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. 2019 May 30;11(6):941. doi: 10.3390/polym11060941

Table 7.

Surface free energy (mN/m) of PLA/PEG-based samples containing chitosan and powdered rosemary ethanolic extract and work of spreading (Ws) for red blood cells (rbc) and platelets (p).

Sample Code γsvLW γsvAB γsv+ γsv γsvTOT Ws/rbc Ws/p
PLA/PEG 39.17 1.92 0.03 34.91 41.09 4.54 −69.58
PLA/PEG/3CS 41.94 6.98 0.25 49.47 48.92 14.42 −49.46
PLA/PEG/6CS 42.76 20.34 1.54 67.30 63.10 22.22 −43.83
PLA/PEG/0.5R 33.64 13.95 1.27 38.25 47.59 12.27 −71.51
PLA/PEG/3CS/0.5R 31.61 3.90 0.08 45.87 35.51 −1.14 −75.52
PLA/PEG/6CS/0.5R 30.07 7.72 0.30 49.53 37.78 0.81 −75.01

γsvTOT—total surface tension; γsvLW—apolar Lifshitz-van der Waals component; γsvAB—polar Lewis acid-base interaction; γsv+—electron acceptor (Lewis acid) component; γsv—electron donor (Lewis base) component; Ws/rbc and Ws/p—work of spreading for red blood cells and platelets, respectively.