Surface modification of esophageal stent materials by a polyethylenimine layer aiming at anti-cancer function

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Polyethyleneimine 100%
• aziridine 86%
• polydopamine 83%
• Stents 63%
• Neoplasms 23%
• Molecular Weight 18%
• Stainless Steel 17%
• Esophageal Neoplasms 15%
• Atomic Force Microscopy 8%
• Amines 7%
• Palliative Care 7%
• Pharmaceutical Preparations 6%
• Necrosis 5%
• Cell Culture Techniques 5%
• Water 4%
• Apoptosis 4%
• Growth 3%
• Mortality 3%
• Therapeutics 1%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Stents 96%
• Surface treatment 77%
• Molecular weight 24%
• Tumors 22%
• Polyetherimides 22%
• Drug delivery 19%
• Cells 14%
• Austenitic stainless steel 13%
• Cell death 10%
• Cell growth 10%
• Cell culture 9%
• Atomic force microscopy 9%
• Angle measurement 8%
• Amines 8%
• Contact angle 8%
• Characterization (materials science) 6%
• Water 4%

Chemical Compounds

• Surface Modification 63%
• Weight 39%
• Drug 26%
• Surface 23%
• Application 23%
• Atomic Force Microscopy 19%
• Amine 15%