As society strives towards an improved quality of life, we care for an ever increasing elderly population and attempt to combat the increase in life-style associated health conditions, such as diseases of the cardiovascular system. This drives researchers to develop innovative biomaterials with new and improved surfaces. In most cases the materials used to treat and diagnose disease are in contact with biological fluids that contain proteins, which spontaneously and irreversibly adsorb to surfaces.
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