Anti-bacterial treatment of polyethylene by cold plasma for medical purposes

Molecules

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 762-785

  Popelka, Anton ^a   Novák, Igor ^a   Lehocký, Marián ^b   Chodák, Ivan ^a   Sedliacik, Ján ^c   Gajtanska, Milada ^c   Sedliaciková, Mariana ^c   Vesel, Alenka ^d   Junkar, Ita ^d   Kleinová, Angela ^a   Špírková, Milena ^e   Bílek, František ^b  

^a POLYMER INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^b TOMAS BATA UNIVERSITY IN ZLIN   (Czech Republic)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN ZVOLEN   (Slovakia)

^d JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^e INSTITUTE OF MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Acrylic acid; Chlorhexidine; Grafting; Immobilization; Plasma treatment; Polyethylene; Triclosan

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID RESIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BIOMATERIAL; CARBOPOL 940; CHLORHEXIDINE; CROSS LINKING REAGENT; GLUTARALDEHYDE; POLYETHYLENE; TRICLOSAN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMA GAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS; THERMODYNAMICS; WETTABILITY;

ACRYLIC RESINS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CHLORHEXIDINE; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLUTARAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; PLASMA GASES; POLYETHYLENE; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMICS; TRICLOSAN; WETTABILITY;

EID: 84856202669     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules17010762     Document Type: Article

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