The human micro-vascular endothelial cells in vitro interaction with atomic-nitrogen-doped diamond-like carbon thin films

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 188-195

  Okpalugo, T I T ^a,b   Ogwu, A A ^b   Okpalugo, A C ^c   McCullough, R W ^d   Ahmed, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon; Cell materials interaction; Endothelial cells; Surface characterization; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE; DIAMOND LIKE CARBON FILMS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); NITROGEN; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CELL-MATERIALS INTERACTION; SURFACE CHARACTERIZATION;

ENDOTHELIAL CELLS;

CARBON; DIAMOND; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FILM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CARBON; CELL ADHESION; CELLS, CULTURED; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; DIAMOND; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROCIRCULATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NITROGEN; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 41449111415     PISSN: 15524973     EISSN: 15524981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.30934     Document Type: Article

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