Mechanisms controlling increased vascular cell adhesion to nano-structured polymer films

Proceedings of the IEEE Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, NEBEC

Volumn 30, Issue , 2004, Pages 120-121

  Miller, Derick C ^a   Haberstroh, Karen M ^a   Webster, Thomas J ^a,b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ADSORPTION; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; MUSCLE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PH EFFECTS; POLYESTERS; POLYMERS; PROTEINS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

CELL DENSITIES; CELLULAR RESPONSES; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 2942587045     PISSN: 1071121X     EISSN: 21607001     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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