Relative Contributions of Surface Roughness and Crystalline Structure to the Biocompatibility of Titanium Nitride and Titanium Oxide Coatings Deposited by PVD and TPS Coatings
Figure 3
SEM images showing the morphology of CRL-11372 cells cultured for 24 h on (a) Group P: confluent monolayer of CRL-11372 cells (original magnification ×500, bar = 50µm), (b) Group TiN: confluent monolayer of CRL-11372 cells (original magnification ×350, bar = 50µm), (c) Group C: confluent monolayer of CRL-11372 cells (original magnification ×200, bar = 100 µm), and (d) Group SC: merely attached CRL-11372 cells. These cells bridged the valleys of the surface topography (original magnification ×350, bar = 50 µm); (e) Group TPS: confluent monolayer of CRL-11372 cells (original magnification ×350, bar = 50 µm), (f) CG cells displaying fusiform shapes of interphase (I) (arrow) stages of their cell cycles (original magnification ×500, bar = 50 µm).
