Generating porous metal surfaces as a mean to incorporate thymol-loaded nanoparticles.

ABSTRACT: Porous metals have gained interest in many fields such as biomedicine, electronics, and energy. Despite the many benefits that these structures may offer, one of the major challenges in utilizing porous metals is to incorporate active compounds, either small molecules or macromolecules, on these surfaces. Coatings that contain active molecules have previously been used for biomedical applications to enable the slow release of drugs, e.g., with drug-eluting cardiovascular stents. However, direct deposition of organic materials on metals by coatings is very difficult due to the challenge of obtaining uniform coatings, as well as issues related to layer adherence and mechanical stability. Our study describes an optimization of a production process of different porous metals, aluminum, gold, a

SUBMITTER: Zemmour C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10281935 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature