Surface charge of bioactive polyethylene modified with -SO3H groups and its apatite inducing capability in simulated body fluid

Key Engineering Materials

Volumn 284-286, Issue , 2005, Pages 453-456

  Leonor, I B ^a,b   Kim, H M ^c   Balas, F ^b   Kawashita, M ^b   Reis, R L ^a   Kokubo, T ^d   Nakamura, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^d CHUBU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apatite structure; Polymer; Simulated body fluid SBF; Sulfonic group (SO 3H); Zeta potential

Indexed keywords

APATITE; BIOACTIVITY; BODY FLUIDS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE CHARGE; ZETA POTENTIAL;

APATITE STRUCTURES; POLYMER SUBSTRATES; SIMULATED BODY FLUID (SBF); SULFONIC GROUPS;

POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 34248994910     PISSN: 10139826     EISSN: 16629795     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/0-87849-961-x.453     Document Type: Article

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