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- Title
The Gemstone Cyborg: How Diamond Films Are Creating New Platforms for Cell Regeneration and Biointerfacing.
- Authors
Santos, Nádia E.; Mendes, Joana C.; Braga, Susana Santos
- Abstract
Diamond is a promising material for the biomedical field, mainly due to its set of characteristics such as biocompatibility, strength, and electrical conductivity. Diamond can be synthesised in the laboratory by different methods, is available in the form of plates or films deposited on foreign substrates, and its morphology varies from microcrystalline diamond to ultrananocrystalline diamond. In this review, we summarise some of the most relevant studies regarding the adhesion of cells onto diamond surfaces, the consequent cell growth, and, in some very interesting cases, the differentiation of cells into neurons and oligodendrocytes. We discuss how different morphologies can affect cell adhesion and how surface termination can influence the surface hydrophilicity and consequent attachment of adherent proteins. At the end of the review, we present a brief perspective on how the results from cell adhesion and biocompatibility can make way for the use of diamond as biointerface.
- Subjects
DIAMOND films; GEMS &; precious stones; DIAMOND surfaces; CYTOCOMPATIBILITY; CYBORGS; CELL adhesion; BIOELECTRONICS
- Publication
Molecules, 2023, Vol 28, Issue 4, p1626
- ISSN
1420-3049
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/molecules28041626