Abstract
AbstractThe surface chemistry of silicon‐incorporated diamond‐like carbon (Si‐DLC) was tailored utilizing oxygen and fluorine plasma treatments. Successful anchoring of oxygen and fluorine functional groups to the surface of Si‐DLC was verified using X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The impact of surface modification of Si‐DLC on hydrophobicity was correlated with the viability of L929 mouse fibroblasts. The confocal microscopy and viability results indicated that oxygen‐treated Si‐DLC showed increased cell viability compared to untreated Si‐DLC and fluorine‐treated Si‐DLC samples 5 days after seeding. The increased cell viability was correlated with the conversion of the hydrophobic surface of Si‐DLC into a hydrophilic surface by oxygen plasma treatment.
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