Scanning electron microscopy tissue culture cells

Figure 9.2 Oxygen-functionalized surfaces improve the attachment and culture of osteoblast-like cells in vitro. Scanning electron microscopy showing human primary osteoblast-like cells (isolated from femoral heads) cultured on ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWP) surfaces with increasing surface oxygen concentration and tissue culture polystyrene (TCPS). UV/ozone-treated UHMWP samples showed elevated cell densities of osteoblast-Mke cells and cell morphologies which paralleled those observed in vivo. Individual scale bars are shown on the SEM images of 10 and 20 pm, and for the optical microscope images (TCPS) the scale bar indicates 100 pm.

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