Formation of nanocones on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite by oxygen plasma

Materials

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 2014-2029

  Vesel, Alenka ^a   Eleršic, Kristina ^a   Modic, Martina ^a   Junkar, Ita ^a   Mozetic, Miran ^a  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG); Nanocone formation; Oxygen plasma treatment; Platelet adhesion

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; GRAPHITE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OXYGEN; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMAS; PLATELETS; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY;

ANTITHROMBOGENIC PROPERTIES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; HIGHLY ORIENTED PYROLYTIC GRAPHITE; NANOCONE; NANOSTRUCTURED SURFACE; OXYGEN PLASMA TREATMENTS; PLATELET ADHESION; PREVENTING MECHANISMS;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 84897042768     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma7032014     Document Type: Article

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