Protein adsorption on topographically nanostructured titanium

C. Galli*, M. Collaud Coen, R. Hauert, V. L. Katanaev, M. P. Wymann, P. Gröning, L. Schlapbach

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Abstract

We study the protein adsorption on surfaces in order to investigate their predominant role in biocompatibility. Nanostructures are created by local anodic oxidation on titanium using the atomic force microscope. A remarkable specificity of the actin filament adsorption on the nanostructure height is noticed. F-actin is observed to have a low adsorption on nanostructures of a height of 4 nm and the adsorbed proteins appear to be randomly oriented. In contrast high protein adsorption is observed for structure height between 1 and 2 nm, moreover the filaments adsorb preferentially parallel to the nanostructured pattern.

Original languageEnglish
Article number2773
Pages (from-to)L180-L184
JournalSurface Science
Volume474
Issue number1-3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2001
Externally publishedYes

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