In vivo biocompatibility of boron doped and nitrogen included conductive-diamond for use in medical implants

David J Garrett; Alexia L Saunders; Ceara McGowan; Joscha Specks; Kumaravelu Ganesan; Hamish Meffin; Richard A Williams; David AX Nayagam

Journal article

In vivo biocompatibility of boron doped and nitrogen included conductive-diamond for use in medical implants

David J Garrett, Alexia L Saunders, Ceara McGowan, Joscha Specks, Kumaravelu Ganesan, Hamish Meffin, Richard A Williams, David AX Nayagam

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials | WILEY | Published : 2016

DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.33331

University of Melbourne Researchers

Richard Williams Author Clinical Pathology

Hamish Meffin Author Biomedical Engineering

David Nayagam Author Clinical Pathology

David Garrett Author Physics

Kumar Ganesan Author Physics

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Contract grant sponsor: ARC DECRA (D.J.G.); contract grant number: DE130100922Contract grant sponsor: Victorian Government (Operational Infrastructure Program)Contract grant sponsor: Australian Government (Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy and the Australian Research Council; ICT Centre of Excellence program)Contract grant sponsor: Australian Research Council [ARC; Special Research Initiative (SRI) in Bionic Vision Science and Technology; Bionic Vision Australia (BVA)]