Antibacterial efficacy of advanced silver-amorphous carbon coatings deposited using the pulsed dual cathodic arc technique

Journal of Physics: Conference Series

Volumn 252, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Endrino, J L ^a   Anders, A ^b   Albella, J M ^a   Horton, J A ^c   Horton, T H ^c   Ayyalasomayajula, P R ^d   Allen, M ^e  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Nano RAM Technologies   (India)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

antibacterial; diamond like carbon; DLC; filtered cathodic arc deposition; silver

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS FILMS; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON FILMS; CATHODES; DEPOSITION; DIAMOND LIKE CARBON FILMS; ELECTRODES; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MICROORGANISMS; PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; SILVER; TISSUE CULTURE;

AMORPHOUS CARBON (A-C); AMORPHOUS CARBON COATING; ANTI-MICROBIAL PROPERTIES; ANTIBACTERIAL; ANTIBACTERIAL EFFICACY; CATHODIC ARC TECHNIQUE; DIAMOND LIKE CARBON; FILTERED CATHODIC ARC DEPOSITIONS;

AMORPHOUS CARBON;

EID: 79952395268     PISSN: 17426588     EISSN: 17426596     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/252/1/012012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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