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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Aug 21.
Published in final edited form as: J Mater Chem B. 2020 Jun 17;8(31):6588–6609. doi: 10.1039/d0tb00681e

Table 5.

Functional CVD polymers for tissue engineering.

Polymer Acronym Property / Performance CVD technique
Poly(acrylic acid) pAA Hydrophilic, Biofunctionalizable / Controlling cell adhesion and proliferation PECVD154
Poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) pHEMA Hydrophilic / Controlling cell adhesion and proliferationx iCVD54,155, PECVD156,piCVD159
Poly(allylamine) pAAm Hydrophilic, Biofunctionalizable / Controlling cell adhesion and proliferation PECVD158
Poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate-co-ethylene glycol diacrylate-co-pentafluorophenyl methacrylate) pHEMA-co-EGDA-co-PFM Hydrophilic with swelling ability, Biofunctionalizable / Controlling cell adhesion and proliferation iCVD52
Poly(p-xylylene) pPX Hydrophobic, Biofunctionalizable / Controlling cell adhesion and proliferation, Directing cell differentiation CVP161–164
Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) pNIPAAm Temperature-responsive, Hydrophilic, Biofunctionalizable / Controlling cell adhesion and proliferation iCVD157
Poly(perfluorodecylacrylate) pPFDA Hydrophobic / Directing cell differentiation iCVD165
Poly(glycidyl methacrylate) pGMA Biocompatible, Mechanically stable, Hydrophobic, Biofunctionalizable / Directing cell differentiation iCVD165,167