A unique composite nanodiamond-based porous material with a hierarchically-organized submicron-nano-structure was constructed for potential bone tissue engineering. This material consisted of submicron fibers prepared by electrospinning of silicon oxide (SiOx), which were oxygen-terminated (O-SiOx) and were hermetically coated with nanocrystalline diamond (NCD) films. The NCD films were then terminated with hydrogen (H-NCD) or oxygen (O-NCD). The materials were tested as substrates for the adhesion, growth and osteogenic differentiation of human osteoblast-like Saos-2 cells. The number and the spreading area of the initially adhered cells, their growth rate during 7 days after seeding and the activity of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) were significantly higher on the NCD-coated samples than on the uncoated O-SiOx samples. In addition, the concentration of type I collagen was significantly higher in the cells on the O-NCD-coated samples than on the bare O-SiOx samples. The observed differences could be attributed to the tunable wettability of NCD and to the more appropriate surface morphology of the NCD-coated samples in contrast to the less stable, rapidly eroding bare SiOx surface. The H-NCD coatings and the O-NCD coatings both promoted similar initial adhesion of Saos-2 cells, but the subsequent cell proliferation activity was higher on the O-NCD-coated samples. The concentration of beta-actin, vinculin, type I collagen and alkaline phosphatase (ALP), the ALP activity, and also the calcium deposition tended to be higher in the cells on the O-NCD-coated samples than on the H-NCD-coated samples, although these differences did not reach statistical significance. The improved cell performance on the O-NCD-coated samples could be attributed to higher wettability of these samples (water drop contact angle less than 10°), while the H-NCD-coated samples were hydrophobic (contact angle >70°). NCD-coated porous SiOx meshes can therefore be considered as appropriate scaffolds for bone tissue engineering, particularly those with an O-terminated NCD coating.

Department of Biomedical Technology Faculty of Biomedical Engineering Czech Technical University Prague Nam Sitna 3105 272 01 Kladno Czech Republic

Department of Nonwovens and Nanofibrous Materials Faculty of Textile Engineering Technical University of Liberec Studentská 2 461 17 Liberec Czech Republic

Department of Physics Faculty of Civil Engineering Czech Technical University Prague Thakurova 7 166 29 Praha 6 Czech Republic

Institute for Nanomaterials Advanced Technology and Innovation Technical University of Liberec Studentska 1402 2 461 17 Liberec 1 Czech Republic

Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences Cukrovarnicka 10 162 00 Prague 6 Czech Republic

Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences Videnska 1083 142 20 Prague 6 Czech Republic

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