Fig. 8: Effect of calcination temperature on NO release from stainless steel and stellite wires.
From: Nitric oxide-generating metallic wires for enhanced metal implants
i) Cumulative NO generation and ii) corresponding Raman spectra after incubating 5 non-calcinated or calcinated a stainless steel or b stellite wires in 200 μL of 50 μM GSNO in PBS for 8 hours at 37 °C. Wires were calcinated at 300, 600, or 900 °C for 0.5 h. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001 (ANOVA followed by Tukey post-hoc test). The dashed line represents the average concentration of NO generated by non-calcinated wires. n ≥ 3; error bars and grey shaded area represent standard deviation.
