Selenium nanocluster coatings: Transforming current orthopedic materials into inhibiting bone cancer

Materials Science Forum

Volumn 638-642, Issue , 2010, Pages 718-723

  Tran, Phong A ^a   Sarin, Love ^b   Hurt, Robert H ^b   Webster, Thomas J ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Brown University   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Bone cancer; Coating; Nanotechnology; Selenium

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIALS; COATED MATERIALS; COATINGS; DISEASES; NANOCLUSTERS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; SELENIUM; SUBSTRATES; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES;

BONE CANCER; BONE-FORMING CELLS; COATING DENSITY; COATING MATERIAL; ORTHOPEDIC MATERIALS; OSTEOBLAST GROWTH; OSTEOBLAST PROLIFERATION; OSTEOSARCOMA;

BONE;

EID: 75849118885     PISSN: 02555476     EISSN: 16629752     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.638-642.718     Document Type: Conference Paper

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