Microrough cobalt-chromium alloy surfaces for paclitaxel delivery: Preparation, characterization, and in vitro drug release studies

Langmuir

Volumn 28, Issue 31, 2012, Pages 11511-11526

  Lancaster, Susan ^a   Kakade, Sandeep ^a   Mani, Gopinath ^a  

^a University of South Dakota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-D TOPOGRAPHY; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; BURST RELEASE; CO-CR ALLOYS; COATED SURFACE; COBALT-CHROMIUM ALLOYS; DRUG ELUTION; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; FTIR; GLASS BEAD; GRIT BLASTING; GRIT-BLASTED SURFACES; IN-VITRO; MEDICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL PROFILER; OPTICAL PROFILOMETRY; PACLITAXEL; PACLITAXEL DELIVERY; PHOSPHONIC ACIDS; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; SAMS; SURFACE AREA; SUSTAINED RELEASE;

ALUMINUM; CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM ALLOYS; COBALT; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRANULAR MATERIALS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; ORGANIC ACIDS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

DRUG PRODUCTS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BIOMATERIAL; CHROMIUM DERIVATIVE; GLASS; PACLITAXEL; PHOSPHOROUS ACID;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG ELUTING STENT; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; KINETICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CHROMIUM ALLOYS; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; GLASS; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PACLITAXEL; PHOSPHOROUS ACIDS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84864665509     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la301636z     Document Type: Article

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