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Laser scanning microscopy study on adsorption of biologically relevant proteins on implant materials
Author(s) -
Schöller M.,
Hauck A.,
Thull R.,
Steinmeyer R.,
Hedrich R.,
Schneider F. W.,
Kiefer W.,
Popp J.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
biopolymers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.556
H-Index - 125
eISSN - 1097-0282
pISSN - 0006-3525
DOI - 10.1002/bip.10100
Subject(s) - adsorption , chemistry , osseointegration , protein adsorption , biomaterial , laser scanning , implant , microscopy , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , laser , biophysics , materials science , organic chemistry , optics , medicine , physics , surgery , biology , engineering
The adsorption of proteins at implant surfaces plays a key role in osseointegration and is therefore of great importance in biomaterial science. Laser scanning microscopy (LSM) is described, a method that is used here for the first study of the adsorption of proteins on implant surfaces. These LSM measurements provide information on the surface morphology, and the spatial distribution of adsorbed proteins can be deduced. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Biopolymers (Biospectroscopy) 67: 344–348, 2002