The generation of wear-resistant antimicrobial stainless steel surfaces by active screen plasma alloying with N and nanocrystalline Ag

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 185-193

  Dong, Yangchun ^a   Li, Xiaoying ^a   Sammons, Rachel ^a   Dong, Hanshan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Escherichia coli; Nanocrystalline Ag; Stainless steel; Wear resistance

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SCREEN PLASMA; ANTI-BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL SURFACE; CONTACT TIME; ESCHERICHIA COLI (E. COLI); HOSPITAL ACQUIRED INFECTION; NANOCRYSTALLINE AG; NANOCRYSTALLINE SILVER; NANOCRYSTALLINES; PHASE CONSTITUENT; S-PHASE; SLIDING WEAR; STAINLESS STEEL SURFACE; SURFACE HARDNESS; WEAR-RESISTANT;

ALLOYING; CORROSION RESISTANT ALLOYS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HARDNESS; SILVER; STEEL CORROSION; SURFACE RESISTANCE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES; WEAR RESISTANCE;

STAINLESS STEEL;

ALLOY; NANOCRYSTAL; NANOCRYSTALLINE SILVER; SILVER; STAINLESS STEEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVE SCREEN PLASMA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HARDNESS; MECHANICAL STRESS; METALLURGY; NONHUMAN; REDUCTION;

ALLOYS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CROSS INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HARDNESS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SILVER; STAINLESS STEEL; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 77949516416     PISSN: 15524973     EISSN: 15524981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.31573     Document Type: Article

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