LBL ZnO-NO coatings reduced staphylococcal biofilm burden by > 95%.
In addition, the electrochemical performances of the Li2ZrO3 coated LiMn2O4 and no-coating LiMn2O4 samples are characterized by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and charge-discharge tests.
The gel-coating led to cause 10-fold cell attachment compared to no-coating well.
Particularly, the 3 wt.% Li2ZrO3 coated LiMn2O4 sample exhibits excellent cycling performance with 99.0% and 90.2% capacity retention after 100 cycles at 1 C at 25 °C and 55 °C, which are apparently higher than 89.9% and 58.0% of no-coating spinel LiMn2O4.
In the control group (no-coating), the focal adhesion assay with MC3T3-E1 preosteoblasts generally indicated a round cell morphology in which their actin filaments were spread out in multiple directions by attaching with well-distributed vinculins in the dish).
Interestingly, even the no coating control group showed a decrease in collagen II expression, as was observed with the protein coatings.
In this work, nitric oxide (NO) release coatings designed for intravenous amperometric glucose sensors are optimized through the use of a polylactic acid (PLA) layer doped with a lipophilic diazeniumdiolated species that releases NO through a proton-driven mechanism.
MCF10A and MCF10A CDH1-/ cells were seeded in six replicates at 2.0 × 10 cells per well in 96 well flat clear bottom plates (Greiner Bio-one) with different surface coatings: no coating for the uncoated, 2 μg/ml collagen (Sigma), 2 μg/ml fibronectin (BD Bioscience), 8 μg/ml vitronectin (Invitrogen), 8 μg/ml laminin (Invitrogen) and grown at 37°C, 5% CO2.
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