Plasma-assisted deposition of nitrogen-doped amorphous carbon films onto polytetrafluoroethylene for biomedical applications
With growing demand for cardiovascular implants, improving the performance of artificial blood-contacting devices is a task that deserves close attention. Current prostheses made of fluorocarbon polymers such as expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) suffer from early thrombosis and require period...
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University of Saskatchewan
2007
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| Online Access: | http://library.usask.ca/theses/available/etd-11222007-194459/ |