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Published in final edited form as: J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater. 2014 Feb 6;102(7):1363–1374. doi: 10.1002/jbm.b.33115

TABLE II.

E_corr, Icorr and E_pitt Readings Determined from Potentiodynamic Polarization Curves for Plasma Coatings Deposited onto 316L Stainless Steel Stents in PBS Electrolyte with Ag/AgCl Reference Electrode

Treatment	E_corr (mV)	I_corr (μA/cm²)	E_pitt (mV)
316L SS	–198.72 ± 22.53	4.09 ± 2.39	+461.4 ± 43.1
DC-TMS	+76.95 ± 6.93^*	0.63 ± 0.10	+693.3 ± 27.7^*
DC-TMS + NH₃/O₂	+9.88 ± 34.37^*	2.54 ± 1.99	+710.6 ± 9.4^*
RF-TMS	–64.58 ± 51.08^*	0.16 ± 0.05	+612.0 ± 17.4^*
RF-TMS + NH₃/O₂	–14.87 ± 50.60^*	0.12 ± 0.08	+562.0 ± 67.6^*

The data are presented as means 6 standard deviations for n = 3.

(denotes p< 0.05, as compared to 316L SS).