Enhanced Hydrophilicity and Protein Adsorption of Titanium Surface by Sodium Bicarbonate Solution

Figure 7

Fluorescence micrograph of untreated (a) and NaHCO₃-treated (b) SLA Ti discs after incubation in a 1 μM fibronectin for 5 min and subsequent washing steps. A larger amount of more uniformly distributed protein is showed in (b).

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