Improvement of hydrophilicity of interconnected porous hydroxyapatite by dielectric barrier discharge plasma treatment

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 39, Issue 11 PART 1, 2011, Pages 2166-2167

  Lee, Dae Sung ^a   Moriguchi, Yu ^b   Okada, Kiyoshi ^b   Myoui, Akira ^b   Yoshikawa, Hideki ^b   Hamaguchi, Satoshi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dielectric barrier discharge (DBD); hydrophilicity; plasma surface treatment; porous hydroxyapatite

Indexed keywords

BONE SUBSTITUTES; BONE TISSUE REGENERATION; CALCIUM HYDROXYAPATITE; DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGE PLASMAS; DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGES; INTERNAL PORES; OSTEOCONDUCTIVITY; PLASMA SURFACE TREATMENT; POROUS HYDROXYAPATITE; WALL SURFACES;

APATITE; BONE; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; FLOW CONTROL; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROXYAPATITE; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMA THEORY; SURFACE TREATMENT; TISSUE;

DIELECTRIC DEVICES;

EID: 81255167991     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2011.2157840     Document Type: Article

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