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Tailoring morphologies of diamond thin films for neural stem cells culturing
Author(s) -
Babchenko Oleg,
Romanyuk Nataliya,
Jendelova Pavla,
Kromka Alexander
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.201300082
Subject(s) - materials science , diamond , neural stem cell , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , seeding , stem cell , composite material , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , agronomy , engineering
A controllable growth of neural cells and/or neural stem cells (NSCs) on artificial substrates is highly attractive scientifically as motivated by neurological and neurodegenerative disease treatment. In this contribution, we report on human fetal NSCs attachment and growth on the diamond films. Diamond films of different morphologies were deposited by linear antenna microwave plasma system from H 2 /CO 2 /CH 4 gas mixtures. We show that the employed NSC lines attach to the oxidized diamond surface rather than hydrogenated. The influences of nanocrystalline diamond morphology (flat film, porous structure, or nano‐rods) and surface treatment (oxidized/hydrogenated or laminin coated films) are systematically studied after 8‐day cells seeding.