Antimicrobial polyethylene with controlled copper release

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 838-844

  Zhang, Wei ^a,b,c   Zhang, Yihe ^d   Ji, Junhui ^b   Yan, Qing ^b   Huang, Anping ^a   Chu, Paul K ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Copper; Plasma immersion ion implantation; Polyethylene

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ION IMPLANTATION; MEDICINE; POLYETHYLENES; POLYMER MATRIX; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ANTIMICROBIAL EFFECTS; MEDICAL POLYMERS; PLASMA IMMERSION ION IMPLANTATION;

BIOPOLYMERS;

COPPER; INORGANIC COMPOUND; NITROGEN; POLYETHYLENE; POLYMER;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; DIFFUSION; IMMERSION; IMPLANTATION; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; COPPER; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DIFFUSION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMA; POLYETHYLENE;

EID: 36049013676     PISSN: 15493296     EISSN: 15524965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.31436     Document Type: Article

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