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Fig. 22. Overall morphology of MG63, cultured for 2 hours on control glass coverslips (a); Si-
DND/PPHMDS/NH3 (b) and Ag-DND/PPHMDS/NH3 (c) viewed by actin staining;
Materials were studied as plain (upper panel), or pre-coated with FN (low panel); bar
100μm.
Fig. 23. Actin (upper panel) and Vinculin (lower panel) staining of MG63, cultured for 2
hours on FN coated plain glass control glass coverslips (a), Si-DND/PPHMDS/NH3 (b) and
Ag-DND/PPHMDS/NH3 (c); bar 50μm.
- Conclusions
The plasma polymerization of the well know hexamethyldisiloxane monomer is used for
deposition of PPHMDS layers with excellent adhesion on different substrates and
remarkable properties. For the first time, composites of the type DNDs/PPHMDS are
obtained and precisely characterized by different physicochemical methods.
The most important result of the study is that by varying DNDs particles type, it is possible
to alter the morphological and chemical nature, as well as the biological performance of the
a b c