Human microvascular endothelial cellular interaction with atomic N-doped DLC compared with Si-doped DLC thin films

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 222-229

  Okpalugo, T I T ^a   Murphy, H ^a   Ogwu, A A ^b   Abbas, G ^a   Ray, S C ^c   Maguire, P D ^a   McLaughlin, J ^a   McCullough, R W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biocompatibility hard tissue; Carbon coatings; Cell material interactions; Endothelial cells; Surface modification characterization

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CONTACT ANGLE; DISSOCIATION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); HYDROPHOBICITY; NITROGEN; PLASMAS; SILICON; STRESS ANALYSIS; THIN FILMS;

ATOMIC FLUXES; BIOCOMPATIBILITY/HARD TISSUE; CARBON COATINGS; CELL-MATERIAL INTERACTIONS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; NITROGEN DOPING; SURFACE MODIFICATION/CHARACTERIZATION;

DIAMOND LIKE CARBON FILMS;

BIOMATERIAL; CARBON; DIAMOND; DIAMOND LIKE CARBON; NANOPARTICLE; NITROGEN; SILICON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARTICLE; ATOM; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL ADHESION; CONTACT ANGLE; DISSOCIATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FILM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROPHOBICITY; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROVASCULATURE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTOR; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

CELL ADHESION; CELLS, CULTURED; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; DIAMOND; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NITROGEN; SILICON; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33746700249     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: 15524981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.30459     Document Type: Article

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