Table 1.
Cumulative CHX release for specimens with differing levels of nanoparticle substitution at each of 5 time points
| |
Cumulative CHX release [nmol.mm
-2
] (standard deviation in parentheses) |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NP substitution [%] | 1 h | 24 h | 8 days | 15 days | 33 days |
|
0 |
0.01 (0.003)a |
0.01 (0.02)a |
0.11 (0.06)a |
0.12 (0.07)a |
0.16 (0.08)a |
|
1 |
0.16 (0.08)a, b |
0.20 (0.09)a, b |
0.48 (0.15)a, b |
0.56 (0.16)a, b |
0.65 (0.17)a, b |
|
2 |
0.66 (0.18)b |
0.70 (0.19)b |
1.04 (0.21)b |
1.17 (0.22)b |
1.30 (0.24)b |
|
5 |
1.30 (0.24)c |
1.39 (0.25)c |
2.03 (0.34)c |
2.30 (0.36)c |
2.51 (0.38)c |
|
10 |
2.52 (0.38)d |
2.65 (0.40)d |
3.40 (0.43)d |
3.73 (0.44)d |
4.01 (0.45)d |
| 20 | 4.02 (0.48)e | 4.20 (0.50)e | 5.09 (0.55)e | 5.46 (0.59)e | 5.94 (0.67)e |
Within each time point, superscript letters indicate statistically homogeneous groups, so figures with different superscript letters are statistically significantly different to a 95% confidence level at that time.