Controlled adhesion and proliferation of a human osteoblastic cell line by tuning the nanoporosity of titania and silica coatings

Abstract

The engineering of surfaces to control cell adhesion represents an active area of biomaterials research. Herein, we demonstrate that it is possible to tune the adhesion and proliferation of a human osteoblastic cell line (Saos-2) by tailoring the nanopore size of an oxide film coating.