Combination of Noble Metal and Gold-Silver Nanoclusters as Enhanced Antibacterial Coatings for Ti-Based Medical Implants.

ABSTRACT: The surface modification of medical implant materials stands as a favorable strategy to enhance their biological properties including their antibacterial effect and biocompatibility. Recently, both in vitro and in vivo studies have shown that film heterostructures based on a combination of noble metal sublayers and an active component, such as silver and gold nanoparticles, offer unique advantages. The present work develops this promising direction and focuses on a series of combinations of noble metal coatings functionalized with bimetallic nanoclusters obtained by vapor-phase deposition methods onto the surfaces of Ti-based implants. This investigation investigates the influence of sequential deposition (AgAu or AuAg) and noble metal component (Ir or Au) on the coating morphology and the

SUBMITTER: Vikulova ES 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12732423 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature