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Bioactive silicon structure fabrication through nanoetching techniques
Author(s) -
Canham Leigh T.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.19950071215
Subject(s) - materials science , silicon , microporous material , nanotechnology , fabrication , very large scale integration , biomaterial , biosensor , optoelectronics , electronic engineering , composite material , engineering , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
A microporous film of silicon is shown to induce hydroxyapatite growth both on itself and on neighboring areas of bulk silicon (e.g. see figure). This indicates that silicon could be developed as an active biomaterial, which has encouraging implications for the use of VLSI technology in, for example, invasive sensing and biosensing and other electronic prosthetic devices.