Surface microstructure and antibacterial property of an active-screen plasma alloyed austenitic stainless steel surface with Cu and N

Biomedical Materials

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Dong, Y ^a   Li, X ^a   Bell, T ^a   Sammons, R ^a   Dong, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL; BACTERIOLOGY; CHROMIUM; DURABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROSTRUCTURE; STEEL CORROSION; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES;

ACTIVE SCREEN PLASMA; ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTIES; BACTERIAL KILLING; E. COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI (E. COLI); FACE-CENTRED CUBIC; MEDICAL MATERIALS; METAL DEVICES; MULTI-LAYERED; N DEPOSITION; NANOCRYSTALLINES; S-PHASE; SEM; STAINLESS STEEL SURFACE; SUB-LAYERS; SUBSTITUTIONAL ATOMS; SUPERSATURATED PHASE; SURFACE MICROSTRUCTURES; TEM; THIN LAYERS; XRD;

SURFACES;

ALLOY; CHROMIUM; COPPER; IRON; NANOCRYSTAL; NICKEL; NITROGEN; STAINLESS STEEL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MATERIALS TESTING; NONHUMAN; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PLASMA GAS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ALLOYS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; COPPER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PLASMA GASES; STAINLESS STEEL; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 78649263356     PISSN: 17486041     EISSN: 1748605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-6041/5/5/054105     Document Type: Article

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