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Journal for Biophysical Chemistry

Table 5 Summary of high resolution modeling of Si (2p) for bioactive glass samples before and after incubation in plasma

From: Bioactive Glass 45S5 Powders: Effect of Synthesis Route and Resultant Surface Chemistry and Crystallinity on Protein Adsorption from Human Plasma

Sample ID

 % SiO (102.0 eV)

SiO curve FWHM

 % SiOx

SiOx position (eV)

SiOx curve FWHM

Possible chemistry

SiOx references

Before plasma incubation

 Sol–gel

0

0

100

99.8

1.8

Si

[38]

 Cast amorphous

0

0

100

99.8

2.0

SiOx/Si

[38]

 Cast crystalline

0

0

100

100.9

3.0

SiOx

[39]

After plasma incubation

 Sol–gel

5.5

1.7

94.5

100.2

1.9

SiOx

[39]

 Cast amorphous

0

0

100

100.7

2.1

SiOx

[39]

 Cast crystalline

25.4

3.1

74.6

100.5

2.0

SiOx

[39]

  1. Values are accurate to less than ±10 %