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Persistent Inhibition of Cell Growth on Silver Implanted Glassy Polymeric Carbon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Robert L. Zimmerman
Affiliation:
[email protected], Alabama A&M University, Radiation Center, 4900 Meridian Street, Normal, AL, 35762, United States, 256 372 5854, 256 372 5868
Ismet Gürhan
Affiliation:
[email protected], Ege University, Faculty of Engineering, Izmir, 87985, Turkey
F. Ozdal-Kurt
Affiliation:
[email protected], CBU Faculty of Science, Manisa, 45673, Turkey
B. H. Sen
Affiliation:
[email protected], EU Faculty of Dentistry, Izmir, 34679, Turkey
Marcello Rodrigues
Affiliation:
[email protected], University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, 49100, Brazil
Daryush Ila
Affiliation:
[email protected], Alabama A&M University, 4900 Meridian Street, Normal, AL, 35762, United States
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Abstract

We have shown that silver ion implantation or argon ion assisted surface deposition of silver inhibits cell growth on Glassy Polymeric Carbon (GPC), a desirable improvement of current cardiac implants. In vitro biocompatibility tests have been carried out with model cell lines to demonstrate that near surface implantation of silver in GPC can completely inhibit cell attachment on implanted areas while leaving adjacent areas vulnerable to strong cell adhesion. After cleaning and sterilization and more than one year in physiologic solution, the silver implanted GPC persists in inhibiting cell attachment.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2007

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