| abstract |
Polymer material is surface modified with the intention of increasing the hydrophilicity of the polymer surface, by producing carboxyl groups, carbonyl groups and hydroxyl groups on the polymer surface in a first stage, by oxidizing with, e.g., oxidizing acid solutions or in some other manner, and by reacting the groups on the polymer surface in a second step with heterocyclic compounds having three or four ring atoms or with isocyanate compounds or carbodiimide compounds. |