, sun radiation, eye prostheses<br />

1. Introduction.<br />

The tear liquid should moisten the PMMA eye<br />

prosthesis during its exploitation. This could be<br />

disturbed by sun ultraviolet, strong radiation destroying<br />

molecular couples of the PMMA [1, 3, 5, 6]. Currently<br />

there are not experimental data on the soft Sun UV<br />

influence on PMMA wettability properties.<br />

The article is targeted to explore influence of the<br />

simulating sun UV radiation on the PMMA wettability.<br />

The latter could be influenced because of the chemical<br />

alteration induced by UV [1, 3, 5, 6] or just because of<br />

the escaping electrons from the surface layer<br />

(photoemission). As the result the surface should<br />

acquire an electrical charge. To verify this, the electron<br />

work function of the radiated specimens was measured.<br />

Disturbance/damage/reconstruction of chemical couples<br />

at the PMMA surface could have a negative influence<br />

on the cell behaviour. Taking this into account, the<br />

viability of the yeast eukaryotic cells deposited on the<br />

radiated specimens was tested too.<br />

2.1. Radiation<br />

2. Methods and materials.<br />

For physical simulation process, samples from<br />

commercial material “Stoma” (Ctoma) were taken with<br />

size of ~1x1cm 2 , thickness about 2-4mm.<br />

The UV irradiation was supplied from the Hamamatsu<br />

Spot Light Source equipped with Hg-Xe lamp (intensity<br />

at the source exit was 3500mW/cm 2 at wavelength<br />

365nm), the specimens were placed at 0,4 m distance<br />

from the source exit. The room air was the environment<br />

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for the specimens. The room temperature was +20 0 C +/-<br />

2 0 C and humidity 39+/-7mmHg.<br />

The temperature at the specimen’s surface during the<br />

radiation was not higher as in the room.<br />

Before radiation each specimen was cleaned with 96%<br />

ethanol.<br />

2.1. Measurements of wettability<br />

Wettability was tested by the modified Axisymmetric<br />

Drop Shape Analysis-Profile (ADSA-P) drop method<br />

before and after the UV exposure. The physiological<br />

solution was used as the testing liquid. The drop with<br />

diameter ~10mm was measured using the optical<br />

microscope MMI-2 (MMИ-2). The image of the drop<br />

was projected via CCD camera (Imaging Source) to the<br />

PC screen. The contact angle was measured from<br />

images applying in the Photoshop software CS3<br />

version. Before measurements each sample was cleaned<br />

with 96% ethanol. The above described sequence was<br />

repeated 15 times for each sample to collect statistics.<br />

2.2. Electron work function.<br />

The electron work function (ϕ) was determined as the<br />

result of the pre-threshold photoelectron emission<br />

measurements. For this each specimen was positioned in<br />

the hand made spectrometer [8] and photoelectron<br />

emission current was detected in dependence on the<br />

photon energy in a range 4-6 eV. The duration<br />

(exposure) of the experiment was several times less in<br />

contrast to the above radiation of the specimens.

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