Nano-scale manipulation of silicate-substituted apatite chemistry impacts surface charge, hydrophilicity, protein adsorption and cell attachment

International Journal of Nano and Biomaterials

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 299-319

  Rashid, N ^a   Harding, Ian S ^b   Buckland, Tom ^c   Hing, Karin A ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b AgaMatrix Inc   (United States)

^c ApaTech Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cell attachment; protein adsorption; surface physiochemistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 62449158762     PISSN: 17528933     EISSN: 17528941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJNBM.2008.016877     Document Type: Article

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