Towards long-lasting antibacterial stainless steel surfaces by combining double glow plasma silvering with active screen plasma nitriding

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 447-457

  Dong, Y ^a   Li, X ^a   Tian, L ^b   Bell, T ^a   Sammons, R L ^c   Dong, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Attachment and adhesion; Silver; Wear resistance

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM NITRIDE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; DISPERSION (WAVES); DURABILITY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLOW DISCHARGES; IRON COMPOUNDS; NITRIDING; NITROGEN PLASMA; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; SILVER; STAINLESS STEEL; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; SURFACE TREATMENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ACTIVE SCREEN PLASMA NITRIDING; ANTIBACTERIAL STAINLESS STEELS; ANTIBACTERIAL SURFACES; ATTACHMENT AND ADHESION; DOUBLE-GLOW PLASMA; LONG LASTING; S-PHASE; STAINLESS STEEL SURFACE; SURFACE-MODIFICATION; WAVELENGTH DISPERSIVE SPECTROMETRIES;

WEAR RESISTANCE;

BIOMATERIAL; BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS; NITROGEN; SILVER; STAINLESS STEEL;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GONIOMETRY; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; MATERIAL COATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOPOGRAPHY; WETTABILITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 78049442009     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2010.08.009     Document Type: Article

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