"To Be Microbiocidal and Not to Be Cytotoxic at the Same Time…"-Silver Nanoparticles and Their Main Role on the Surface of Titanium Alloy Implants.

ABSTRACT: The chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method has been used to produce dispersed silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) on the surface of titanium alloy (Ti6Al4V) and nanotubular modified titanium alloys (Ti6Al4V/TNT5), leading to the formation of Ti6Al4V/AgNPs and Ti6Al4V/TNT5/AgNPs systems with different contents of metallic silver particles. Their surface morphology and silver particles arrangement were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDS), and atomic force microscopy (AFM). The wettability and surface free energy of these materials were investigated on the basis of contact angle measurements. The degree of silver ion release from the surface of the studied systems immersed in phosphate buffered saline solution (PBS) was estimated using indu

SUBMITTER: Radtke A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6463051 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature