Cell growth on surface modified medical polymers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4876, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 11-17

  Sherlock, Richard J ^a   Bhogal, Daphne N ^a   Ball, Michael ^a   Glynn, Thomas J ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bioactivity; Biocompatibility; Excimer laser; Implantable medical device; Surface modification

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOPOLYMERS; GROWTH KINETICS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACE TREATMENT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

MEDICAL POLYMERS;

EXCIMER LASERS;

EID: 0042732026     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.463640     Document Type: Conference Paper

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