Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52966#.VK3xXMnQrzE Author(s) Robert E. Baier Affiliation(s) Industry/University Center for Biosurfaces, 110 Parker Hall, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA . ABSTRACT More than 50 years have passed since it was first recognized that the surface properties, and predominantly the surface energies of materials controlled their interactions with all biological phases via their spontaneous acquisition of proteinaceous “conditioning films” of differing degrees of denaturation but usually of the same substances within any given system. This led to the understanding that useful engineering control of such interactions could thus be manifested through adjustments to those surface properties, giving significant control and utility to the biomaterials developer without requiring detailed discovery of the biological specifications of the compo...
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