Polyamide/silver animicrobials: Effect of crystallinity on the silver ion release

Polymer International

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1180-1186

  Kumar, Radhesh ^a   Münstedt, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial efficacy; Crystallinity; Polyamide; Silver ion release

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DIFFUSION; IONS; MICROORGANISMS; SILVER; WATER;

ANODE STRIPPING VOLTAMMETRY; DEGREE OF CRYSTALLINITY; ION RELEASE CHARACTERISTICS; MATRIX CRYSTALLINITY;

POLYAMIDES;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

EID: 22244486962     PISSN: 09598103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pi.1828     Document Type: Article

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